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  • #12632
    Roger Southwick
    Participant

      Well, apparently attachments show up only in certain views of the forum.  If you don't see it, go to the main category "Observing Tonight".

      #12633
      ellenvega
      Participant

        Yep Jeff, we are planning on Friday night at Eagle Bluff again!  Looks like a carbon copy of last Saturday, but maybe a bit colder so bundle up and bring a hot beverage.  Will confirm it here tomorrow afternoon.

        #12634
        ellenvega
        Participant

          Sounds like a GO for tonight. Bathroom code is 1339. Dress warm!

          #12635
          fealeybob14
          Participant

            Nice night (3/19/2021) for observing with the little StarBlast scope.  Took a short video of the moon through the scope with Orion moon filter and 6.3M pixel camera.  A still pic from the video (enhanced a bit) is shown below.


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            #13342
            Mike C:
            Keymaster

              Hey everyone, first post on the new forum! Looks great! Anyway, here’s a photo of the flame nebula. This was taken with my new EdgeHD 1100 W/CGX mount. Next investment might be a new ZWO camera, fingers crossed!

              NGC2024-March-12th-2021

              #13343
              Josef Chlachula
              Keymaster

                Mike, good to see your nice picture of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame_Nebula Happy to reply for the first time in newly converted forum!

                #13346
                fealeybob14
                Participant

                  Have to agree with Josef, Mike a very nice picture with you new scope!  (Is the horsehead next?!)  BTW what camera did you use?  Your new scope should also be great on planetary pics.

                  #13348
                  Mike C:
                  Keymaster

                    I’m still using my modified Canon 70D. I did grab some photos of the Horse Head, but I noticed some of the smaller stars were a little out of focus. I’ll still post it later this week. Got to say, that CGX mount is very impressive.

                    #13349
                    Mike C:
                    Keymaster

                      I’m still using my modified Canon 70D. I did grab some photos of the Horse Head, but I noticed some of the smaller stars were a little out of focus. I’ll still post it later this week. Got to say, that CGX mount is very impressive.

                      #13364
                      Jeff Newland
                      Participant

                        Hello all,  Is it going to be clear Friday or Saturday night?  Is Eagle Bluff available?

                        Jeff

                        #13365
                        Mike C:
                        Keymaster

                          Eagle Bluff would be perfect. Fingers crossed the weather holds up. If we don’t hear anything about EB, we can always do Root River.

                          #13366
                          ellenvega
                          Participant

                            Hi, we are trying to contact Eagle Bluff to confirm for lights off and bathroom code.  Friday night (May 7) is looking good albeit chilly.  Hopefully they’ll respond quickly tomorrow.

                             

                            #13367
                            ellenvega
                            Participant

                              Eagle Bluff is available for our use.

                              #13374
                              ellenvega
                              Participant

                                I plan to be there tonight, as does Dean and a new astronomy friend of his.

                                #13379
                                Mike C:
                                Keymaster

                                  It was so nice to get out with folks again on the 7th, as promised here’s the photo I was working on. I think my camera has some hot pixels I need to work out when processing. But, here’s the Iris Nebula, NGC 7023!

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