Saturday, July 29, 2017

Moon Occultation and Messier Objects Again

We went to the Observatory Friday night.  I cleaned my camera sensor for the first time since I bought it....  It REALLY needed it!

I used a heater around my refractor for the first time ~ it worked very slick =)  I stayed out photographying until about 1 AM.  There was a heavy dew on my gear cases but my lens was dry.

While photographing the Moon for some Earthshine, I accidently filmed an occultation?



Can't get too much of M31














The "Teapot" was in a GREAT spot for photographing...

The Lagoon Nebula, M8, at various exposures








The Trifid, M20





Love those globulars!  M22




Whirlpool Galaxy, M101







Thursday, July 27, 2017

Another ISS Lunar Transit =)

Tonight out at the Witte Observatory with Carl I "caught" the ISS on video tape passing in front of the Moon <3

The website I use is transit-finder.com

Still Images....


Real Time.....