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I hope Frontenac went well. I was the only club member at Eagle Bluff but I was joined by a couple guys attending the event. I got to know my setup a little better and getting more comfortable using Dean’s scope.
It was good for me to sit under a starry sky, think about Dean and Kirk. I contemplate that answers exist somewhere between the ground we walk on and the seemingly endless Universe above and beyond… but they’re assuredly vastly closer to the above and beyond than they are here on the Earth.
It was a beautiful night. The humidity was an odd thing… dew wasn’t much of a problem for observing even though it pooled on some things as if it should have been. Mosquitoes required the use of repellent. Barred owls were quite active as were coyotes. It wasn’t until 2:30am when the fog rolled in and I had to call it night. When it did roll in it rolled in thick. I even took a picture of my shadow on the sky!
I’m looking forward to getting out there again soon as I very much appreciated the solitude of being out there alone and a couple members who were only there in heart.
Lovely images Duane! TcorBor refuses to budge from mag 9 to mag 10 according to SpaceWeather.com. A new forecast suggest either Nov 10th 2025 or Jun 25th 2026 for the star to nova. I missed both Eagle Bluff and Frontenac but was out observing in my backyard.
Duane, we had great night at Frontenac, gorgeous Milky Way, mosquitos were not so bad. We were thinking about Eagle Bluff and comparing it to Frontenac.
Nice pictures.
Awesome. Can’t wait to hear about it. It was a beautiful night until fog rolled in at 2:30, which I welcomed or I would have been there even later. The fog basically told me it’s time to go home.
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