Today I moved the binocular objects 1 through 3 to the deepsky section. Follow this link to get there.
On Tuesday the 30th of March I observed together with a fellow observer who just lives down the road. He owns several telescopes but tonight we tested the Skywatcher 10-inch newton on an equatorial mount. We compared views of the moon, planets and some deepsky objects, using different eyepieces. We also took some pics of the moon and saturn. I will post a bigger lunar image next week in the solar system section. Here is a first unprocessed image we took with the Nikon Coolpix 4500, a Vixen Lanthanum 25mm eyepiece and the 10-inch Skywatcher telescope.
Last night I observed a few deepsky objects with a fellow observer, Joop Wiersma, using his 12-inch f /4 Orion Optics UK Newton on a home-build Dobson mount. The conditions where terrible. We had sky-glow right into the zenith, due to the moist atmosphere. We still enjoyed viewing some deep sky objects from
Tonight I observed Jupiter. The 4 big Moons all could be seen on one side of Jupiter. Even at low magnification I could detect see Jupiter divided into 7 different zones and bands.......follow this link to read the full story
On March 17th 2004 I started my observing session with Saturn about 19.00hrs UT from my own backyard. The seeing was great. It had been 20 degrees Celsius all day and I .....follow this link to read the full story
There is tons of astronomy software available through the internet, freeware, shareware and commercial software. Whether you are looking for a planetarium for your computer, or some software to plan and log your deepsky observing sessions, it’s all available. Follow this link to “Astronomy Software", a site with more than 200 links to various programs for Windows, Mac, Unix and other platforms.
Last night I tried to see Ganymede and its shadow going over Jupiter, but the weather didn’t cooperate. The seeing was very bad, and there where a lot of thin high clouds in the sky. Just before Ganymede “touched” the edge of Jupiter’s disk, it was overcast. On the image.......follow this link to read the full story
I regularly get e-mails from people that want to know more about the digital camera set-up I use. Today I have published an article in my equipment section about the two cameras’ I use(d) , the Nikon Coolpix 4500 and the Nikon Coolpix 775. In the article you will find a photo album containing 16 images in which you can see how the Nikon Coolpix 4500 is connected to the telescope, using digital camera adaptors from Vixen and ScopeTronix. You will also find some links to some images and the digital_astro yahoo group.
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Enjoy!