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Another early Sunday

Last post by John Baars « Tue Nov 26, 2019 3:01 pm
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by Thefatkitty » Sun Nov 24, 2019 2:20 pm

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This has to stop...!!!

But I only have myself to blame. Once again, I wanted to get up early and drive down to the lakeshore to see Mercury, Mars...

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Moon pics always give me a sort of ambivalent feeling. Very nice, but for obvious reasons I like shots of the crescent dissapearing Moon most. Sorry!

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Last post by John Baars
Tue Nov 26, 2019 3:01 pm
Nice crisp night

Last post by terrynak « Sun Nov 24, 2019 6:33 pm
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by Steveinit » Thu Nov 21, 2019 1:56 am

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Before high clouds rolled in we had very crisp skies. Brought my little 80mm Orion short tube to my parents farm for kicks, and I'm glad I did....

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Beautiful little report Steve! I've been using my ST80 as a travel scope, bringing it with me on trains to inter- and intra-state destinations. But...

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Last post by terrynak
Sun Nov 24, 2019 6:33 pm
Another early Saturday

Last post by bobharmony « Sun Nov 24, 2019 2:12 pm
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by Thefatkitty » Sat Nov 23, 2019 2:36 pm

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I have reached a milestone in my life. I no longer need technology to wake me up at a certain time. Yup, that's right. I have reached a point of Zen...

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Nice images, Mark, and a great story. I caught Luna naked eye Saturday morning, hanging in the pre-dawn twilight. I can thank my alarm clock, the...

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Last post by bobharmony
Sun Nov 24, 2019 2:12 pm
A Great Seeing

Last post by SKEtrip « Fri Nov 22, 2019 2:47 pm
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by Steveinit » Fri Nov 22, 2019 6:14 am

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Of clouds... great texture and feathering. The color was a breathtaking streetlamp orange from horizon to horizon. Definitely reccomend looking at...

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Does breathtaking mean you can't breathe due to an inability to interrupt the flow of colorful epithets? ;)

Well done - you made good on difficult,...

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Last post by SKEtrip
Fri Nov 22, 2019 2:47 pm
My Winter Darksite

Last post by Refractordude « Fri Nov 22, 2019 6:21 am
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by Refractordude » Thu Nov 21, 2019 5:38 am

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Just got back home from my winter dark site, which is greenish yellow on the light pollution map. I did a few chores before the two hour drive this...

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Nice arrangement Refractordude! Is that Versago II mount? How does your Meade ride on it?

I removed the metal dew shield and replaced it with an...

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Last post by Refractordude
Fri Nov 22, 2019 6:21 am
Back To Basics - A Visual Refresher Course!

Last post by Bigzmey « Fri Nov 22, 2019 3:19 am
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by Juno16 » Thu Nov 21, 2019 4:11 am

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Evening All!

I had no plans of doing any scoping tonight, but I walked in the backyard with the dogs just after dark and it felt good with the...

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Good for you Jim! You could setup ED102 for AP and do visual with Newt in parallel - double fun. :)

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Last post by Bigzmey
Fri Nov 22, 2019 3:19 am
Observing Report for 17 November 2019 - chilly willy redux

Last post by kt4hx « Thu Nov 21, 2019 11:32 pm
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by kt4hx » Wed Nov 20, 2019 4:02 pm

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The second night of our stay at our dark site house was not forecast to be good. Even up into the pre-noon hours of Sunday it looked iffy. But as the...

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Quite impressive haul. As always.
A look in the Atlas showed me that you have chosen some nice groups of galaxies. I suppose you had several of them...

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Last post by kt4hx
Thu Nov 21, 2019 11:32 pm
One minute binocular session on the 18th November, 2019

Last post by helicon « Thu Nov 21, 2019 10:45 pm
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by j.gardavsky » Mon Nov 18, 2019 7:20 pm

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Hello all,

finally there has been a short break between the clouds to take the 15x85 binoculars in my hands, and to put them on my eyes.

The first...

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I have yet to see M33 with a scope, much less binos...

It's actually an easier object in binos. Just aim the binos at the little isosceles...

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Last post by helicon
Thu Nov 21, 2019 10:45 pm
Before the Moon came out

Last post by Bigzmey « Thu Nov 21, 2019 7:58 pm
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by Bigzmey » Wed Nov 20, 2019 1:56 am
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11/17/19

Another weekend, another trip to Anza. This time I had about four hours of dark before the Moon came out. The DSO hunting setup consisted...

