I N F I N I T Y............becky ramotowski http://astrobeck.com Fri, 18 May 2012 12:57:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 en 70 hours until the Eclipse…. http://astrobeck.com/2012/05/18/70-hours-until-the-eclipse/ http://astrobeck.com/2012/05/18/70-hours-until-the-eclipse/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 12:57:09 +0000 beckster http://astrobeck.com/2012/05/18/70-hours-until-the-eclipse/ Should I say I’m on the countdown?  Nah, probably not!

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and I can watch it through this window!

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My home away from home one week each year during TSP

Homemade pinhole camera with Fuji instant film

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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.

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pinhole photo of the HET in west Texas

]]> http://astrobeck.com/2012/04/25/hobby-ebery-telescope/feed/ McDonald Observatory http://astrobeck.com/2012/04/23/mcdonald-observatory-2/ http://astrobeck.com/2012/04/23/mcdonald-observatory-2/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:29:02 +0000 beckster http://astrobeck.com/2012/04/23/mcdonald-observatory-2/ mcdonald-2012.jpg

Just got back from an amazing week of stargazing in Texas.

Pinhole photo of McDonald Observatory.

]]> http://astrobeck.com/2012/04/23/mcdonald-observatory-2/feed/ “comet” Lichen http://astrobeck.com/2012/04/06/comet-lichen/ http://astrobeck.com/2012/04/06/comet-lichen/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:26:52 +0000 beckster http://astrobeck.com/2012/04/06/comet-lichen/ comet-lichen.jpg

you’ve heard of art imitating nature, but how about nature imitating nature….

Is it just me, or does this lichen look like a comet?

Well, if so, then I’ve discovered Comet Lichen….it was laying out in my yard.

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the first hummingbird arrived this morning…a sure sign that Spring has “officially” arrived in the East Mountains!

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It’s been awhile since I’ve seen the Milky Way and this morning offered a very welcome view of it!

Lumix GF-1 camera on tripodF/1.7   15 seconds  ISO 3200

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