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I see a poodle face :-)

Great image Ian.? A good Rorschach test - my first impression after a couple of seconds was a cloud of two big lips swooping in for kiss.? I guess I'm just a romantic at heart. - Jonathan

Last night was a perfect night for imaging. Cool temps, good transparency and seeing. Here is a few hours on a less well known nebula - Sh2-261 Lowers Nebula. I haven't photographed this in quite a

Tonight is a *No-go* ... but [don't forget] there's always next Saturday Night for our January Obs night. Happy New Year, Troy

Our monthly scheduled observing session at York River State Park <https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/york-river#general_information> is this *Saturday Night, 28 December* – and in fact we’ll

Hind's crimson star is definitely? not so crimson this year. This is the most faded I have seen in a couple of decades. Just an uninspiring yellow.

Thought I should follow up to clarify.

Thanks Mark - good suggestions.

For anyone who might be new to Mars I should clarify a few observations when talking about Mars. Experienced folks may ignore this if you have looked at Mars for some time. When I say I saw places

I am belt folded stapled and mutilated. 1145 at night and I just wrapped up a couple of hours with Mars. Started the night with a few doubles but had a tough time getting into a rhythm. Mars got high

Kent did his Moses imitation (a bit less showy to be sure) to part the clouds just long enough to let his audience go to the telescope. Go figure the odds. A nice evening? for the end of the year.

Thursday night, December 19th was the final Christmas Star program at the Chesapeake Planetarium in Chesapeake VA. Although the forecast was for clouds, the sky cleared long enough for us to show

I can use my back up power supply to serve as an emergency power if things get tough while observing. It will run the unit and charge it, slowly, simultaneously. I suspect as I said that it is better

Sharing discoveries, including good equipment, is part of the enjoyment of doing this, seems to me. And besides, I owe you, Kent, for all the tips, recommendations, neat photos, and many other things

Yeah, my SkyFi battery will totally discharge in less than a month of inactivity. I’ve about given up on trying to keep it charged – I just run it off the telescope 12V battery using a car USB

I want to thank Roy Diffrient for telling me about Nexus devices a few years ago. I was previously using a bulky Argo Navis DSC, which is dated compared to the Nexus. I use the simple Nexus II, it

We do have totally different batteries from the days of the venerable nine volt. It will be interesting to see how the internal lithium battery holds up. It is not easily user serviceable as the old 9

A number of people report built in batteries having issues. Funny, my Lumicon Sky Vector DSC (remember those?) controller from the 1990's used a standard 9v battery and was so very simple. It never

Good deal on a 5-Element APO for Astrophotographers! Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2024 11:06 AM To: Abraham J Goldstein <jeffgold1@...> Subject: Our Favorite Astrophotography Refractor 43% Off &

For all BBAA and VPA Club members: An early morning trek to Windsor, VA will result in a rare Lunar transit of the International Space Station. This will happen at exactly 4:57 AM through this