Tag Archive for 'orion'

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 [...]

Trying out some prime focus photos

Tonight is the first night I have been able to try out the T-Connector and T-Ring that attaches my Nikon D60 to my Celestron C8 SCT scope. It was a nice night early on, cold and fairly clear to the East and directly over head. By about 9:00 PM there were some clouds moving in [...]

My first piggyback pics – M42, M31, and Pleiades

Last night it was cold and a bit cloudy, but I really wanted to get out and try out my new piggy back mount with my Nikon D60. Neat stuff! It is really amazing how much the camera sees that you cannot see with your eye. The frost got to the scope lens pretty quick [...]