Greene County 5/31/2014

Three AAAP members were preset at the Greene County Observing Site Saturday night.  It turned out to be a pretty decent night.

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Crescent Moon with Earth Shine and Jupiter
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Greene County Site Looking South at the Summer Milky Way. Light pollution is more prominent here now than in past years.

 

Additional Information:

The area around the Greene County Observing Site has seen a lot of new industry construction; most of it related to the Marcellus Shale boom.  Take a look at the Google Map view of all the new light sources that weren’t there 3 years ago.  About 70% are from the last year alone.  #1 is one of the brightest lights seen in the above Southern Milky Way shot.

Greene County

 

 

IC 1848 – Open Cluster in the Soul Nebula

 

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And to put it into a little broader perspective here’s a wider field view which starts to show the Heart Nebula.

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Mount: AP900GTO3
Scope: Tak FSQ-106ED
CCD: Apogee Alta U16
Filters: Baader Ha, O[III], S[II]
MMOAG OAG w/ sbig st-i guider
Total Exposure 5 hours