Active regions 1944, 1946 & 1948
- Telescope : Celestron NexStar 8
- Mount :
- Camera : Sony A35 DSLR
- Exposure : [C:1×0.0016 sec @ ISO 100]
- Software :
Feb 102014
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Jan 242014
Approximately 12 million years ago, a white dwarf star in the galaxy M 82 exploded. This week, light from the distant supernova finally reached Earth.
Telescope : SLOOH (Canary Islands)
Jan 242014
A sampling of Ken’s images.
Jan 242014
Ken took this image of the 58 mile wide crater Copernicus from his front yard in Poquito Bayou.
- Telescope : 8″ Celestron Edge HD w/Baader 24mm eyepiece (f/8)
- Mount : iOptron Minitower (in EQ mode on a wedge)
- Camera : Canon S95
- Exposure : [S:1×0.04sec @ ISO 100]
- Software :
Jan 242014
- Telescope : Coronado PST
- Mount :
- Camera : Canon Powershot SD600
- Exposure : [Ha:?]
- Software :
Jan 242014
Dennis took this image of the 3-way conjunction on the 26th of May from Tom’s Bayou bridge. The planets are from bright to dim: Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury.
Jan 242014
Dennis dug down deep in his archives and found images that he took of a rare apparition in Northwest Florida, the aurora borealis. These were taken on the 2oth of November 2003 at the Munson observing site.
Jan 242014
Orion Nebula (M 42)
- Telescope : FSQ-106ED
- Mount : Astro-Physics
- Camera : SBIG STL-11000M
- Exposure : [L:?;R:?;G:?;B:?]
- Software :
Jan 242014
NGC 7882
- Telescope :
- Mount : Astro-Physics
- Camera :
- Exposure : [Ha:?]
- Software :
Dec 072013
In preparation for their extra credit attendance at our upcoming Topsail Hill State Park Sky View on the 1st of November, the NWFAA spent the day at Emerald Coast Middle School briefing the 8th grade students. Tom Haugh spent the day giving general astronomy presentations to the rotating science classes. He brought along his 6″ classical Newtonian telescope as well as a 70mm refractor for hands-on examples of each telescope type.
After each presentation, the remaining class time was spent in a question and answer session. There were some very good questions asked.
We would like to thank the teachers and staff of Emerald Coast Middle School for their invitation and the opportunity to share our passion for Astronomy with their students. We also look forward to their participation on the 1st of November.