Some of you know that I have been taking way too many subs of M101 recently. If you don’t want to know what I learned about light pollution filters, then just skip to the fourth photo and enjoy M101. The idea was to see how well the Baader Light Pollution Moonglow filter with IR cut works. I was also wanting to compare taking shorter subs (60-90 seconds) at 240 gain with longer guided subs at 90 gain. Here are the results: Looking very closely at the details, I think the second and fourth pictures are very similar. […]
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Two events in November: November 10th, 7 PM Monthly Meeting at 343 Ferrante Hall OCC Topic: How to Buy and Maintain a Telescope by Dave Wormuth November 11th: Scope Clinic at the new Community Library of Dewitt and Jamesville. Co-hosted with CNYO. Bring your problem scope and we’ll help troubleshoot it.
Coronadado PST Double Stack, a focal image from iPhone by Ben Wormuth
Greetings fellow astrophiles, Passing along an interesting link (and note) sent by Steve Capp, SAS Member and reigning king of the Darling Hill Big Dobsonian owners (and the last amateur astronomer you want to play chess against on an overcast night). Embedded here are a few images from the great read at chessbase.com. Dr. Christian Sasse, Vishy Anand, John Nunn at the astronomy session. Being a chess player, I have been following a world class chess tournament in London this week. One Grandmaster from London (Dr John Nunn) along with the world champion (Viswanathan Anand) are really interested in astronomy. […]