Perseid and dark sky |
Last weekend (Aug 11) I had the chance to go out to darker skies. Light pollution prevents the viewing of many of the more interesting objects for astronomical observing in Atlanta and other cities. E...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:17:00 GMT |
astro imaging |
Some of you might recognize this from the 19th:Thanks 13 day mission for posting about the image of the day site: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.htmlP.S. I'm looking forward to Saturn an...
Posted by on Fri, 25 May 2007 07:30:00 GMT |
International Astronomy Night |
The astronomers came out tonight. We had three 8" aperature dobsonian telescopes out there tonight. Early in the night we had some great views of the moon and of venus. The moon was at cresent stage a...
Posted by on Sun, 20 May 2007 01:00:00 GMT |
A Solar Event! |
What a beautiful day out there! Finally I get to see the sun after a general period of blight. So much was my enthusiam I took a picture with my camera phone. I noticed an orb in the photo near the su...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:58:00 GMT |
Project Apollo Recap |
Thanks to everyone who saw through the scope the other night. Somewhere between 20-30 people were able to see through it last saturday night. Saturn was a real big hit. Many people commented that it l...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 15:26:00 GMT |
