Archive for August, 2011

balloon…again

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

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through the eyepiece

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

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the balloon as seen through the eyepiece of my telescope

research balloon

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

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launched this morning from Ft. Sumner

Comet C/2009 P1 Garradd

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

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Nikon D70 image through the scope.

5 minutes ISO 800  a bit noisy and since the earthquake it looks like we’re not aligned any more? (I’m joking, but do need to work on the alignment) The comet is on the move and headed for Albireo!   RA 19h 37.1m    Dec   +19  25

8th magnitude

the light show

Sunday, August 28th, 2011

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This is from just a few moments ago…the lightning show northwest of here is really cool!

Shot this from my back yard.  Click on the image for a larger view.