We had a great time at the Louisville Astronomical Society James Baker observatory, at Curby, Indiana last night. My good friend Will Olliges (who played on U of L's 1986 National Championship basketball team) graced us with his presence, and his 25" Obsession Dobsonian telescope. This monster is so tall you need an 11 feet tall ladder just to look through it.
Several other members showed up as well and were wowed with awesome views through Will's scope. Among the objects we observed was Comet C/2009 P1 Garradd, which was very near Messier 71, making for a very beautiful view. I managed to get a pretty good image of this gem, as seen here:
http://louisville-astro.org/gallery/main...emId=19235
I'm posting a link instead of the image, because it must be seen in a higher resolution to appreciate.
In addition, we observed numerous galaxies and a planetary nebula. I also Imaged NGC 7331, a view which includes a multitude of other galaxies, including Stephan's quintet.
At the end of our outing, early in the morning, Will amazed me yet again by aiming his behemoth at Jupiter. You simply have not see Jupiter until you see it through this monster.
Finally, as we were getting ready to leave, off in the east, just to the north of the silo, up popped a very thin crescent moon, Earth shine and all.
All in all, a wonderful time was had by all.
I haven't processed the rest of my images yet, but will post them when I do.
enjoy,
Several other members showed up as well and were wowed with awesome views through Will's scope. Among the objects we observed was Comet C/2009 P1 Garradd, which was very near Messier 71, making for a very beautiful view. I managed to get a pretty good image of this gem, as seen here:
http://louisville-astro.org/gallery/main...emId=19235
I'm posting a link instead of the image, because it must be seen in a higher resolution to appreciate.
In addition, we observed numerous galaxies and a planetary nebula. I also Imaged NGC 7331, a view which includes a multitude of other galaxies, including Stephan's quintet.
At the end of our outing, early in the morning, Will amazed me yet again by aiming his behemoth at Jupiter. You simply have not see Jupiter until you see it through this monster.
Finally, as we were getting ready to leave, off in the east, just to the north of the silo, up popped a very thin crescent moon, Earth shine and all.
All in all, a wonderful time was had by all.
I haven't processed the rest of my images yet, but will post them when I do.
enjoy,
'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
- Dr. Donald Prothero
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
- Dr. Donald Prothero
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