Thursday, April 30, 2015

SHS Star Party 4/29/15

Views from the SHS Star Party 4/29/15
Student viewing the night sky
Location: Seymour Middle School, Seymour, CT
Date/Time: 4/29/15 9:51 PM
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i
Telescope: None
Mount: Manfrotto Tripod
Autoguiding: None
Focal Length: 18mm (lens)
f/5
Exposure: 29s
ISO: 1600
Post Processing: None

Student viewing the night sky
Location: Seymour Middle School, Seymour, CT
Date/Time: 4/29/15 9:51 PM
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i
Telescope: None
Mount: Manfrotto Tripod
Autoguiding: None
Focal Length: 18mm (lens)
f/5
Exposure: 29s
ISO: 1600
Post Processing: Photoshop (black point)

Jupiter and the Beehive Cluster (Praesepe, M44)
Location: Seymour Middle School, Seymour, CT
Date/Time: 4/29/15 9:38 PM
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i
Telescope: None
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G GoTo Telescope Mount
Autoguiding: None
Focal Length: 40mm (lens)
f/5
Exposure: 29s
ISO: 1600
Post Processing: Photoshop (black point)

Jupiter and its Four Largest Moons (Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto)
Location: Seymour Middle School, Seymour, CT
Date/Time: 4/29/15 9:18 PM
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i
Telescope: Orion ED80 80mm f/7.5 Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G GoTo Telescope Mount
Autoguiding: None
Focal Length: 600mm (lens)
f/7.5
Exposure: 1s
ISO: 1600
Post Processing: Picasa3 (Crop)

Waxing Gibbous Moon (85%, mag -11.85)
Location: Seymour Middle School, Seymour, CT
Date/Time: 4/29/15 9:55 PM
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i
Telescope: Orion ED80 80mm f/7.5 Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G GoTo Telescope Mount
Autoguiding: None
Focal Length: 600mm (lens)
f/7.5
Exposure: 1/250s
ISO: 200
Post Processing: Picasa3 (Crop)

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Saturday, April 25, 2015

Daytime Moon and Jupiter!

Nothing like the daytime moon!
Moon - First Quarter
Location: Home, Monroe, CT
Date/Time: 4/25/15 6:07 PM
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i
Telescope: None
Mount: Manfrotto Tripod
Autoguiding: None
Focal Length: 300mm (lens)
f/5.6
Exposure: 1/10
ISO: 200
Post Processing: None


Moon - First Quarter
Location: Home, Monroe, CT
Date/Time: 4/25/15 6:29 PM
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i
Telescope: Orion ED80 80mm f/7.5 Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Mount: Explore Scientific Twilight I Mount
Autoguiding: none
Focal Length: 600mm
f/7.5
Exposure: 1/320
ISO: 800
Stacking: None
Post Processing: None


Moon - First Quarter
Location: Home, Monroe, CT
Date/Time: 4/25/15 8:04 PM
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i
Telescope: Orion ED80 80mm f/7.5 Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Mount: Explore Scientific Twilight I Mount
Autoguiding: none
Focal Length: 600mm
f/7.5
Exposure: 1/250
ISO: 800
Stacking: None
Post Processing: Picasa3


 Moon - First Quarter
Location: Home, Monroe, CT
Date/Time: 4/25/15 8:04 PM
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i
Telescope: Orion ED80 80mm f/7.5 Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Mount: Explore Scientific Twilight I Mount
Autoguiding: none
Focal Length: 600mm
f/7.5
Exposure: 1/250
ISO: 800
Stacking: None
Post Processing: None


Moon - First Quarter
Location: Home, Monroe, CT
Date/Time: 4/25/15 8:04 PM
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i
Telescope: Orion ED80 80mm f/7.5 Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Mount: Explore Scientific Twilight I Mount
Autoguiding: none
Focal Length: 600mm
f/7.5
Exposure: 1/160
ISO: 800
Stacking: None
Post Processing: Picasa3


Jupiter and its Four Largest Moons (Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto)
Location: Home, Monroe, CT
Date/Time: 4/25/15 8:04 PM
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i
Telescope: Orion ED80 80mm f/7.5 Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Mount: Explore Scientific Twilight I Mount
Autoguiding: none
Focal Length: 600mm
f/7.5
Exposure: 1/3.3
ISO: 800
Stacking: None
Post Processing: Picasa3














Jupiter and its Four Largest Moons (Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto)
Location: Home, Monroe, CT
Date/Time: 4/25/15 8:04 PM
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i
Telescope: Orion ED80 80mm f/7.5 Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Mount: Explore Scientific Twilight I Mount
Autoguiding: none
Focal Length: 600mm
f/7.5
Exposure: 1/4
ISO: 800
Stacking: None
Post Processing: Picasa3


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Monday, April 20, 2015

Jupiter 4-18-15

First image of Jupiter with the new set up!  Happy, but I have to improve my post processing.


