Category: General
O'erheard
Pompous failed astronomer: So, the reason there was a half moon last night was that the Earth gets in between the sun and the moon [arranges water bottles to demonstrate]. It’s kind […]
Deep Sky / Long Exposure Photography / Observing Reports
RE: A rare clear night in January
Very pretty horse head nebula! Thanks for sharing. M —–Original Message—– From: Jimbo S. Harris Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 9:30 AM Subject: A rare clear night in January Hi all, It […]
Deep Sky / Gear / Long Exposure Photography / Observing Reports
M51, The Whirlpool Galaxy in Ursa Major
First try at the spring galaxies this year. This was a “gimme” image — the stupid sky wouldn’t cloud over and it was 1:30am, so I said “why not?” and fired off […]
apod
You no doubt bookmark this website. D <http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080104.html>
of the day
<http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/12/13/top-ten-astronomy-pictures-of-2007/>
Long Exposure Photography / Observing Reports
Re: Grand Canyon by moonlight
Those are awesome! There is a light near the upper right-hand corner (about 2 x 1 in) that shows. Any idea? a distant town? Amazing how bright it looks under a full […]
Long Exposure Photography / Observing Reports
Thanksgiving in the Grand Canyon
Not strictly qualifying as “astronomy” photos, these are a set of photos that I shot while on a trip to the Grand Canyon over Thanksgiving 2007. It was a full moon night, […]
Observing Reports / Solar System Photography
Re: Comet 17P/Holmes animation
I think its better with the stationary background. On 10/29/07, Jimbo S. Harris wrote: Hi all, After my last email, I decided to do a quick check, and yes, the comet is […]
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Polar Alignment Calculations
Here’s a page that derives Polar Alignment Calculations. (update 5/2020: the original site is gone, so I found the text on Wayback and am inserting it below. This is by the original […]
Gear / Observatory / Telescope
Special Guest Star takes the mount at Hilltop O
The Astro Jedi needed somewhere to store his light sab—- I mean, bucket, and I was only too happy to accommodate him. I have decided that I need to come to a […]
General / Maintenance / Observatory
Dome shutter is motorized again!
I finally decided to bite the bullet and fix the shutter motor. Things went sideways last winter, and I’ve been opening the shutter manually (and tying it shut with rope, so we […]
Trixie 2017 – tube mods
I finally got around to cutting the MTA-UTA tubes to length; the only eyepiece that would come to focus with the focuser spacer in place is the Televue 55mm Plossl. If I […]
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Observatory
Observatory 2.0 – Time has come today!
General / Maintenance
First Light, a deeper look
Mount / Observatory / Telescope
Observatory 2.0 – Result!
Observatory
Observatory 2.0 – The Pier goes in
Gear / General / Maintenance
Martin Farmer Wormblock installation notes
Deep Sky / Long Exposure Photography
NGC2244, The Rosette Nebula
Deep Sky / Long Exposure Photography
Another beautiful night.