Archive for June, 2010

Glued to the cement, next the anchor bolts

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

Not that this thing is going anywhere….but it gets anchor bolts tomorrow and the welder is working on the pier which should be complete sometime this weekend.

Life is pretty good at Casa Ramotowski!

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

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Comet McNaught C/2009 R1

Saturday, June 12th, 2010

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It’s about time we had another nice comet!

Comet McNaught is currently magnitude 6.4 and bright enough to easily pick out of the pre-dawn skies with binoculars.

There are finder charts of this beauty at

http://media.skyandtelescope.com/documents/WEB_McNaught_Path.pdf

Nikon D70 image 3.5 minutes June 12, 2010  4:26 AM.

Finally! The observatory is moved to its spot!

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

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This is the view through the kitchen window.  Nuff said!