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Best Night Sky Events of November 2020

Last post by Bigzmey « Mon Nov 02, 2020 9:17 pm
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by Makuser » Sun Nov 01, 2020 9:02 pm

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Here is the latest report from Starry Night Software and Chris Vaughan, at Space.com. It provides information on several interesting observing...

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Thanks for sharing Marshall! Looks like the planets season of 2020 is coming to the end with Mars getting smaller and Jupiter and Saturn sliding...

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Last post by Bigzmey
Mon Nov 02, 2020 9:17 pm
Aries, Pisces and Mars

Last post by prowler75 « Mon Nov 02, 2020 5:49 pm
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by Bigzmey » Sun Nov 01, 2020 3:54 am

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10/20/20

Location: Anza desert site, Bortle 3.5
Equipment: Celestron 9.25” Edge HD SCT and Stellarvue 102ED on SW SkyTee 2 manual AltAz mount....

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Nice report Bigz!
First report I’be read in a long time and even longer since my last session. I’m feeling the need to get some of my gear out of...

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Last post by prowler75
Mon Nov 02, 2020 5:49 pm
Quick Session

Last post by BamaDon « Sun Nov 01, 2020 3:52 am
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by KingNothing13 » Sun Sep 20, 2020 2:33 pm

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I was having some problems with the encoders for the Nexus II. After some emails and a phone call from Serge, (all the way from Australia!), it was...

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It looks like you were hitting a lot of Planetary Nebulae. While you are working the H400, you might as well log them in the Astro League Planetary...

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Last post by BamaDon
Sun Nov 01, 2020 3:52 am
Cooler nights, but poorer seeing

Last post by Shorty Barlow « Sat Oct 31, 2020 6:58 am
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by terrynak » Tue Oct 27, 2020 10:20 pm

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All of a sudden, the weather has gotten chilly here in So Cal. The skies have cleared up after 5-6 consecutive cloudy nights though.

Now that Mars...

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Beautiful setup SB - looks very familiar. The OTA looks like my Meade 5 , but slightly larger of course. Good to see others using a Newt on an EQ...

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Last post by Shorty Barlow
Sat Oct 31, 2020 6:58 am
Place marker in the hope of first light.

Last post by Graeme1858 « Tue Oct 27, 2020 4:20 pm
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by Greenman » Thu Oct 22, 2020 12:38 pm

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Currently the sun is shining and with and luck the sky will stay clear until 21:00. If so, this will be a purely visual session as I am waiting for...

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Thanks Terry, I have the adapter now so I can attach my DLSR to the flatten, took a few moon shots last night. Still to be processed. Yes, the plan...

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Last post by Graeme1858
Tue Oct 27, 2020 4:20 pm
Great Mars opposition? Yes - vote 1 John Baars!

Last post by KingNothing13 « Tue Oct 27, 2020 12:13 pm
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by OzEclipse » Sun Oct 25, 2020 1:41 pm

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I have to agree with John Baars This opposition has offered the best combination of atmospheric clarity on Mars and observing/seeing conditions here...

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Nice Joe - thanks for sharing. Sounds like a great night on Mars.

I'd be happy if it stopped raining here. And cleared up. Bleh. October is dreary...

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Last post by KingNothing13
Tue Oct 27, 2020 12:13 pm
An Orionid's Night

Last post by Unitron48 « Tue Oct 27, 2020 1:50 am
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by Unitron48 » Wed Oct 21, 2020 9:11 am

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Three of us from Culpeper Astronomy Club took advantage of clear skies and no Moon to observe the Orionid Meteor shower. Starting at 2330 EDT last...

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My wife and I were out on Monday eve and Tuesday evening. Nice clear Colorado high country viewing. Didn't keep a count but did see enough the first...

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Last post by Unitron48
Tue Oct 27, 2020 1:50 am
Great Mars oppositon

Last post by terrynak « Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:55 am
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by John Baars » Thu Oct 22, 2020 10:17 pm

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Just came in from a short session with my 150mm f5 achromat.
Just to check the latest alterations I made on it. It is all right.
Checked a few...

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It's been great observing Mars this close and seeing the various surface features John!

Looking forward to seeing some new surface features -...

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Last post by terrynak
Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:55 am
strange super-bright sighting at dusk in Nairobi Kenya

Last post by BABOafrica « Sat Oct 24, 2020 3:56 pm
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by BABOafrica » Fri Oct 23, 2020 6:18 pm

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I was doing some visual just after sunset. So around 6:35 PM Nairobi time. The sky was still quite illuminated. I could clearly see the moon, of...

