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thanks Bob!

While under poor seeing conditions Jupiter still put on a good show just after midnight 9-19-2021. Image below used Meade 10″ SCT and Orion 6.3 M pixel color camera. Some image stacking with Registax6 and Photoshop Elements enhancement.

Bringing the StarBlast to the soccer fields tonight.  Should be good for the moon craters Josef mentioned!

Bob

thanks for posting this Bob! really cool pic 😉

Ugh! Couldn’t be there that night. However I did some observing of the sun the day of 9-6-2021. As many of you may know the sun is ramping up it’s sunspot activity and currently is quite impressive. Yesterday I took a short video using the Starblast 4.5 in reflector with the Orion 6.3M pixel color camera. A single frame, (enhanced a little in…[Read more]

Just talked to Dean. Looks like no Eagle Bluff tonight. So local viewing or Root River/Keller.

If eagle bluff is a no go, I’d do root river.

Mike, would you do Root River or Keller if Eagle Bluff isn’t an option?

I heard that Dean might be working with Eagle Bluff, but not sure which night it was going to be. I’d like to go out.

Hey folks! Anyone thinking of heading out tonight?

Awesome John!  Will have to get a star field photo of the nova region soon!

I went to Root River Park after the astronomy club meeting to view the recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi.  Check it out!  It will probably still be visible the next few nights.  I found it quite easily but it took me some time to verify that I was looking at the correct object from the bunch of printouts and star maps that I took with me.  After much mix…[Read more]

Looks like a small comet heading into the sun on 8-10.  Check out the SOHO C3 animation on that day. https://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/data/Theater/

Looks like Mercury is entering the fov of SOHO C3 camera today (July 25th)

I still plan to go somewhere. Do we need permission to use Root River?

Not looking so good with the hazy smoky skies. We’re probably going to skip Eagle Bluff tonight. Plus the moon doesn’t set until after 1am. Nice for lunar observing though!

Thanks for the heads-up!

Dean and I are thinking of Eagle Bluff Saturday night. It is available for us. Will update tomorrow.

Weather looks good.  Who is getting out this weekend?

Yes, Eagle Bluff is still on. I know myself, Dean, Randy and several others are planning on coming.