tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18362824152998484402024-03-13T18:25:32.539-03:00Astronomy Observing ReportsDavid123429http://www.blogger.com/profile/07917808263138207146noreply@blogger.comBlogger379125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836282415299848440.post-85872070528653131942023-04-24T08:41:00.001-03:002023-04-24T09:00:39.662-03:00NORTHERN LIGHTS 2023<p><b>Location:</b> Lower west-side Saint John, NB, Canada</p><p><b>Date Time:</b> April 23, 2023 2305 -2325 hrs</p><p><b>Weather:</b> Cool, slight breeze, hazy, 5C with reported windchill and humidity of 79%.</p><p><b>Equipment:</b> Canon Rebel with 18-55mm and 75-300mm lenses</p><p><b>Objective:</b> To view and image a potential northern lights display that Ed informed me about on Twitter.</p><p><b>Report:</b> </p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>After receiving word from Ed about a potential northern lights display, I checked out the aurora oval on <a href="http://spaceweather.com">spaceweather.com</a> and, sure enough, there was a "Severe Geomagnetic Storm" underway at approximately 2300hrs.<br /></li><li>Went out with camera about 5 minutes later and was disappointed in how hazy it was. Moon and Venus were spectacular, just over the Pulp and Paper Mill in the western sky, but most of the northern sky was hazy. I could, however, make out a faint green glow, that seemed to change in intensity. Recognizing this as the northern lights, I took images. Another local observer thought the display lasted for about an hour. It appeared to fade away after 2320hrs, so it looks like I captured the tail end of it.<br /></li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzNQuHeu_2_lxQS5C_uWX5TOXkOq7_bSfYBJytRWEyfaiUhqspTkgsR0DH7L-k8yFiuh5qEnGg7WJJ0BtJGAjhJx1_CFj7sRI3w2hsNwBpb_gkZssIhlG1O1QNs_82rpwYiVk_MkDMAP3fUJGse5fWKnHf8Qoaq1vq5fgCIlMNPLTawWhsBNeyKJUk/s1920/NorthernLightsMoonVenus23apr23.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzNQuHeu_2_lxQS5C_uWX5TOXkOq7_bSfYBJytRWEyfaiUhqspTkgsR0DH7L-k8yFiuh5qEnGg7WJJ0BtJGAjhJx1_CFj7sRI3w2hsNwBpb_gkZssIhlG1O1QNs_82rpwYiVk_MkDMAP3fUJGse5fWKnHf8Qoaq1vq5fgCIlMNPLTawWhsBNeyKJUk/s320/NorthernLightsMoonVenus23apr23.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Venus, the moon, with some northern lights. Settings ISO 1600, 10 seconds.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaI5ZPhDTDfZsVkArz8MruV3rOYEB7KqKRT9KAdZvBwevkDRDvGMPVO37rZyXIy7CZVfiM7wi3HxVJuB7xFck0hEvDpRYlfZKVeyE_r0loP-W7AhXopimgUqLV76UXbfH0fhU37ZR-YewkdhYNiZFu4e3BZTmtIqa-6ePmc7NTCjvyksJ6mVADolKD/s1800/NorthernLightsCollage23Apr23.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaI5ZPhDTDfZsVkArz8MruV3rOYEB7KqKRT9KAdZvBwevkDRDvGMPVO37rZyXIy7CZVfiM7wi3HxVJuB7xFck0hEvDpRYlfZKVeyE_r0loP-W7AhXopimgUqLV76UXbfH0fhU37ZR-YewkdhYNiZFu4e3BZTmtIqa-6ePmc7NTCjvyksJ6mVADolKD/s320/NorthernLightsCollage23Apr23.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Four, single shot images of the northern sky taken from 2311-2314 hrs. Settings ISO 1600, 10 second.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> Took a close-up of the Crescent Moon which was only 16% illuminated.