Small telescope in your own backyard

Presentation by Robert Fealey

Best telescope is a telescope which is actually used to observe the sky! Come to Oxbow Park Nature Center classroom and learn about telescope parts, how to enhance telescope capabilities with equipment additions (i.e. Sun and Moon filters, finder scopes, laser pointers, astronomical cameras, etc.)! All demonstrated on a small affordable telescope.

Robert Fealey is a retired neurology doctor. Robert is interested in space exploration topics, like e.g. research of the Saturn moon Titan by spacecraft Cassini and lander Huygens. He has a small observatory in his backyard with a 10″ Meade telescope and a few smaller telescopes and digital cameras. He is passionate about astrophotography and he is an active member of the Rochester Astronomy Club.

What to expect at Public Sky Observing – click here.

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Sky Observing

Moon

Features from the Moon terminator: Hercules, Fracastorius, Scott

Moon 7PM 02/24 2023, 4d18h 27.4%
Credit: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio

Planets:
Venus, Jupiter including Great Red Spot and Io passing over disc since 7 PM and it’s shadow since 7:52 PM, Uranus, Mars.
Comet C/2022E3(ZTF) on right side of the Orion – ZTF.
Double stars:
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Carbon stars:
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2023 Public Sky Observing Plan
Month	Day	DoW	Sunset	Start	End	☽ age	Planets
Jan	27	Fri	17:13	6	7:30	6.0	☿,♀,♄,♃,♆,⛢
Feb	24	Fri	17:51	7	8:30	4.4	♃,♆,⛢
Mar	31	Fri	19:35	8	9:30	9.3	⛢
Apr	15	Sat	19:53	9:00	11:00	0.3	☿
Apr	28	Fri	20:19	9	11	5.7	☿ A.Day:4/29
Apr	29	Sat	20:22	9	11	5.7	Austin HormelNatureCenter.org/sola-fide-observatory.html
May	13	Sat	20:26	9:30	11:30	28.3
May	23	Tue	20:37	9:30	11:30	1.2	Elgin
May	26	Fri	20:40	9:30	11:30	4.2
Jun	10	Sat	20:52	9:45	11:45	3.7
Jun	23	Fri	20:56	9:45	11:45	9.5	♄
Jun	24	Sat	20:56	9:45	11:45	9.5	Forestville
Jul	15	Sat	20:50	9:30	11:30	2.2	☿,♄
Jul	28	Fri	20:38	9:30	11:30	8.1	♄
Jul	29	Sat	20:38	9:30	11:30	9.1	Frontenac
Aug	12	Sat	20:24	9:00	11:00	0.8	♄,♆,♃
Aug	25	Fri	19:58	8:30	10:30	6.7	☿,♄,♆,♃
Aug	26	Sat	19:58	8:30	10:30	6.7	Forestville
Sep	09	Sat	19:31	8	10	28.8	♄,♆,♃
Sep	19	Tue	19:13	8	10	5.3	Elgin
Sep	22	Fri	19:07	7:30	9:30	5.3	♄,♆,♃,⛢ A.Day:9/22
Sep	23	Sat	19:05	7:30	9:30	5.3	Frontenac
Oct	07	Sat	18:40	7:30	9:30	28.8	♄,♆,♃
Oct	20	Fri	18:18	7	9	5.3	♄,♆,♃,⛢
Nov	17	Fri	16:47	6	7:30	11.4	♄,♆,♃,⛢
Dec	15	Fri	16:32	6	7:30	10.0	☿,♀,♄,♆,♃,⛢
event	January 27 previous			next March 31

☿ – Mercury, ♀ – Venus, ♂ – Mars, ♃ – Jupiter, ♄ – Saturn, ⛢ – Uranus, ♆ – Neptune

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Oxbow Park	Root River Park	Soccer Fields	Same Lunation	Same Lunation	Out of Rochester

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