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Thanks for the insight, but no... Could not possibly be a building. I think the balloon explanation fits best.

BABO

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Last post by BABOafrica
Sat Oct 24, 2020 3:56 pm
Moon shine

Last post by Juno16 « Sat Oct 24, 2020 1:07 am
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by Greenman » Fri Oct 23, 2020 7:29 pm

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Tonight the moon is clear in the southern sky as it plays catch up with Saturn & Venus. Time to turn the Starwave to the big bright thing. I added an...

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Hi Tony,

Very happy that you had a great night out with some wonderful views!

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Last post by Juno16
Sat Oct 24, 2020 1:07 am
10/12/20 Excellent transparency with mediocre Seeing

Last post by Arctic « Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:29 pm
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by John Donne » Tue Oct 13, 2020 4:20 pm

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With excellent transparency and average seeing I decided to take out my 4 ED Skywatcher telescope, my binoculars, and my CG4 mount to have another go...

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I've seen M74 in 10x50 binoculars in dark, transparent skies. The 4-inch refractor and 8-inch SCT provide good views at low power. Lack of good...

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Last post by Arctic
Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:29 pm
AR 2776

Last post by ARock « Thu Oct 22, 2020 2:15 am
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by ARock » Tue Oct 20, 2020 6:21 pm

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Hadn't seen a sunspot for a while, so got the Meade Adventure 80 out with the Sun Funnel on the EXOS Nano EQ mount. Approx polar alignment and...

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Very nice AR.

Looks like I'll be socked in by clouds for almost an entire week, so no observing either of Mars or the Sun (I have two sun funnels)...

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Last post by ARock
Thu Oct 22, 2020 2:15 am
Observing Report for 13 October 2020 - now that's more like it!

Last post by terrynak « Thu Oct 22, 2020 1:38 am
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by kt4hx » Sat Oct 17, 2020 5:37 pm
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Though the forecast for the evening was for excellent transparency, I would beg to differ. I judged it at best average transparency for the location,...

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Again, a ton of galaxies observed for this report Alan - well done!

As usual, good to see that nearly all of them are new objects. In my deep-sky...
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Last post by terrynak
Thu Oct 22, 2020 1:38 am
ISM Streams and Nebulae in Cygnus - Lyra - Hercules

Last post by notFritzArgelander « Wed Oct 21, 2020 6:43 pm
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by j.gardavsky » Tue Jul 28, 2020 3:26 pm

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Hello friends of the interstellar matter nebulae!

This is a short summary of my binocular observations in May and July, 2020, under the unexpected...

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Thanks for the update, JG!

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Last post by notFritzArgelander
Wed Oct 21, 2020 6:43 pm
Olympus Mons spotted.

Last post by Makuser « Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:41 pm
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by John Baars » Fri Oct 16, 2020 11:39 pm

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Just a quick sketch. I had a simultaneous session with my 120mm Evostar and another member of my local Astronomical observatory with his C11. During...

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Hello John. A very nice Mars sketch here, while viewing with the Evostar 120. I have found that out of 15 lunar/planetary filters that I bought over...

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Last post by Makuser
Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:41 pm
Brett's Carbon Star Hunt - Returning October 2020

Last post by Shabadoo « Mon Oct 19, 2020 1:39 pm
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by KingNothing13 » Tue Sep 15, 2020 1:40 pm

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Returning this October will be Brett's Carbon Star Hunt .

Each month, hopefully around the first of the month, I will post 3 Carbon Star targets....

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I thought about how to report for my records and to relate here. I’m not reporting to AVSSO. Matching up charts? Meh.
My scale is: “Wow that’s-...

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Last post by Shabadoo
Mon Oct 19, 2020 1:39 pm
Mars Report (10-16-20)

Last post by terrynak « Sun Oct 18, 2020 7:08 pm
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by terrynak » Sat Oct 17, 2020 6:47 am

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Not to be left out of the Mars observations, I got out the Meade 127NT Newt (5” F/8):

Thin clouds blanketed the skies tonight, but seeing was...

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Hi Terry. A very nice Mars observing report with the Meade 127NT scope. I was hoping to get another chance with Mars again myself, but we are getting...

