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Sorry I missed it. I had to choose a night for family and a day for astronomy and I picked the one that looked the clearest for astronomy. I hope I was right. Here’s what it looks like so far:
Will Eagle Bluff still be an option or should I head to Root River?
I’m glad you had a great night. I stepped outside a few times last night and it looked pretty nice!
Duane
I should have looked before I left. We do church on Saturdays so I was in a rush the whole day to get out and I headed to Root River. I’m here and just about set up. But, I got such a late start… I wouldn’t be there for another 40 minutes. 🙁
have a great night there and in a way we’re all looking at the same sky! 🙂
Duane
Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS from the access road to the Root River park at 6:01 CDT. Comet was not visible in binocular, but there is a tiny spot on this and more images. Moon crescent about 1d10h before New Moon. Bonus is asteroid Vesta with magnitude 8.1.
Eagle Bluff just confirmed that the parking lot is available tonight and tomorrow night for observing and the lights will be off. Wish I could be there, but I’m in Staples watching grandkids…
Awesome! Anybody else out there planning to go?
if I’m on my own, I may head to root river. It’s so much closer. But if others are planning to go I would be happy to join.
I’m hoping to make it too. My son had a seizure today and I’m in the ER right now waiting for tests to be done.
At Okie-Tex this week Randy, Jerome and myself enjoyed the clear dark skies and views of galaxies (especially M77 in Cetus) and small planetary nebulae.
Last night back in Rochester I imaged M77 and noticed an edge on galaxy (which turned out to be NGC 1055). These are the two largest galaxies in their neighborhood approximately 50-60 million light-years distant.
In the image below M77 is on the left and NGC 1055 on the right.Attachments:
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