It was another enjoyable successful SRSP this spring. I got to see some old friends and make some new ones. I arrived later than I wanted on Wednesday, the first night of the Spring SRSP after waiting for some last minute equipment to arrive in the mail. This star party Read more…
On the evening of Feb 5th, 2017 (after the Super Bowl), I met up with other members of the Raleigh Astronomy to try to capture a really cool phenomenon, a Grazing Lunar Occultation – where the limb of the moon barely obscures a star in the back ground. While the Read more…
I attended another great star party in October, this month it was the 2016 Fall Staunton River Star Party. I believe this year’s fall event was the largest to date with over 160 registered attendees! I attended all 6 nights of the event. While we experienced quite a bit of Read more…
This was my first ECVAR and it definitely did not disappoint! ECVAR is not your standard star party. Yes, it’s about observing, but it’s about observing with a video camera and not with eyepieces. The view thru the telescope is fed to a computer or monitor for all to see. Read more…
The October 2015 issue of Sky & Telescope had a very interesting article, written by Ted Forte, entitled “A Few of My Favorite Things.” In this article, Mr, Forte provides guidance on how to view several galaxy groups in the constellation Pegasus. Needless to say, I was intrigued and captured Read more…
Life can be pretty rough when attending a star party during good weather. Okay, I’m being sarcastic; actually attending a star party is great way to spend some quality time under the stars assuming the weather at night cooperates. If you live in the mid-Atlantic region of the East coast, Read more…
Unfortunately the Supermoon Eclipse was almost completely obscured by cloud cover here in the Raleigh area of North Carolina. However at times the cloud cover was thin enough to get a glimpse of the eclipse. Using my Astro-Video Systems MK-IV video astronomy camera, mounted on Explore Scientific AR102 refractor on Read more…
M16 – The Eagle Nebula My MK-III camera was recently upgraded (for free) by the manufacture of the AVS camera to the MK-IV. From the Almost Heaven Star Party in West Virginia, I shot M16, The Eagle Nebula, with my Astro Video Systems MKIV video camera at f/2.8 with my Read more…
This past Saturday, May 31st, I helped out again with the Public Outreach / Observing session put on by the Morehead Panetarium. The session was held out at Jordan Lake just west of Apex and south of Chapel Hill in North Carolina. People showed up well in advanced of the Read more…
recently purchased a color video-astronomy camera from Astro Video Systems (AVS), the Avanced Cam MKIII. First light for the camera happened to coincide with the Morehead Planetarium’s SkyWatching session for May. If I could get it working, it would be a great way to show off views of deep space objects Read more…