Sunday, December 31, 2017

Tonight's New Years Eve (nearly) Full Moon!

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Though there was thin cloud cover creating a bit of a bright haze around the Moon I decided to give it a try. Not much else to image ton...
Friday, December 29, 2017

Updated Report by the CATE Solar Experiment I was part of

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During the 2017 fall meeting press conference of the American Astrogeophysical Union, Matt Penn, the lead scientist for the CATE project...

Celestron Sky Scout: The Bad News and the Good News UPDATE!

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IMPORTANT: Be sure to read my DECEMBER 29, 2019 update review at the bottom of this post regarding the GPS ROLL-OVER OF April 6, 2019 th...
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Thursday, December 28, 2017

Clear skies and a quickie image of the Moon

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Bullialdus is a lunar impact crater located in the western part of the Mare Nubium. To the north by north-west is the broken-rimmed and ...
Wednesday, December 27, 2017

DYI Scope and Lens Dew Heaters

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Because it is either frosty cold or heavy dew at night it is always likely that frost or dew will build up on the front element of a telesc...
Tuesday, December 19, 2017

My DYI Piggy-Back Camera Mount for NexStar 4SE

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One reason why I bought myself a Celestron NexStar 4SE was so that I could use it for astrophotography, especially to have the scope mount ...
Thursday, December 14, 2017

A Geminid Meteor Captured Near Orion's Belt and Sword

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(Click on the image for a more full-screen view) A Geminid Meteor ...part of the annual Geminid Meteor Shower caused by Earth cr...
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