Tag Archive for 'm3'

Observation Log – July 9, 2010 – A Quick Look Through Cloudy Skies

Date: 7/9/2010 Time: 9:15 PM – 11:00 PM EDT Scope: Stellarvue SV80BV FL: 750mm Eye Pieces: 22mm Panoptic, 9mm Nagler, 7mm Nagler Mount: Stellarvue M1 Grab and Go Alt-azimuth Location:Backyard, Suffolk, VA Weather: Warm and cloudy. Moon: None It was pretty warm and mostly cloudy. A few breaks in the clouds as they passed allowed [...]

Orion and M3

Last night was the first clear sky in a while. It was good to get out and look around, even if it was only for a little while. Set up early in the day on Saturday, but the clouds moved in. It looked like it would probably clear after midnight, but I did not stay [...]

Prime Focus Images from 1/31/09

Here are the images from last night. I will post my observation log later. I think the images of M3 and M42 turned out very nice. I think I should have done longer exposures of M81 and M104. You can see them, but there is not really any detail. On M104 you can just make [...]