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Two videos about Orion / Meade / Coronado abruptly closed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjsx2T55PHc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9VFVsz_sb8

Outreach at Frontenac State Park last night (8/31) was outstanding. Large crowd of old and young, clear dark skies and great presentation and discussions by club members. Frontenac has fairly good horizons except to the east where tree tops block view a bit. A zenith dark sky recording appears below. Max readings (MPSAS = 21.07 and NELM =…[Read more]

I plan to head out there and I think Duane will be there as well, at least he was planning on coming out a couple of days ago.

I’m contemplating coming out tonight. How late do you figure, Joseph?

OK, I see we should continue in topic  2024-observing.

Yes, indeed, it was a “Glorious Night for Astronomy” resulting to your great picture of the Milky Way. I planning be at Root River park today Fri 9/31, but just got call we’ll have a visitors. Maybe later at night. Light should be still off.

Root River Park, Milky Way, August 28th 2024

It was a “Glorious Night for Astronomy”

10 biases, 20 darks, 17 x 121 second subs. Stretched for balance then heavily processed to reduce skyglow/light pollution, mostly near the horizon. One horizon line was removed and one burned to black on the edge.

I do. Waiting for dinner to be done right now. I should maybe pack up there car though… it would save some time later. 🙂

Duane, were you still going to Root River tonight, Wednesday?  I was thinking of heading out there.

I don’t know where to go, but would perhaps be interested in Friday as well.

Anybody observing anywhere on Friday? It looks like it’s going to be “Glorious!”

Thanks Yosef.

Duane, I’m planning on coming to the park Wednesday night to turn off the lights for the night. Josef

It’s looking good for Wednesday night. I’m thinking about taking Thursday morning off so I can stay up late and observe.

Anybody care to join me at Root River Park… or somewhere else?

Duane

PS. I’m going to start a new thread and place this there too. 175 pages of posts is probably enough. 🙂

I’m at root river park rn a little bit of clouds right now but according to a app I got in about 1-1.5 hour it should hopefully clear up

Just wondering if any one has any extra spoterr scopes for sale I need to get a new one for my telescope  willing to pay up to 70 for that

JUICE Live from the Moon now 8/19 from 4:30 PM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoodtR-46Ms

I had just stepped outside and through my eclipsed sunglasses saw for the first time in my life with my naked eyes two sunspots on the Sun. The sunspot on the bottom right is 3780 and on the top left is 3784. Each sunspot could be six times bigger than Earth.

Tonight we may be treated to both Perseid meteors and a geomagnetic storm with aurora.  I say “may” because both are a half day or so past peak.