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** Inspired by the poem A Visit From St. Nicholas, written by Major Henry Twas the night after Solstice, and the world did not end, Meanwhile, [...] IC 405 and AE Aurigae Stardate: Saturday November 14, 2009. Mojo and I try to head out to our favorite dark sky observing spot every new moon Saturday night. Usually several of our Old [...] Hauling a telescope across the streets of San Francisco Jane-Orion plus Canis Major and Canis Minor Mojo demonstrating where to find Jupiter’s moons Getting some eye candy Sidewalk Astronomers have been setting up telescopes on Halloween as long as there have been sidewalk astronomers! When we lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, we’d cross the [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] Galileo’s Trapezium My Trapezium sketches
Galileo’s observed the Trapezium stars in the sword of Orion on February 4, 1617. He labeled the three stars “c”, “g”, and “i”. These stars are known now as the “D”, “C” and “A” components of Theta 1 Orionis, or 41 Orionis. He did not see the fainter [...] |
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