Friday, June 5, 2015

Speaking of spring clouds and rain, here's 3 planets in one night to make up for it all!

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Be sure to get to the bottom of this for something unique that I've never done before! Weak spring astronomy weather, shoot three...
Thursday, February 5, 2015

Adventures in collaborative planetary astrophotography part 2

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No, there's no part one per se.  Last January Kevin Quin, a very accomplished astrophotographer had some issues with his color filter wh...
Wednesday, December 31, 2014

2014 Solar System in Review

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I can sit and complain about clouds being so bad this year all I want, but the fact of the matter is 2014 was a great year and I'm bless...
Sunday, November 9, 2014

October saw some great clear skies - part 2, the nebula edition

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This edition is very nebula heavy.  Nebula are interesting in their aesthetics and beauty but are foreboding, inhospitable places.  In sharp...
Saturday, November 1, 2014

October saw some great clear skies -- Part 1

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This month was full of many clear days.  I took advantage First up is NGC 100, which according to http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc1.ht...
Tuesday, October 7, 2014

A refreshed Little Dumbbell - M76

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I had previously shot this target on the same telescope ( +Akule   ) last year but used a DSLR. Here's my more recent effort with a CC...
Monday, September 29, 2014

Uranus and 5 moon animation

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Taken over the span of 36 minutes on September 28th, 2014.  I was able to image; Titania (mag. 13.9), dimmest Miranda (mag. 16.5), Ariel (ma...