After a long summer of lots of solar observing as well as some forced downtime of my larger scope the CPC1100 due to me shorting out one of the circuit boards, poor weather and hectic work schedule, I was finally able to get some video astronomy in at my clubs Read more…
This month, a fellow Raleigh Astronomy Club (RAC) member and I presented an introduction to Video Astronomy or EAA (Electronically Assisted Astronomy) at our September club meeting. We had a higher than average turnout for the talk which was great! Embedded below is the PowerPoint presentation we spoke to. To 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…
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…