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Observing report, dark sky weekend, October, 2009, Chuckwalla Bench A perfect night begins with Earth's shadow climbing in the east One one side of the green van is the Imaging zone On the other side of the green van is the visual observing zone When the clear sky chart reads perfect, we can’t wait to get [...] Wilfred Buck at NYAA Starfest 2009 Ochek Atchakosuk – The Fisher Stars Atima Atchakosuk – the dog stars with Polaris, Mihkun Atchakos, the wolf star Matootisan – The Sweat Lodge Matootisan Assiniuk – Sweat Lodge Rocks Niska flying in the Summer Bird's Path (Milky Way) Atchakosuk are the spirit lights up above. “All people [...] Rough sketch of LCROSS impact area finished sketch of Cabeus and environs E. A. Whitaker 1954 sketch Mojo and I started to setup his 14.5-inch f/4.8 Litebox reflector at 3:30 a.m. on LCROSS impact morning. There were marine layer clouds at that hour, but by the time we were set up it was clear [...] Look for the shuttle to the right of the contrail in my photo (click on the image for full res version) Shuttle and ground in one image. This photo and the rest of these photos courtesy of Gary Spiers Space shuttle Discovery Touchdown – twin dustplumes from gear touching down Parachute deploys NASADryden tweeted at [...] Public star party at Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park Our tent and telescopes, OSP, Ochoco National Forest, OR I was inspired to hum this old hobo ballad and change the words a little Eighteen-day moon The moon rises later each evening now. That means a late night for sketchers. Luckily my small 70mm Televue Ranger on a telepod mount requires no setup. I keep it permanently set up in the garage. The features I’ve sketched on the 18-day moon begin with sunset on Mare Crisium – on the terminator [...] Galileo noted a fixt star (at left), now known to be Neptune on this sketch from December 28, 1612 Skymap Pro chart of Jupiter and Neptune (the square at left), December 28, 1612 My sketch of Neptune with Jupiter and the Galilean moons Galileo made the first recorded observation of Neptune in 1612 when Neptune [...] It’s just a few days until Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, ‘Part 2′ opens, so I am updating my literary stargazing project. I even added a few new objects to the list. So head up to the astronomy tower at your own Hogwarts and look up into the summer night sky. [...] fourteen-day (full) moon The full moon rises as the sun sets on the 14th day of the lunar month. A small telescope, such as the 70mm f.8.7 Televue Ranger I’m using for this series of sketches is a perfect instrument for full moon viewing. So are binoculars. The moon is [...] Galileo’s Head of Orion cluster Jane’s Head of Orion cluster Astrophoto of Orion Head cluster by Morris Jones Map of the constellation Orion Galileo looked at the fuzzy patch surrounding the head of Orion through a telescope, and resolved many starts not previously known. He called it Nebulosa Orionis. Look between the shoulder stars Betelgeuse and [...] |
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