Norris Star Party – 8/8/2015
It ended up being a gorgeous night at Norris. The MW was clearly visible and seeing looked reasonably good just based on the naked eye twinkle criteria. I was able to gather a paltry 3x20min of O[III] and 2x20min of…
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Norris Lake Star Party – 7/25/2015
The night started off hazy with a big halo around the 68.5% illuminated waxing moon. I wasn’t that optimistic about the high thin stuff clearing out so I threw the Lumenera monochrome high frame rate planetary camera on the scope…
Future Observatory Site First Light – M8 The Lagoon Nebula (7/17/2015)
The Lagoon Nebula (catalogued as Messier 8 or M8, and as NGC 6523) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and as a H II region. The Lagoon Nebula was discovered…
Observatory Site Progress Update June 14
Site selection will be completed soon when several stumps are removed in the general area where the observatory will be situated.
Cygnus Mosaic
Last year (2014) I was conducting some mosaic tests for future projects. I attempted a widefield 9 panel mosaic in Cygnus and processed the hydrogen alpha data but never got around to completing the tri-color Hubble Pallet image until now…
Observatory Site Progress
Observatory Clearing – Well Underway!
Norris Dam Star Party 1/24/2015 – Comet Lovejoy C/2014 Q2
Rosette Nebula – January 10th & January 16th 2015
Rosette Nebula Test Shot
I’ve temporarily pulled the portable (read small) rig out onto my back patio by the pool which has a narrow window allowing imaging of the southern sky. Since the move to TN I haven’t had a lot of time to…