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70 hours until the Eclipse….

Friday, May 18th, 2012

Should I say I’m on the countdown?  Nah, probably not!

Five days until the eclipse

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

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and I can watch it through this window!

The Prude Ranch

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

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My home away from home one week each year during TSP

Homemade pinhole camera with Fuji instant film

Texas Star Party looking south

Thursday, April 26th, 2012

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This is a film photo done with a Nikon F2 and a 50mm lens at F/4 mounted on a Losmandy G8 for tracking.

It’s a 20 minute shot on Kodak Gold 400 speed print film.

You can see the blur of the trees (due to tracking- not wind), and Omega Centauri is the bright blob of light centered near the bottom of the frame.

The red glow is from ambient light from the field.  You don’t think it’s much until you see it during a long exposure.

Hobby-Eberly Telescope

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

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pinhole photo of the HET in west Texas