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Astronomy in Southern California: July 2015
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Astronomy in Southern California. An adjunct of CaliforniaStars.net. And the SoCalAstroPhoto Yahoo Group. And your vehicle for astronomy, astrophotography and other adventures in and around southern California. Friday, July 10, 2015. The Lagoon and the Trifid. As mentioned in the previous post. With just a camera, a decent lens, and a small tracking mount, an image like this is possible. The Lagoon (M8) and Trifid (M20) Nebulae. Milky Way at GMARS in July. Taken at about 12:15AM on July 10, 2015. Install...
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Astronomy in Southern California: Perseid Meteor Shower Arrives
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Astronomy in Southern California. An adjunct of CaliforniaStars.net. And the SoCalAstroPhoto Yahoo Group. And your vehicle for astronomy, astrophotography and other adventures in and around southern California. Tuesday, August 11, 2015. Perseid Meteor Shower Arrives. Watch this space for photos! Two Perseids go their separate ways a little after midnight on August 12th. A single Perseid makes itself known above the CaliforniaStars Observatory (August 12th, 3:00AM). IPhone 6 panorama at GMARS. There's one...
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Astronomy in Southern California: August 2015
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Astronomy in Southern California. An adjunct of CaliforniaStars.net. And the SoCalAstroPhoto Yahoo Group. And your vehicle for astronomy, astrophotography and other adventures in and around southern California. Thursday, August 20, 2015. Another Annual Trip to Mt. Piños Is Done. Here are some images from my one-nighter. Hazy sky due to fires in the region. Takahashi FSQ-106ED X-III telescope, Astro-Physics Mach 1 GTO mount,. Canon EOS 6D camera, Orion StarShoot Autoguider. Tuesday, August 11, 2015. The a...
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Astronomy in Southern California: January 2014
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Astronomy in Southern California. An adjunct of CaliforniaStars.net. And the SoCalAstroPhoto Yahoo Group. And your vehicle for astronomy, astrophotography and other adventures in and around southern California. Thursday, January 30, 2014. Prime Time for New Equipment - Paramount ME II and AG Optical Newtonian. After months of waiting for equipment, parts, and exchanging a couple parts. Everything is finally together and working! For the first light image (the supernova in M82). Click for a larger image.
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Astronomy in Southern California: The Lagoon and the Trifid
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Astronomy in Southern California. An adjunct of CaliforniaStars.net. And the SoCalAstroPhoto Yahoo Group. And your vehicle for astronomy, astrophotography and other adventures in and around southern California. Friday, July 10, 2015. The Lagoon and the Trifid. As mentioned in the previous post. With just a camera, a decent lens, and a small tracking mount, an image like this is possible. The Lagoon (M8) and Trifid (M20) Nebulae. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Like all meteor showers, the Persei.
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Astronomy in Southern California: April 2015
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Astronomy in Southern California. An adjunct of CaliforniaStars.net. And the SoCalAstroPhoto Yahoo Group. And your vehicle for astronomy, astrophotography and other adventures in and around southern California. Wednesday, April 22, 2015. Bigger than the Milky Way. At 170,000 light years across, it's rather ginormous. But at 21 million light years away, it's little more than a fuzzy speck in Ursa Major. M101, the Pinwheel Galaxy. 45 minutes (3 x 15 minutes). No darks or flats. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Astronomy in Southern California: January 2015
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Astronomy in Southern California. An adjunct of CaliforniaStars.net. And the SoCalAstroPhoto Yahoo Group. And your vehicle for astronomy, astrophotography and other adventures in and around southern California. Saturday, January 17, 2015. Feeling the Love and Joy. AGO 10" f/3.9 Newtonian and FLI ML11002-C. This desaturated and inverted image shows the extent of the comet's tail. The star cluster is the Pleiades. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Perseid Meteor Shower 2016 - Bang or Bust? In the northern hemisp...
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Astronomy in Southern California: July 2014
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Astronomy in Southern California. An adjunct of CaliforniaStars.net. And the SoCalAstroPhoto Yahoo Group. And your vehicle for astronomy, astrophotography and other adventures in and around southern California. Thursday, July 31, 2014. A Quantum Leap in Digital Camera Astrophotography? Anyone who is OK with one-shot color, no TEC, and is considering a large format sensor must now consider an exciting new option even before they consider the standard Canon or Nikon offerings. and it's not a DSLR:. With no...
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Astronomy in Southern California: November 2014
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Astronomy in Southern California. An adjunct of CaliforniaStars.net. And the SoCalAstroPhoto Yahoo Group. And your vehicle for astronomy, astrophotography and other adventures in and around southern California. Saturday, November 15, 2014. Software Bisque Workshop - Hardware Arrives! The Bisque folks showed up this evening and they brought the arsenal with them! L-R: Mark Melnyk, Steve Bisque, Richard Wright, and Bob Massey discuss how and where to set up the various equipment. Friday, November 14, 2014.
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Astronomy in Southern California: August 2014
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Astronomy in Southern California. An adjunct of CaliforniaStars.net. And the SoCalAstroPhoto Yahoo Group. And your vehicle for astronomy, astrophotography and other adventures in and around southern California. Saturday, August 23, 2014. Here's a newly discovered comet ( more info. With a catchy name of C/2014 E2 Jacques. Shown here are 2 different views of the same comet. The second image also makes the comet's motion apparent but this time by tracking the comet itself, the stars become streaked. This t...