August 30th, 2010 by Hersey
Date: 8/28/2010 Time: 9:45 PM – 12:00 AM EDT Scope: Stellarvue 80BV Mount: Celestron Advance CG5 GOTO Eyepieces: 16mm Nagler, 7mm Nagler, 4mm Radian Location: Backyard, Suffolk, VA Weather: Warm, clear, humid. Transparency: 4 Seeing: 6/7 Moon: Bright Waning Gibbous Alignment Stars: Arcturus, Vega Calibration Stars: Caph, Deneb I knew the moon was going to [...]
August 16th, 2010 by Hersey
Date: 8/14/2010 Time: 9:45 PM – 01:30 AM EDT Scope: Astro-Tech AT66ED Guide Scope: Celestron C6-SGT Mount: Celestron Advance CG5 GOTO Location: Backyard, Suffolk, VA Weather: Warm, clear, light breeze. A few thin clouds after midnight. Transparency: 7 Moon: Waxing Crescent that set early Cameras: Orion Starshoot DSI II, Orion Starshoot Autoguider Software: Maxim DL [...]
August 1st, 2010 by Hersey
Date: 7/30/2010 Time: 9:00 PM – 11:30 PM EDT Scope: Celestron C8 SGT-XLT Eye Pieces: 33mm SWAN, 22 Panoptic, 13mm Nagler Mount: Celestron Advance Series CG5 GOTO Location: Backyard, Suffolk, VA Weather: Warm, Few high thin clouds Seeing: 6 Transparency: 5 (4 after Moon rise at approx 10:30) Moon: Waning Gibbous Alignment Stars: Arcturus, Antares [...]