Jupiter
Location: Home, Monroe, CT
Date/Time: 4/18/15 ~11:30 PM
Camera: Orion StarShoot USB Eyepiece Camera II, 2x Barlow
Telescope: Orion ED80 80mm f/7.5 Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G GoTo Telescope Mount
Autoguiding: none
Focal Length: 600mm
f/7.5
Exposure: ~ 1 min video
ISO: NA
Stacking: RegiStax
Post Processing: None


Jupiter
Location: Home, Monroe, CT
Date/Time: 4/18/15 ~11:30 PM
Camera: Orion StarShoot USB Eyepiece Camera II, 2x Barlow
Telescope: Orion ED80 80mm f/7.5 Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G GoTo Telescope Mount
Autoguiding: none
Focal Length: 600mm
f/7.5
Exposure: ~ 1 min video
ISO: NA
Stacking: RegiStax
Post Processing: Picasa3

Jupiter
Location: Home, Monroe, CT
Date/Time: 4/18/15 ~11:30 PM
Camera: Orion StarShoot USB Eyepiece Camera II, 2x Barlow
Telescope: Orion ED80 80mm f/7.5 Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G GoTo Telescope Mount
Autoguiding: none
Focal Length: 600mm
f/7.5
Exposure: ~ 1 min video
ISO: NA
Stacking: RegiStax
Post Processing: Picasa3


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Saturday, April 11, 2015

Venus and Pleiades at the Hotel Hershey

Venus and Pleiades
Venus and Pleiades
Location: Hershey, PA
Date/Time: 4/11/15 ~9:00 PM
Camera: Canon Rebel T3i
Mount: Fixed Tripod
Focal Length: 55mm
f/5.6
Exposure: 7 s
ISO: 1600 

Orion
Orion
Location: Hershey, PA
Date/Time: 4/11/15 ~9:00 PM
Camera: Canon Rebel T3i
Mount: Fixed Tripod
Focal Length: 55mm
f/5.6
Exposure: 7 s
ISO: 1600 


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Sunday, March 22, 2015

The Moon and Venus!

One these days the snow will melt and I can take pictures outside rather than inside through a window.


Moon
Location: Monroe, CT (Bedroom Window)
Date/Time: 3/22/15 ~9:00 PM
Camera: Canon Rebel T3i
Telescope: Orion ED 80mm Achromatic Refractor
Mount: Fixed Tripod
Focal Length: 600mm
Exposure: 1/30 s
ISO: 200

Moon
Location: Monroe, CT (Bedroom Window)
Date/Time: 3/22/15 ~9:00 PM
Camera: Canon Rebel T3i
Telescope: Orion ED 80mm Achromatic Refractor
Mount: Fixed Tripod
Focal Length: 600mm
Exposure: 1/20 s
ISO: 200 
Venus
Location: Monroe, CT (Bedroom Window)
Date/Time: 3/22/15 ~9:00 PM
Camera: Canon Rebel T3i
Telescope: Orion ED 80mm Achromatic Refractor
Mount: Fixed Tripod
Focal Length: 600mm
Exposure: 1/3 s
ISO: 200 
Venus
Location: Monroe, CT (Front Door)
Date/Time: 3/22/15 ~9:00 PM
Camera: Canon Rebel T3i
Mount: Fixed Tripod
Focal Length: 55mm
f/6.3
Exposure: 1/3 s
ISO: 200 
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Thursday, February 26, 2015

Misty Moon

Misty Moon through the skylight...

Date/Time: 2/26/15 9:09 PM
Camera: Nikon D3000
Focal Length: 75 mm
Exposure: 1 s
f/7.1
ISO: 800

Date/Time: 2/26/15 9:08 PM
Camera: Nikon D3000
Focal Length: 145 mm
Exposure: 1 s
f/7.1
ISO: 800
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Monday, February 9, 2015

Always After the Perfect Snowflake!

Prelude to the next unit.


Snowflakes always have six sides or fingers as ordinary ice crystallizes in the hexagonal crystallographic system.  Crystalline solids are substances in which the particles are arranged in an orderly, geometric, repeating pattern.  They also have definite melting points (0 deg. C for ice) unlike amorphous solids such as rubber or glass.
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