</li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6FvtgbeZy3wmf3Y8PfmL1Ax5FkdMysAe0EbeQWTZ961HUQBknP22RgceAQnmsKO2QxGav4jjpuEWtSZ1WaoAIIutXTt3VRnCfSZzqk-ToFQjFb0jXTm0K1D5us8-OJEQqcG2rqi7Npp6dhcYMw7hD80zISCkWTawYK8qkjuqGVrgIoWjkIgGNzSbk/s1200/Moon23Apr23.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6FvtgbeZy3wmf3Y8PfmL1Ax5FkdMysAe0EbeQWTZ961HUQBknP22RgceAQnmsKO2QxGav4jjpuEWtSZ1WaoAIIutXTt3VRnCfSZzqk-ToFQjFb0jXTm0K1D5us8-OJEQqcG2rqi7Npp6dhcYMw7hD80zISCkWTawYK8qkjuqGVrgIoWjkIgGNzSbk/s320/Moon23Apr23.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Single shot, ISO 1600, 1/250 second. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> No shooting stars or satellites were seen<br /></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>David123429http://www.blogger.com/profile/07917808263138207146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836282415299848440.post-17734515890271299112023-01-22T18:56:00.012-04:002023-02-25T10:34:35.468-04:00COMET C/2022 E3 ZTF Jan 22&27 Feb 11&18<p><b>Location:</b> Saint John, NB, Canada</p><p><b>Date Time: </b> January 22, 2023 0520-0600hrs </p><p>January 27, 2023 2310-2340hrs </p><p>February 11, 2023 1940-2015hrs </p><p>February 18, 2023 2130-2245hrs<br /></p><p><b>Weather:</b> Jan 22-Slight breeze, very cold, partly cloudy, mostly hazy skies, -8.4C with humidity of 84%. Reported windchill of -15C</p><p>Jan27-Slight breeze, very cold, partly cloudy, haze across north eastern horizon, -9C with reported windchill of -15C</p><p>Feb11-Slight Breeze, very cold, increasing haze, partly cloudy, -5.8C with 94% humidity.</p><p>Feb18-Breezy, very cold, hazy, partly cloudy, -6.2C with 90% humidity.<br /></p><p><b>Equipment:</b> 15x70 binos, Canon Rebel t3 with 18-55mm lens.</p><p>Feb18-Canadian Telescopes 80ed/apo with a Canon Rebel attached. <br /></p><p><b>Objective:</b> Jan22-To view and image a reportedly mag 5.5 Comet, said to be in Draco, very high in the South Eastern sky during observing time.</p><p>Jan27-Comet was supposed to be in North Eastern sky and reported at mag 5.1. </p><p>Feb11-Comet was above Taurus approx 2 degrees from Mars.</p><p>Feb18-Comet(7.4 mag) was almost halfway between Aldebaran and Orion.<br /></p><p><b>Report: </b></p>Jan 22 <br /><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Very hazy skies made it difficult to find my pointer constellation Corona Borealis, so I used Bootes and Ursa Major instead. Bootes was just barely visible in the southern sky. Tried taking a long exposure image of that area of sky and nothing showed up except for a very dark blotch. No confirmed sighting could be made.</li></ul><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJVW1l9Zr4cq30TryOsGCavvtPVd_oheg6F_iioe_NV3ttel57NA3hjmc4z3ltujH5VbwIZApM8B65UgPpx2bA7slRIZZ7MoF6DxZfLWrYt8S_qT3-kvH7mVPTTcX5e6qwf1GuYwzTVuMWOxVYzX-K_jbzQdaW9r86FVTqKuvfFTU13-anrQ-dLn3d/s1920/Comet%202022E3ZTFSearch22Jan23.