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Re: Mars detail question
No, beyond amateur scopes visually. Olympus Mons has not been on the face recently and you would have to have clouds above it and see the clouds. Clouds are usually seen in light blue filters. All
By jimcoble2000 · #57381 ·
Re: Lowers Nebula
OK, perhaps this is cheating somewhat (so sue me). But I¡¯ve enjoyed Lower¡¯s Nebula twice with the 18-inch Dob using a PVS-14 white phosphor night vison device and a 7nm h-alpha filter atop a 50mm
By Ted Forte · #57380 ·
Mars detail question
I think I made a mistake reading people's observations of mars on Cloudy Nights. There were two objects that people reported being able to see visually in 8" to 10" scopes: "Olympus Mons" and the
By Jonathan Scheetz · #57379 ·
Re: Lowers Nebula
I've only suspected seeing Lower's Nebula once from Coinjock NC using my 25" Dobsonian: Lower's Nebula - Sh 2-261 (Bright Nebula in Orion) Observed: Jan 19, 2014, 9:20:00 PM I could barely see some
By Kent Blackwell · #57378 ·
January BBAA Meeting Location Change
Since TCC is closed for the holidays, our BBAA meeting this Thursday, January 2, 2025 will be held at the Kempsville Recreation Center on Monmouth Drive in Virginia Beach, 7:30 - 9:00 pm. I don't know
By George Reynolds · #57377 ·
Re: Lowers Nebula
You both need hep!??? :)
By jimcoble2000 · #57376 ·
Re: Lowers Nebula
It was a good night last night. Dry and very transparent. Good transit of Europa across Jupiter. Terrible Mars seeing. Oh and a very interesting observation. Around 8:30 or so a very very bright
By jimcoble2000 · #57375 ·
Re: Lowers Nebula
I see a poodle face :-)
By Ian Stewart · #57374 ·
Re: Lowers Nebula
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
By Jonathan Scheetz · #57373 ·
Lowers Nebula
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
By Ian Stewart · #57372 ·
YRSP Tonight 28 Dec: No-go
Tonight is a *No-go* ... but [don't forget] there's always next Saturday Night for our January Obs night. Happy New Year, Troy
By Troy Riedel · #57371 ·
Saturday 28 December AND Saturday 04 January: YRSP observing night
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* ¨C and in fact we¡¯ll
By Troy Riedel · #57370 ·
Anyone else noticed that R Leporis is very faded this year
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.
By jimcoble2000 · #57369 ·
Re: Mars addendum
Thought I should follow up to clarify.
By jimcoble2000 · #57368 ·
Re: Mars addendum
Thanks Mark - good suggestions.
By Ian Stewart · #57367 ·
Mars addendum
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
By jimcoble2000 · #57366 ·
Mars tonight
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
By jimcoble2000 · #57365 ·
Re: Thursday Night at the Chesapeake Planetarium
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.
By jimcoble2000 · #57364 ·
Thursday Night at the Chesapeake Planetarium
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
By Kent Blackwell · #57363 ·
Re: DSC and GoTo mount batteries
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
By jimcoble2000 · #57362 ·