Backyard Stargazing and Amateur Astronomy in Suffolk, Virginia USA
Date: 7/18/2010 Time: 8:30 PM – 9:45 PM EDT Scope: Stellarvue SV80BV FL: 750mm Eye Pieces: 13mm Nagler, 9mm Nagler, 7mm Nagler, 4mm Radian Mount: Stellarvue M1 Grab and Go Alt-azimuth Location: Backyard, Suffolk, VA Weather: Warm, low thin clouds, windy, cumulonimbus clouds and lightning to the northeast Seeing: 4 Transparency: 4 Moon: 1st Quarter [...]
Looked like the sky might actually clear some to get a look at Mars as it is the closest to Earth that it will be until again in 2014 – only 99 million kilometers away! It was fairly clear, with just a few passing clouds, and very cool. The seeing was not so good, there [...]
It has been a while. Just a lot going on with the holidays and when I have had time to breath the sky has not been clear. Even though things are kind of busy tonight I did get a few minutes to try out my Christmas presents a Nikon Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 lens and a [...]
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