Saturday, February 14, 2015

planetary nebula IC 418: a blue gem in a red cocoon

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here's my first light with a new ccd camera: starlight xpress trius 694 believe it or not i've never used a filter wheel before ju...
Thursday, February 12, 2015

Comet Lovejoy C/2014 Q2

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caught a bright comet with an impressive tail in January: The image frame is approximately 2 degrees wide, making this the longest...
Sunday, January 4, 2015

speaking of gas giants...Uranus

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Uranus, seventh planet from the Sun. It has the third-largest radius and fourth-largest mass in the Solar System. Uranus is similar in compo...
Saturday, January 3, 2015

Neptune overview

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Neptune--eighth and farthest planet from the Sun (after Pluto’s demotion).  Along with Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus, a gas giant.  Smaller, b...
Monday, December 22, 2014

wiffed on einstein's cross: happy solstice

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Gravitational lensing is a phenomenon predicted by einstein's general theory of relativity wherein the warp in space due to the gravita...
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Thursday, November 27, 2014

North America and Pelican Nebulae

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North America and Pelican Nebulae The North America Nebula is a huge emission nebula in Cygnus close to the bright star Deneb. It took me...
Sunday, November 16, 2014

Photographic Light Pollution Filter Comparison: Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 vs Chroma Loglow

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Having recently moved I've noticed some improvement in my skies from bortle white to bortle "off white".  At zenith on a good ...
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