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…