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5-6-2022 TSS Visual Report of the Day.

by helicon

"Short Session with an old friend"


Today's featured report is a bit of a travelogue, observing session, and a chance to enjoy some notable memories from the past. In this case Dave (Unitron48) was able to travel to the Bluemont area of Virginia in the Wine Country to celebrate he and his wife's 45th wedding anniversary. Taking along his 60mm Unitron Dave logged some excellent views of the moon at powers up to 150x through the excellent optics of the scope, and also a parade of Double stars. Also, he had a chance to recall his time taking courses from the noted astronomer James Mullaney at the Buhl Planetarium in Pittsburgh in 1961-1962, which helped kindle his interest in the field along with the launch of Sputnik in 1957 which took the world by surprise. Congratulations Dave on the session and the wedding anniversary especially - and today's VROD award is yours!

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