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    Mike C: replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 10 months, 2 weeks ago

    Hey Folks, long time no post. I know we have a lot of smoke in the air, so I didn’t know if Eagle Bluff was going to happen tonight or not.

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    Mike C: replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 2 years, 1 month ago

    It has been way too long since I’ve been to eagle bluff. I will be there for sure.

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    Mike C: replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 2 years, 6 months ago

    Just wanted to share an image from yesterday’s eclipse! Most of the photos turned out really blurry. Really tough to focus when it’s mostly cloudy, but I’m pretty happy with what I got.

     

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    Mike C: replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 2 years, 7 months ago

    Wow, that’s amazing! I managed to get that on my camera too. Mine camera is facing directly south, near Chester Woods park.

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    Mike C: replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 3 years, 9 months ago

    Weather is looking good for tonight. “Should” be clear until 2am.

    Anyone up for Observing tonight?

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    Mike C: replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 4 years ago

    Weather tonight does look much better. However I may not be able to attend. Not sure yet.

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    Mike C: replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 4 years, 7 months ago

    If eagle bluff is a no go, I’d do root river.

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    Mike C: replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 4 years, 7 months ago

    Hey folks! Anyone thinking of heading out tonight?

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    Mike C: replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 4 years, 10 months ago

    Great. I just parked. Hope to see you all soon!

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    Mike C: replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 4 years, 10 months ago

    I’d be interested in a Saturday night outing at EB or RR.

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    Mike C: started the topic Orion 120MM Refractor in the forum Classifieds 4 years, 10 months ago

    Hi everyone, I’ve got an Orion 120mm refractor up for sale. This includes:
    -Tripod and EQ mount
    -Two counterweights (one weight is missing a screw, I’ll see about getting a replacement screw)
    -Finderscope
    -Star-diagonal  w/Orion Zoom eye piece
    -Meade OTA bag

    Price is $400

    Feel free to contact me via the Contact Us page… Attention Mike…[Read more]

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    Mike C: replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 4 years, 11 months ago

    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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    Mike C: replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 4 years, 11 months ago

    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.

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    Mike C: replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 4 years, 12 months ago

    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.

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    Mike C: replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 4 years, 12 months ago

    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.

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    Mike C: replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 5 years ago

    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

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