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Posted in Astronomy, astrophotography, Space on Feb 22nd, 2010
The conditions were just about perfect this morning to try capturing the ISS in video mode on the Nikon D300s. I set up in one of my dark sky locations in Marlborough, Ct. that had a good WSW view of where the ISS was going to appear at 6:07 am. The sky was starting to [...]
Posted in Astronomy, astrophotography, Uncategorized on Feb 14th, 2010
This photo was released this week by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) using the new VISTA (Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy) of the Orion Nebula. It shows a deeper wide angle look into the nebula in the infrared, allowing astronomers to look into the dusty areas never seen by astronomers before. (PHOTO [...]
Posted in Astronomy, sun, Uncategorized on Feb 7th, 2010
Super-Sol Sunday! Get it? Ok, my brain froze a little while I was out for yet another weekend doing solar astronomy. It was 26 degrees outside with the wind gusting at about 15 miles per hour as I set up my scope in Farley Field in Marlborough, Ct. After checking Spaceweather.com it looked like a [...]
I was traveling down Route 9 in Middletown the other day enroute to a photo assignment when I spotted a sun halo at about 45 degrees in elevation. This one the frist I have seen a in quite a while. I surmize that there was plenty ice crystals in the air from the blizzard that was [...]
Posted in Astronomy, astrophotography on Feb 1st, 2010
After work I took a quick look at the Clear Sky Clock for my area. It looked pretty good for a few hours this evening. So, I took advantage of the 30 degree temperature and continued astro testing the Nikon D300s camera. I choose the astrophotographers most favorite target of the winter to shoot tonight. [...]
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