- Telescope : Celestron 8″ Schmidt-Cassegrain
- Mount : Celestron
- Camera : NexImage 5 (Video)
- Exposure :
- Software : RegiStax 6.1
Oct 122014
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Oct 122014
- Telescope : Celestron 8″ Schmidt-Cassegrain
- Mount : Celestron
- Camera : NexImage 5 (Video)
- Exposure :
- Software : RegiStax 6.1
Oct 122014
We were invited to participate in the summer reading program at the Fort Walton Beach Library. The library is one of our ‘adopted’ libraries and has one of our donated telescopes on hand for check out. The reading program is a day time event so we opted for a solar star gaze. Unfortunately, the clouds did not want to cooperate. Dean Covey and Dennis Hausch were able to support this event anyway and here is Dennis’ report:
Dean and I both went to the library to watch the clouds. We did a classroom type of presentation showing the types of telescopes and images of the current sunspots and prominences using Ipad images. Dean also brought an album with photos he has taken. There were about 30 students in attendance, for a clouded out event it went quite well.
Oct 122014
- Date : 08/05/2014
- Telescope : 125mm Maksutov-Cassegrain
- Mount : Meade
- Camera : iPhone via Orion adapter
- Exposure :
- Software :
Oct 122014
Venus / Neptune conjunction
- Date : 04/12/2014
- Telescope/Lens : 135mm@ f/5.6
- Mount : Manfrotto tripod (055XDB), manfrotto head (804RC2), fixed
- Camera : Canon EOS 60D
- Exposure : [C:1x2s@ISO 100]
- Software :
Aug 182014
Venus / Jupiter 05:33
05:35
05:46
05:48
Dennis says:
“Dave Halupowski and I observed pairing of Jupiter and Venus today from 5:00 AM to 6:00 AM overlooking Tom’s bayou in Valparaiso.”
Aug 182014
Conjunction dry run
James says:
“Checking my location for the planet conjunction, I went out this morning. This is from the south end of Rocky Bayou bridge.”
- Date : 08/16/2014 0530
- Telescope/Lens : 18mm @ f/3.5
- Mount : Manfrotto tripod (055XDB), manfrotto head (804RC2), fixed
- Camera : Canon EOS 60D
- Exposure : [C:1x4s@ISO 800]
- Software :
Venus / Jupiter conjunction
- Date : 08/18/2014 0533
- Telescope/Lens : 18mm@f/3.5
- Mount : Manfrotto tripod (055XDB), manfrotto head (804RC2), fixed
- Camera : Canon EOS 60D
- Exposure : [C:1×1.3s@ISO 800]
- Software :
Aug 182014
Star Trails – (No Perseids)
James says:
“I had zero luck tonight. Only made a star trail picture. Did catch a plane in upper right and 2 flashes of a firefly in lower left.”
- Date : 08/12/2014
- Telescope/Lens : 18mm
- Mount : Manfrotto tripod (055XDB), manfrotto head (804RC2), fixed
- Camera : Canon EOS 60D
- Exposure : [C:31x30s]
- Software :
Aug 182014
Moon / Mars conjunction
- Date : 07/05/2014
- Telescope : 6″ reflector
- Mount :
- Camera : iPad
- Exposure :
- Software :
Aug 182014
Moon – Mars conjunction
Mars is just above and slightly to the right of the Moon. It is very faint. Mars will be easier to see if you click on the picture and get the full size version.
- Date : 07/05/2014 21:34
- Telescope :
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- Camera :
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