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Yes, I finally got a half-decent image of it last night as well.
Can anyone tell me how to attach the photos to a post? How do I compress the photo enough to make it usable?Saw PANSTARRS last night, for the first time, through my old 7×35 binocs. It was easy to find, but too darn cold to wach for very long. Might check it out through the scope tonite if things look halfway decent.
I tried attaching 2 images of the comet again this morning by using the "additional options" on bottom left, but when I hit post, I lose my entire post, as if I had never typed it. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong? Anyone?
Bewler?Hello astronomy fans, Stuppo and I are heading out tonight to catch the comet and watch Moonrise. Hopefully, I can even record a couple of carbon stars to start on that list.
Tomorrow night the Moon rises bracketed by Saturn and Spica. I hope it is clear, that would be a beautiful sight. How wonderful it would be to actually get out there and not have to use gloves and long johns. Did those nights ever happen??
I hope someone can help Bernie post his comet pics to the forum. That is beyond my humble capabilities.
Well, that worked.
Does the size of your photo exceed the allowed limits? 8192 KB / 4 attachments per post.Well done, Don!
Steve and I got out there for 3 hours tonight. PANSTARRS was a tough find, even with a finder chart from Sky & Telescope. It took us from 8 p.m to 8:25 for me to find it. The Moon rose at 8:15, and then I finally spotted it at 8:25. Steve found it at 8:40. Now I know why the people from the Middle Ages described comets as a "Hairy Star". That is exactly what it looked like.
In binoculars, it is faint, but does not look like a star, but it is SO CLOSE. I probably went across it 3 times before I finally nailed it. In Stuppo's excellent 20X80 Zhumell binocs, the coma is well defined. In my Celestron SCT at 50X it is diffuse and has a wide tail, but the color of it all is green. I could not pin down the star field it is in without a publication, because it is still well down in the western horizon.
A wonderful look at Moonrise. Jupiter has all 4 moons showing plus a background star looking like a "wannabe" moon. GRS visible. Plus, it wasn't as cold! AGNFA!
Don:
No, I am well below that file size. Did you just make a post and then click on the Additional Options (at bottom left)?
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Hi All, I'm new to the forum and from just outside of Buffalo. I figured I'd jump in and add my attempt at shooting Pan-STARRS. This is from back on March 17th. I forgot my shutter release when i went out (d'oh!) so it's a little shaky. Tried to find it on Friday with my scope, but no luck. While I'm as it – can somebody shed some light on what/where Keller is? I've seen the name a few times in the last couple pages of this thread and was curious. Thanks!
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Welcome to Rochester! Now I'm not the "newbie" anymore! ;D
If you google keller wma rochester mn, it should pull up directions. It is south and west of town by about 10-15 minutes, perhaps.
R you new to the hobbie or have you been at it a while?Direction to Keller: I think it's easier and quicker, if you start at RST (Rochester Airport) and go to 6650 Co Rd 15 SW:
Hwy 63 South of Rochester
Slightly more than a mile past (south) of airport is MN 30, run right (west).
Go 4.5 miles on MN 30
Turn right (North) on Co. 15
Go 2.5 miles. At 2 mi you'll come to the top of a hill, at the bottom is the bridge, then a house & garage on the left. About 500 ft past, on the right is the entrance to Keller.Hello astronomy fans. It looks like the weather Gods have conspired against us once again for an April dark sky weekend.
It looks like a definite NO GO for Eagle Bluff.
Great pics and info from the Keller crowd. I have seen PANSTARRS twice, very nice to see it, but it didn't "PAN" out like the predictions hoped. Still, really nice imiges of it from Bernie and others. Well done! I would love to get out there at Keller with Jeff, Luka and all the others who are using the Keller WMA. It is part of the RAC experience that I haven't yet seen.
If any of you are interested in the NCRAL 2013 convention, I would urge you to participate. This will be my ninth one, and they all have been very fun. You get to meet SO many people from other areas that share our interest in the nigt sky. They all (as you ALL do) have a different angle on astronomy. That is what it makes belonging to a club, and the Astronomical League so fascinating.
We'll get our telescope time in yet.
I am equally frustrated with the weather, so I've decided to make Gin n'tonic out of lemons(or however that goes…).
I'm in the middle of constructing a star gazing chair to allow me to spend more time learning the night sky without wrenching my neck/back. Maybe some of you have one of these. I got the idea from a guy on youtube clip.http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/3320449/page/0/view/collapsed/sb/5/o/all/fpart/1
I'll post a pic when i get it done…
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