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJVW1l9Zr4cq30TryOsGCavvtPVd_oheg6F_iioe_NV3ttel57NA3hjmc4z3ltujH5VbwIZApM8B65UgPpx2bA7slRIZZ7MoF6DxZfLWrYt8S_qT3-kvH7mVPTTcX5e6qwf1GuYwzTVuMWOxVYzX-K_jbzQdaW9r86FVTqKuvfFTU13-anrQ-dLn3d/s320/Comet%202022E3ZTFSearch22Jan23.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Single shot, 20 seconds, ISO 3200, processed on PhotoShop.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Ducks could clearly be heard quacking in basin below during observing, which seemed out of place for January. I also observed ducks in an unfrozen stream, through the day. Strange weather has made observing this comet, and the sky in general, difficult for almost two months now. </li><li>One satellite was seen, but no shooting stars.</li></ul>Jan 27</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Easily located comet with binoculars just above two bright stars in Ursa Major! Fairly large, diffuse comet, approx 5th mag, a grayish, greenish fuzzball that had no central bright region. Showed up nicely even in very light polluted city observing location.</li></ul><p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0RhimcApB8CnGKMKWLGbNhsL5bH4miya_YJcWoQCvws_eOXzpyQS82nXW9hz70RHi24VKlDmiJMnxOfklVZmG0a0zrEi0Fps87pSq1bhLsZpp6zZ18kKS60GreYCQxFaG7SuGqWiF9S0J0lH_kWNdsMaE3J-wXmadJGVKV98a7Vfx9BJraxa35R3/s1920/Comet%202022E3ZTF27Jan23.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0RhimcApB8CnGKMKWLGbNhsL5bH4miya_YJcWoQCvws_eOXzpyQS82nXW9hz70RHi24VKlDmiJMnxOfklVZmG0a0zrEi0Fps87pSq1bhLsZpp6zZ18kKS60GreYCQxFaG7SuGqWiF9S0J0lH_kWNdsMaE3J-wXmadJGVKV98a7Vfx9BJraxa35R3/s320/Comet%202022E3ZTF27Jan23.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Single shot, processed on Photoshop, 15 sec, f/11, ISO 1600, focal length 51mm.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> No shooting stars or satellites were seen. One deer was eating grass nearby, as I observed.</li></ul><p>Feb 11</p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Mars was high in the west, almost overhead. Spotted the comet easily, just below Mars in binoculars. The faint, diffuse comet had no bright central region and was approx 1/4 the size of the full moon. Once again, this comet appears as a faint gray fuzzball in the binoculars.</li><li>Imaged with both lenses for about 20 mins then tried to find comet again in binoculars and couldn't because of increasing haze.</li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXOA2sux557kYDRDGgfW193ammHoqJHlB7PFMpJh_NMKXc7-AovNoCH8ZsT_Kl6sBDEuuFPw5UfF2Cn5zR8O5QaW9Fg4O8xtHJ3wKlPB22t515fdgJ-gT3vb3KUJQpr26-I-NDDmsJWx4NtSRVdnjoSN6FezEvb49JllYcuDhf7L1hc5Ng_RDKV3fL/s1920/Comet%202022E3ZTFTaurus11Feb23.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXOA2sux557kYDRDGgfW193ammHoqJHlB7PFMpJh_NMKXc7-AovNoCH8ZsT_Kl6sBDEuuFPw5UfF2Cn5zR8O5QaW9Fg4O8xtHJ3wKlPB22t515fdgJ-gT3vb3KUJQpr26-I-NDDmsJWx4NtSRVdnjoSN6FezEvb49JllYcuDhf7L1hc5Ng_RDKV3fL/s320/Comet%202022E3ZTFTaurus11Feb23.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Single shot, 8 sec, ISO 3200, f/5.6, focal length 55mm.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnLQ7rcr_fUGQInuu_J7XQ4vc7dxzPpLUE3TDHInc5U0pdKaEToTWxINmY0dTu35yh3erChARGDy1TOV4sBLL7xktbqAbBvxYMnZrUVgdrJLvfbhQhix0TsZ1zxyMaoMIKahDC-fBlOhhPLj2cWOv9f4yxnx4g2RuHZzUd8E-UybRvVPyIFizMiG8Q/s1920/Comet%202022E3ZTF11Feb23.