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Last post by terrynak
Sun Oct 18, 2020 7:08 pm
The Night After Opposition (10-14-20)

Last post by terrynak « Fri Oct 16, 2020 4:18 am
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by terrynak » Thu Oct 15, 2020 6:46 am

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After my three-scope session two nights ago, I felt that the Celestron 102mm F/9.8 ‘frac on a GOTO with automatic tracking would be the best setup...

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You killing it Terry! :D

Lack or inconsistency of albedo-based maps is an issue. After each session I look at SkySafari, S&T Mars Profiler,...

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Last post by terrynak
Fri Oct 16, 2020 4:18 am
Anza! Mars!

Last post by Bigzmey « Thu Oct 15, 2020 6:33 pm
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by Bigzmey » Wed Oct 14, 2020 12:24 am

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10/09/2020

Location: Anza desert site, Bortle 3.5
Equipment: Celestron 9.25” Edge HD SCT and Stellarvue 102ED on SW SkyTee 2 manual AltAz mount....

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Hi Andrey. Yet another great report from you at Anza. That is quite a haul of DSOs and viewing two more asteroids was a bonus. Of course, the Mars...

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Last post by Bigzmey
Thu Oct 15, 2020 6:33 pm
A Mak, a 'Frac, and a Newt

Last post by terrynak « Thu Oct 15, 2020 8:37 am
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by terrynak » Wed Oct 14, 2020 3:44 am

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Tested two Celestron scopes – the C90 Mak (F/13.9) on the NexStar GOTO mount and the NexStar 102 GT ‘frac (F/9.8) on the Omni CG4 EQ mount – starting...

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Thanks for the report. Sounds like a good time.

You're welcome! Long session, but it was fun.

I was sure the next line was going to be...

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Last post by terrynak
Thu Oct 15, 2020 8:37 am
Planetary session from home

Last post by notFritzArgelander « Wed Oct 14, 2020 9:57 pm
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by Bigzmey » Wed Oct 14, 2020 8:44 pm

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10/13/20

Location: home, Bortle 6.5
Equipment: Celestron 9.25” Edge HD SCT and Stellarvue 102ED on SW SkyTee 2 manual AltAz mount.

On the Mars...

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Some nice catches Andrey. I had kind of the same experience. I went out at 1 am and Mars did not show that well. I went up to 135x on the Dob and...

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Last post by notFritzArgelander
Wed Oct 14, 2020 9:57 pm
Mars opposition tonight!

Last post by John Baars « Wed Oct 14, 2020 9:38 pm
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by Bigzmey » Tue Oct 13, 2020 11:35 pm

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We still have a few weeks of good Mars views ahead, but it is the largest and brightest tonight. Take a look if you can.

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Didn't see you already replied. See my correction in the former post.
Meanwhile Mars showed himself during ten minutes or so, so I rushed out with...

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Last post by John Baars
Wed Oct 14, 2020 9:38 pm
Mars 10/11/2020

Last post by terrynak « Wed Oct 14, 2020 5:35 pm
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by ARock » Mon Oct 12, 2020 7:31 am

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Clear Dark Sky said average seeing, and transparent night, figured might as well try the 8 Dob on Mars. Setup around 8:00 pm checked out Jupiter and...

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Wonderful maps and web app ARock!

Didn't look at Mars last night after the previous night's session.

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Last post by terrynak
Wed Oct 14, 2020 5:35 pm
Moon and Venus

Last post by John Baars « Tue Oct 13, 2020 9:23 pm
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by KathyNS » Tue Oct 13, 2020 1:52 pm

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Did anyone see that grouping of the Moon above Venus, and below Regulus and Algieba this morning? Wow, talk about gorgeous!

I am not normally up and...

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Nice report. I love these morning observations, although most of the time I still am in dreamland.
Those early morning views are always beautiful....

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Last post by John Baars
Tue Oct 13, 2020 9:23 pm
Mars in a Small Scope

Last post by Makuser « Tue Oct 13, 2020 8:44 pm
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by mikemarotta » Mon Oct 12, 2020 6:55 am

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I used my National Geographic 70 mm f10 refractor tonight (this morning) on Mars. From my Celestron eyepiece kit, the choices were 32mm and with...

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Hi Michael. A nice report from you. We have had rain almost everyday here, but tonight finally looks somewhat promising. I may just take out my...

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Last post by Makuser
Tue Oct 13, 2020 8:44 pm

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