Thursday, September 18, 2014

Modified Canon XS and sample photo

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I have always struggled with trying to image reddish nebula...never could get enough red to make it look natural. Of course there is a reas...
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Thursday, September 4, 2014

Observations of the Moon after raising the telescope pier 9 more inches

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Ah, the wonders of hindsight! After nearly a year in my observatory it came time to make some more adjustments to the concrete pier that my...
Friday, August 29, 2014

17 Visitors to the La Pine Observatory tonight

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The Primetimer's of Grace Fellowship Church of La Pine, Oregon visited the observatory tonight.  Viewed were Sataurn, Mars, the crescent...
Monday, August 25, 2014

A Comet, The Ring Nebula, and A Poor Man's Spectrometer

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After last night's capture of the motion of Comet Jacques C/2014 E2, I headed out to the observatory for another attempt to capture any...

Comet Jacques C/2014 E2

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This is an animation of Comet Jacques C/2014 E2 as it flies through Cassiopeia on August 23, 2014. This is its motion over just 17 minutes...
Thursday, August 7, 2014

Four visiters to the Observatory tonight!

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Some friends of ours and two of their grandchildren observed the Moon, Saturn, Mars, the double star in the Northern Cross,  the triple star...
Wednesday, August 6, 2014

First Light with my 6 inch Meade LXD75

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Skies finally cleared up tonight! So I broke out the latest addition to my observatory,  the 6 inch LXD75 scope. I was very impressed!  Both...