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Observing Report for 18 March 2025 - my return to galaxy hunting!

Last post by kt4hx « Sat Mar 22, 2025 10:06 pm
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by kt4hx » Fri Mar 21, 2025 6:21 pm

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Man it has been a long time since I’d done any observing! The last time out for me was in November when I made a trip over to the dark site house to...

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That’s an incredible number of overall galaxies you’ve observed over the years. Superb detailed report too.

Jeff.

Thank you Jeff, appreciate...

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Sat Mar 22, 2025 10:06 pm
Blog and Photo Gallery Update

Last post by Baurice « Sat Mar 22, 2025 7:39 pm

by Baurice » Sat Mar 22, 2025 7:39 pm

With two days of cloudy weather, I have caught up with my blog and photo gallery for March so far.

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Sat Mar 22, 2025 7:39 pm
Lunar Eclipse 03/13/2025 report by Bigzmey

Last post by helicon « Fri Mar 21, 2025 7:28 pm
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by Bigzmey » Thu Mar 20, 2025 8:58 pm

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3/13/2025

Location: home, Bortle 7.

The weather forecast was bad: high and low clouds for the night. However, around 21:00 I noticed Moon picking...

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To add more to my comment above from yesterday we were clouded out. My sister was hoping to see it from her vantage point but also got clouded out at...

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Last post by helicon
Fri Mar 21, 2025 7:28 pm
Blog Update

Last post by Baurice « Fri Mar 21, 2025 6:35 pm

by Baurice » Fri Mar 21, 2025 6:35 pm

My astronomy blog is complete to March 15th with photos of the sun and moon, with the zodiac constellations of Leo and Virgo.

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Last post by Baurice
Fri Mar 21, 2025 6:35 pm
Three times Grumble, and one Hooray!

Last post by kt4hx « Fri Mar 21, 2025 5:42 pm
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by John Baars » Thu Mar 20, 2025 10:36 pm

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If you live in Bortle 8-9 area, for a quick evening of DSO objects you are pretty much reliant on Goto.
Manual is also possible, of course, but...

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I admire your resilience John. You stuck with it and worked through your issues well enough to get on with the program.

Since I do not have any...

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Last post by kt4hx
Fri Mar 21, 2025 5:42 pm
What you missed

Last post by Baurice « Thu Mar 20, 2025 8:51 am

by Baurice » Thu Mar 20, 2025 8:51 am

I have completed my blog up to March 15th, with photos from 16th to 19th still to process.

These are the photo highlights so far.

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Last post by Baurice
Thu Mar 20, 2025 8:51 am
Another Night of DS Hunting...in Hydra

Last post by Unitron48 « Wed Mar 12, 2025 2:51 pm
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by Unitron48 » Mon Mar 10, 2025 4:40 pm

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We had another relatively clear...and not so cold...night last evening. My overall plan for the evening was to check out double/multiple stars in the...

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Congratulations on the VROD!

Thanks, John! I'm on a personal double star run :Astronomer1:

Dave

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Last post by Unitron48
Wed Mar 12, 2025 2:51 pm
Finally

Last post by Mike Q « Tue Mar 11, 2025 8:30 pm
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by Mike Q » Sun Mar 09, 2025 5:09 pm

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After being shut down for 125 nights I was finally given a night that I could take advantage of. Temp was about 30 degrees with a light breeze. The...

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(...) Somewhere along the lines i picked up the habit of just holding the filter over the eyepiece, especially since i change eyepieces a fair...

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Last post by Mike Q
Tue Mar 11, 2025 8:30 pm
National Stargazing Days 2025 at my local public observatory

Last post by Bigzmey « Tue Mar 11, 2025 5:10 pm
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by John Baars » Mon Mar 10, 2025 10:21 pm

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In the Netherlands, there is a nationwide stargazing tradition. Several evenings in March all public obervatories and even individual amateurs open...

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Congrats on the great outreach John and well earned VROD! Glad to hear that astronomy is so popular in Holland. I hope they will figure out that...

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Last post by Bigzmey
Tue Mar 11, 2025 5:10 pm
Back to the old school

Last post by Bigzmey « Tue Mar 11, 2025 4:58 pm
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by Bigzmey » Tue Feb 25, 2025 8:57 pm

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After a month of clouds the dry clear skies are back. Last Friday I drove to my Anza observatory to capitalize on that.

As you may remember, during...

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Good luck with the new mount Andrey. I am sure you will be quite pleased with it after all the frustrations of late.

The mount brought British...

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Last post by Bigzmey
Tue Mar 11, 2025 4:58 pm
Blog Complete for Feb 2025

Last post by Baurice « Tue Mar 11, 2025 11:39 am
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by Baurice » Wed Mar 05, 2025 4:14 pm

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My astronomy blog for February is now complete. The highlight was the approach of Venus to inferior conjunction, with a decreasing phase. I also took...

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You have had a very prolific month Phil!

I like your Crescent Venus images.

And you caught a very busy Solar surface on the 18th.

Many thanks,...

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Last post by Baurice
Tue Mar 11, 2025 11:39 am
Impromptu Outreach opportunity

Last post by kt4hx « Tue Mar 11, 2025 3:02 am
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by Gfamily » Sat Mar 08, 2025 9:30 pm

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Our local museum has been hosting the Luke Jerram Mars sculpture - and they have been running special daytime and evening events.
Today was was...

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A fine outreach effort indeed!