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Man, Bigz, you sure can get an eye full out of your sessions!

Outstanding collection of targets!

Darkest skies to the East. Sounds cool. Picking...
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Last post by Bigzmey
Thu Nov 21, 2019 7:58 pm
First Night Out For Ages

Last post by Graeme1858 « Thu Nov 21, 2019 1:02 pm
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by Graeme1858 » Tue Nov 19, 2019 12:55 am

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Tonight was my telescope's first night out since early October! Clear sky equates to low temperature in the usual way, I put on 6 layers, the mercury...

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A nice capture of Uranus Graeme.

Thanks Gabby

Regards

Graeme

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Last post by Graeme1858
Thu Nov 21, 2019 1:02 pm
Observing Report for 16 November 2019 - more chilly willy galaxy hunting

Last post by kt4hx « Tue Nov 19, 2019 6:12 pm
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by kt4hx » Mon Nov 18, 2019 7:20 pm

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We headed back over to the dark site house for some chilly fall-time galaxy hunting in the couple of hours before the moon was set to rise. This...

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Awesome outing, Alan, and a nice dip into Abell 194! I especially liked your description of NGC 891 at the end. Nice!

The sky has been brownish-red...

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Last post by kt4hx
Tue Nov 19, 2019 6:12 pm
Fine autumn night

Last post by Bigzmey « Tue Nov 19, 2019 4:50 pm
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by Bigzmey » Thu Oct 31, 2019 11:04 pm

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10/26/19

Every month our club, Orange County Astronomers, holds a star party on the Saturday closest to the New Moon. This year it did not work that...

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Thanks Alan!

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Last post by Bigzmey
Tue Nov 19, 2019 4:50 pm
My Friday night.

Last post by Lady Fraktor « Tue Nov 19, 2019 5:21 am
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by Thefatkitty » Sun Nov 17, 2019 12:48 am

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A very happy Saturday to you.

Yesterday after work, my usual route home was a total mess, so I took an alternative way home. In doing this, I...

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A 150mm f/5 newt. Now Gabrielle, you know that's not a proper telescope ... just kidding

Hence the reason it is not included in the list. ;)

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Last post by Lady Fraktor
Tue Nov 19, 2019 5:21 am
Sunday A.M.

Last post by John Baars « Mon Nov 18, 2019 10:05 pm
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by Thefatkitty » Mon Nov 18, 2019 11:22 am

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Yesterday (Sunday) A.M. was a good chance to sleep in, so of course I was awake at 4:30 and couldn't get back to sleep. Time to see what it's doing...

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Nice tandem-setup and even nicer early morning pics.
Translation of an old Dutch saying: The morning has gold in its mouth
[ De morgenstond heeft...

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Last post by John Baars
Mon Nov 18, 2019 10:05 pm
Mercury Transit from SoCal desert

Last post by Bigzmey « Mon Nov 18, 2019 9:31 pm
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by Bigzmey » Tue Nov 12, 2019 11:26 pm

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11/11/19

The plan was to observe the transit with my family from our home coastal location. However, when I woke up at 05:30 the sky was completely...

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Great that you were able to experience the Mercury transit Andrey!

I was looking forward to it, but a week before I booked a flight to Denver on...

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Last post by Bigzmey
Mon Nov 18, 2019 9:31 pm
Fall doubles

Last post by Bigzmey « Mon Nov 18, 2019 9:21 pm
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by Bigzmey » Fri Nov 15, 2019 2:54 am

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11/9/19

I have been neglecting my doubles, but the full moon weekend provided opportunity to catch up. Here is my setup for the evening - Stellarvue...

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With a 5.7 magnitude difference and only 2.1 second separation, 7 Aqr is a very difficult double. I believe S.W. Burnham discovered it with much...

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Last post by Bigzmey
Mon Nov 18, 2019 9:21 pm
I got Mercury!!

Last post by Lowjiber « Wed Nov 13, 2019 10:41 pm
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by milanpicard » Mon Nov 11, 2019 2:27 pm

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Phew! How hard it is!
Forecast said it would be patchy clouds all day except for the transit hour when it would be totally overcast! In addition, my...

