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    Macastronomer replied to the topic Root River Photos in the forum General Discussion 1 year, 9 months ago

    Root River Sunset.

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    Macastronomer replied to the topic Root River Photos in the forum General Discussion 1 year, 9 months ago

    Moon Flowers

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    Macastronomer replied to the topic Root River Photos in the forum General Discussion 1 year, 9 months ago

    Reply cannot be empty…

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    Macastronomer replied to the topic Root River Photos in the forum General Discussion 1 year, 9 months ago

    Found out the site likes JPG better than PNG. I’m going to upload several images. Yosef, feel free to use these, just give me credit along with the RAC. Thanks!

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    Macastronomer replied to the topic Root River Photos in the forum General Discussion 1 year, 9 months ago

    Trying to upload photos. I may have to upload one image at a time. This was from June 8th—A glorious night for astronomy.

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    Macastronomer started the topic Root River Photos in the forum General Discussion 1 year, 9 months ago

    Trying to upload photos. I may have to upload one image at a time. This was from June 8th—A glorious night for astronomy.

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    Macastronomer replied to the topic It was a Glorious Night for Astronomy! in the forum Star Parties 1 year, 9 months ago

    Trying to upload a photo again… (keep getting error message).

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    Macastronomer replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 1 year, 9 months ago

    Joseph, which ZWO can are you thinking about getting?

    I’m saving up for a a rig myself. It’ll be awhile before I take the plunge. Saving is going slower than expected.

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    Macastronomer replied to the topic STORM ON THE WAY! in the forum Star Parties 1 year, 9 months ago

    We sure did. Totally ruined observations with our scopes, but totally worth it!

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    Macastronomer started the topic It was a Glorious Night for Astronomy! in the forum Star Parties 1 year, 9 months ago

    Saturday June 8th truly was a great night to look up at the heavens. I bagged a few of the Herschel 400 and took some wonderful images of the sky and the Root River sun and moonset. We even saw a strange effect in the sky at 10:45.

    Looking forward to the next clear sky night!

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    Macastronomer replied to the topic Friday = Clouds, Saturday = Stars in the forum Star Parties 1 year, 9 months ago

    Clouds rolled in as expected. Tonight is looking beautifully clear…  anybody going out?

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    Macastronomer started the topic Friday = Clouds, Saturday = Stars in the forum Star Parties 1 year, 9 months ago

    Any plan to change the Eagle Bluff Star Party to Saturday yet?

    ClearDarkSky

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    Macastronomer started the topic Anybody wanting to buy an iOptron Mount? in the forum General Discussion 1 year, 10 months ago

    I know this is a long shot, but if anybody is looking at buying an iOptron mount, or more specifically if 4 other people are looking to buy an iOptron mount, we could get a 10% rebate if we buy them at the same time.

    They make mounts in all sizes, including very small ones for just putting your camera on. If anybody is interested, let me know.…[Read more]

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    Macastronomer started the topic STORM ON THE WAY! in the forum Star Parties 1 year, 10 months ago

    But not the typical kind of storm. This is a solar storm!
    4 large incoming solar bursts could supercharge our star party with aurora.

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    Macastronomer replied to the topic Attending Eagle Bluff, May 10th 2024? in the forum Star Parties 1 year, 10 months ago

    One patch of clouds.
    There is one patch of clouds at about midnight that will take about an hour to pass according to predictive weather.

    Saturday looks better for seeing and clouds, but with mom’s day I wouldn’t be able to do Saturday.

    Will somebody be there to turn off the parking lot lights tonight?

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    Macastronomer started the topic Attending Eagle Bluff, May 10th 2024? in the forum Star Parties 1 year, 10 months ago

    May10-24_Sky

    Looking good for tomorrow night. Who all is planning to attend?

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    Macastronomer replied to the topic Total Solar Eclipse April 8 2004 Experience in the forum General Discussion 1 year, 10 months ago

    5 min intervals throughout eclipseApril 8th 2024 from Southern Illinois. 29 images, each was 4-6 images stacked. All but the total used a neutral density filter. Taken with a Canon R50.

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