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Last post by kt4hx
Tue Mar 11, 2025 3:02 am
A Busy Night in Cancer...

Last post by kt4hx « Tue Mar 11, 2025 3:02 am
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by Unitron48 » Tue Mar 04, 2025 3:45 pm

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Seems like I have been doing a lot of outreach of late, so I took advantage of clear but chilly skies last night to do a little solo observing. I had...

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An outstanding report Dave, with a fine treasure trove of doubles. Well done on a solid VROD performance my friend.

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Last post by kt4hx
Tue Mar 11, 2025 3:02 am
Mercury

Last post by RitcheyPark « Mon Mar 10, 2025 12:47 am
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by RitcheyPark » Sat Mar 01, 2025 1:07 am
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Went to the hilltop to try to see Mercury.
Could not find it. May be a day or too early.
Used 15×45 Cannon image stabilized
binos. But a very thin...

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Went out to try to see Mercury one last time.
3 evenings ago it was quite visable at this
same time. Couldn't find it anywhere this evening. Must be...
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Mon Mar 10, 2025 12:47 am
March Blog Started

Last post by Baurice « Fri Mar 07, 2025 5:16 pm

by Baurice » Fri Mar 07, 2025 5:16 pm

My astronomy blog is complete up to March 1st. I have images from March 2nd to 6th waiting to be processed.

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Last post by Baurice
Fri Mar 07, 2025 5:16 pm
February Summary

Last post by Baurice « Thu Mar 06, 2025 10:24 am

by Baurice » Thu Mar 06, 2025 10:24 am

Due to a flurry of activity towards the end of February, I have now finished processing photos and updating my blog. Finally, I have finished my...

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Last post by Baurice
Thu Mar 06, 2025 10:24 am
Open for Spring

Last post by helicon « Thu Mar 06, 2025 12:16 am
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by jrkirkham » Fri Feb 28, 2025 6:50 pm

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:observatory:
I haven't trusted the weather lately so I've kept my dome under its winter cover. However, four people contacted me this week to see...

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Sounds like it went off quite well Rob. Nice outreach

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Last post by helicon
Thu Mar 06, 2025 12:16 am
A Tale of Two Crescents

Last post by Unitron48 « Tue Mar 04, 2025 2:11 pm
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by Jeff.Stevens » Mon Mar 03, 2025 4:59 pm

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I've been very lucky to have some clear skies this past week, and it has given me the opportunity to pursue my visual observations of the planets;...

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Well done! Great report! Congrats on your VROD.

Dave

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Last post by Unitron48
Tue Mar 04, 2025 2:11 pm
Blog Update 27th Feb

Last post by Baurice « Sun Mar 02, 2025 8:38 am

by Baurice » Sun Mar 02, 2025 8:38 am

My astronomy blog is complete up to February 27th:

I still have lots more photos from 28th to March 1st to process.

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Last post by Baurice
Sun Mar 02, 2025 8:38 am
Four Generational Session!

Last post by Unitron48 « Sat Mar 01, 2025 9:17 pm
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by Unitron48 » Sat Mar 01, 2025 1:18 am

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I received a call this afternoon from an individual wanting to show his grandson the Planet Parade . Apparently he got my phone number from the...

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Nice outreach John! Did they discuss getting a telescope?

I think that might be in their future. I did invite them to join us at our monthly...

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Last post by Unitron48
Sat Mar 01, 2025 9:17 pm
Another day of blog

Last post by Baurice « Sat Mar 01, 2025 4:53 pm

by Baurice » Sat Mar 01, 2025 4:53 pm

My astronomy blog is complete up to February 26th:

I still have lots more photos from 27th to March 1st to process.

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Last post by Baurice
Sat Mar 01, 2025 4:53 pm
Blog Update

Last post by Baurice « Sat Mar 01, 2025 5:02 am

by Baurice » Sat Mar 01, 2025 5:02 am

My astronomy blog is complete up to February 25th:

I still have lots more photos from 26th to 28th to process.

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Last post by Baurice
Sat Mar 01, 2025 5:02 am
Testing out a new eyepiece

Last post by messier 111 « Sat Mar 01, 2025 12:45 am
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by Cyclops » Fri Feb 28, 2025 8:09 pm

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Just had a session outside with the Ursa Major 7-21 zoom ep I bought. The sky wasnt totally black, its like a light haze. But I put the 7-21 zoom in...

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I have two zoom 7-21, I love them.
for the price they do more than I expected.
congrat.

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Last post by messier 111
Sat Mar 01, 2025 12:45 am
2 visits to the night sky

Last post by Bigzmey « Thu Feb 27, 2025 11:18 pm
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by Cyclops » Thu Feb 27, 2025 10:14 pm

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Had a quick dip outside before tea (dinner) and saw crescent venus, Jupiter and 3 moons (like . . O. ) and mars. Viewing at 92x (10mm plus 2x...

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Nice outing, Larry!

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Last post by Bigzmey
Thu Feb 27, 2025 11:18 pm
Toddlers to teens...a fun night!

Last post by John Baars « Thu Feb 27, 2025 5:42 pm
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by Unitron48 » Wed Feb 26, 2025 12:34 pm

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Last evening we held our monthly meeting of the Culpeper Astronomy Club. The usual fare includes a presentation followed by an observing session...

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Congratulations on the VROD!
Good work!

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Thu Feb 27, 2025 5:42 pm

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