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Congratulations Milan! We all knew you'd get it. Nice report to go along with the pic too.

Clear Skies

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Last post by Lowjiber
Wed Nov 13, 2019 10:41 pm
Mercury transit

Last post by Bigzmey « Wed Nov 13, 2019 9:22 pm
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by rocdoc » Tue Nov 12, 2019 3:35 am

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I saw it!
That’s the report :)
It was actually the first use of the solar filter that sat on a shelf for a couple of years, and I’m very pleased...

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Congrats on catching the transit Rocdoc! It felt good to know that many friends from TSS were observing it together with me from different parts of...

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Last post by Bigzmey
Wed Nov 13, 2019 9:22 pm
Double Star Observing

Last post by pakarinen « Wed Nov 13, 2019 7:01 pm
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by John Fitzgerald » Tue Nov 12, 2019 6:24 pm

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Are there any double star observers on here? I don't see a separate forum for it.
It would be nice to get some reports posted and a discussion going.

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I'm a casual observer. I would like to spend a little more time on some easy ones if I ever get around to drawing up / printing out some lists.

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Last post by pakarinen
Wed Nov 13, 2019 7:01 pm
Mercury transit - no images, just my report

Last post by helicon « Tue Nov 12, 2019 9:23 pm
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by Voyageur » Mon Nov 11, 2019 7:10 pm

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The day dawned without a cloud to be seen! I was not able to begin observing as soon as the Sun was up, as my neighbor's house blocks my view of the...

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Great report Mary and I'm glad that you had such a good view. I was able to see it as a speck (just barely) in my homemade camera obscura which I...

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Last post by helicon
Tue Nov 12, 2019 9:23 pm
Mercury Transit

Last post by Unitron48 « Tue Nov 12, 2019 1:12 am
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by ARock » Mon Nov 11, 2019 5:25 pm

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Putting this in reports as it is closer to observing than AP.

The last week was very foggy here till about 11 am in the Bay Area and I had little...

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Very nice! I used a Thousand Oaks Solarlite filter on my SV110ED. Was able to observe from about 8:30 am until termination....about 1:06 pm.

Dave

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Last post by Unitron48
Tue Nov 12, 2019 1:12 am
Mercury elongation, Orionids and fall galaxies.

Last post by Bigzmey « Mon Nov 11, 2019 11:35 pm
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by Bigzmey » Wed Oct 23, 2019 12:20 am

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10/19/19

The weather apps promised cloud-free sky for days. I drove to Anza to discover patches of high clouds lazily drifting across the sky. They...

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Wow, good job, Biggs, you are killing the sky!😁 wow, I have never seen smoking meteors, what sights they must have been!

Thanks Milan! Yes, those...

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Last post by Bigzmey
Mon Nov 11, 2019 11:35 pm
Horsehead and 1000th galaxy

Last post by Bigzmey « Mon Nov 11, 2019 11:31 pm
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by Bigzmey » Wed Nov 06, 2019 12:32 am
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11/2/19

We had Santa Anna winds all week. Luckily there was no major fires in the vicinity, and I could schedule another trip to the Anza dark site....

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Good go on Horsehead, Biggs! When I saw it it took me 45 minutes on the best night and a lot of imagination...
1000 gals, wow! I stopped at about...
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Last post by Bigzmey
Mon Nov 11, 2019 11:31 pm
Observing Report for 02 November 2019 - chilly moonlit galaxies

Last post by kt4hx « Sun Nov 10, 2019 3:47 pm
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by kt4hx » Wed Nov 06, 2019 3:34 am

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Despite the presence of the moon in the early evening sky and feeling a bit poorly due to a cold (or whatever it is) that has been passing through...

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A very nice haul in spite of the Moon and the epizootic (as Granny on the Hillbillies would say).

Hopefully you've kicked that stuff to the curb by...

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Last post by kt4hx
Sun Nov 10, 2019 3:47 pm
Best Night Sky Events of November 2019

Last post by Lady Fraktor « Sat Nov 09, 2019 7:37 pm
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by Makuser » Sat Nov 09, 2019 3:40 pm

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Hi all. I am running a little late this month. Here is the latest report from Starry Night Software, at Space.com. It provides information on several...

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Thank you for the link Marshall :)

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Sat Nov 09, 2019 7:37 pm

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