Macastronomer

I just noticed that clear dark sky has it turning cloudy tonight… but tomorrow looks totally clear. Do you think we should move it to tomorrow?

I hate to drive all the way there and get clouded out.

Another good pic! Thanks for sharing!

Nice. Much shorter setup and all around more manageable I would suspect. I always liked my 8″ SCT and they are great for planetary imaging (and all other angularly small objects).

That should work nicely.

Root River Park, Milky Way, August 28th 2024

It was a “Glorious Night for Astronomy”

10 biases, 20 darks, 17 x 121 second subs. Stretched for balance then heavily processed to reduce skyglow/light pollution, mostly near the horizon. One horizon line was removed and one burned to black on the edge.

I do. Waiting for dinner to be done right now. I should maybe pack up there car though… it would save some time later. 🙂

Anybody observing anywhere on Friday? It looks like it’s going to be “Glorious!”

Thanks Yosef.

It’s looking good for Wednesday night. I’m thinking about taking Thursday morning off so I can stay up late and observe.

Anybody care to join me at Root River Park… or somewhere else?

Duane

PS. I’m going to start a new thread and place this there too. 175 pages of posts is probably enough. 🙂

Thanks for the news from Gameheaven and the sun pic.

I went out last night to image T Cor Bor, and I took a shot of the Milky Way while I had the setup aligned. When I want to get out from under the bright part of the Rochester Dome I head to 23 St. NE. It’s little dead-end road off of county rd 11.  The sky is faded to the East and straight…[Read more]

If you want a crazy bright laser… the one that I bought on Amazon that disappeared was listed as this:

UNBIU Long Range Laser Pointer High Power – Green Laser Pointer Flashlight with Adjustable Focus for Night Astronomy, Outdoor Camping, Hunting, and Hiking – USB Charging

It was only $13. But like I said, I basically treat it like a gun. I…[Read more]

I posted to this thread yesterday, and my comment is not here today. This site is very frustrating. I’ll do it over again.

My favorite pointer is:

https://www.opticsplanet.com/z-bolt-military-pride-green-laser-briefing-pointer.html

I don’t know if you can get it as a non-military pride version or not.

What I like about it is that it has a…[Read more]

Of course this still requires two logos, one for dark on light and one for light on dark.

Great info. I always thought it was an 11 year cycle but that must be short of what’s happening now.

Josef, thanks for the spell check. I’ve been saying it wrong for years. 😮

And thanks for turning out the light.

Check this out. I got a Cricut for my daughter and I decided to print out a tribute to Dean for my scope. Just added this…[Read more]

Also, Joseph spotted this… Corpuscular rays shooting upward!

Ooooo….   What scope and mount did you get? Do tell!

I’m thinking the same thing… I want the rig I want and it’s taking forever to get it; but eventually I’ll get there. I keep seeing cheaper compromising equipment for less and I keep ignoring it, but it’s so tempting.

Equipment I need to get to finish my setup: Astro-Camera (preferably the…[Read more]

Here’s the Milky Way shot I took last night:

That is one big sun spot! I think we’re now past the active part of the sun’s cycle and it’s supposed to be gradually calming down. That seems to be taking a while.