I set up my Hydrogen Alpha telescope (Lunt LS60ThaPTc B1200d2) atop my Celestron CG-5 Advanced GT mount for live streaming on Facebook. This was my first attempt at Live Streaming telescopic views on Facebook and the first time I’ve tried with my H-Alpha scope. I tried to switch from my Read more…
At the end of December, I attempted to capture the International Space Station as it crossed the face the sun (aka a transit). Well, I failed. However, it was still a valuable experience in all the researching and testing I performed. Here are some the resources I used: http://www.calsky.com (they Read more…
Like millions of Americans, I traveled to the Path of Totality to view the view the Great American Solar Eclipse on August 21st, 2017. It was an awesome event that I shared with my youngest son and two other Raleigh Astronomy Club members are their respective families as well as Read more…
There is quite a bit of excitement about that the upcoming Great American Solar Eclipse next week. So much so that 2 local retirement communities reached out to me to come talk to their residents about the Solar Eclipse. In both cases, the rooms were packed, easily 80 plus people 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…
I have recently begun to do more solar observing as well as outreach activities during the day. Additionally next year the United State will be treated to a full solar eclipse such that the path of totality will only be a several hour drive from where I live. These factors Read more…
On Thursday October 23, 2014, most of North America was treated to a partial solar eclipse. A partial eclipse is when the moon’s alignment between the earth and sun only blocks a portion of the sun from the view point of an observer on Earth. For those of us along Read more…
Several Raleigh Astronomy Club members, including myself, supported the International Sun-Day events at the North of Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. At the start of the event (12 noon) the weather was not at all cooperative with almost 100% cloud cover. However holes in the clouds began to appear by 2pm and by Read more…