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnLQ7rcr_fUGQInuu_J7XQ4vc7dxzPpLUE3TDHInc5U0pdKaEToTWxINmY0dTu35yh3erChARGDy1TOV4sBLL7xktbqAbBvxYMnZrUVgdrJLvfbhQhix0TsZ1zxyMaoMIKahDC-fBlOhhPLj2cWOv9f4yxnx4g2RuHZzUd8E-UybRvVPyIFizMiG8Q/s320/Comet%202022E3ZTF11Feb23.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Single shot, 5 sec, ISO 6400, f/5.6, focal length 300mm<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxwffzt1V5foXJ2JiJx8O_WJVOlWM4gibs3cEO6DdAxrp0jDh9qPuTN6G7UYsEPpM4Sn3vR_9Nnt7g6_Yy3Us1cmEY51CnoV8ZYhLjPvOpf4ZqhAItUBAlO7iNVhuzWsmnNCjYU8REJ11KCBwmIL8V6qSOlFseJoXyzxL4m3tL_cplYaWFSNBzEGTD/s1920/Comet%202022E3ZTFInverted11Feb23.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxwffzt1V5foXJ2JiJx8O_WJVOlWM4gibs3cEO6DdAxrp0jDh9qPuTN6G7UYsEPpM4Sn3vR_9Nnt7g6_Yy3Us1cmEY51CnoV8ZYhLjPvOpf4ZqhAItUBAlO7iNVhuzWsmnNCjYU8REJ11KCBwmIL8V6qSOlFseJoXyzxL4m3tL_cplYaWFSNBzEGTD/s320/Comet%202022E3ZTFInverted11Feb23.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Same settings as above and inverted.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> No satellites or shooting stars were seen. Increasing haze washed out the comet shortly after 2010hrs.</li></ul><p>Feb 18</p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Images were taken with Canon Rebel attached to an 80ed/apo at prime focus.<br /> </li><li>Before imaging faint objects, brighter ones are helpful to fine tune camera focus. This time I used Sirius "The Dog Star", alpha Canis Major. This is the brightest star that can be seen from New Brunswick, Canada with a magnitude of -1.46. From Richard Hinckley Allen's Star Names Their Lore and Meaning, Sirius is Greek for sparkling or scorching. <br /> </li></ul> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH3kyksHpefgmbPmTRt02NJI1mryWnVy9Y27Gq3Ea9BjMpjhpYfvvSZ3EXUpzuFsjlGBr0-sVqsFCozeaQOBTc-HgvIVybWDwPLSJIF1RKVQdYiJ7clmI3PgjsLBGT3JRH_ddwavjVKOhDYfOa31Uyxy3K888_J3LGZ6aBB36DZjOvjfbjL-VYVgwJ/s1920/Sirus18Feb23.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH3kyksHpefgmbPmTRt02NJI1mryWnVy9Y27Gq3Ea9BjMpjhpYfvvSZ3EXUpzuFsjlGBr0-sVqsFCozeaQOBTc-HgvIVybWDwPLSJIF1RKVQdYiJ7clmI3PgjsLBGT3JRH_ddwavjVKOhDYfOa31Uyxy3K888_J3LGZ6aBB36DZjOvjfbjL-VYVgwJ/s320/Sirus18Feb23.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Single shot, 8 seconds, ISO 3200.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div> </div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Comet is moving away from Earth and dimming significantly. Windchill makes observing and imaging very difficult. Imaging comets from within the city is also challenging due to light pollution, which easily washes out fainter comets. Many images were ruined by the wind shaking the scope as well.<br /></li></ul><p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-wnkdrtkPL1T3KRKy995YEz6OWqierkkT87bu-TybKnZ8aAcqslF79L0boz0khJO9zfRc-wVxYpHZE_3YM77b8vWG2XhgJV-uJrGdb78daqBW1p_pRSLYgT173MF6sADjlG5BH1QbrwZu1co8jIdodxJgrcS-8BpUgIIPuMLJ1p52TSkVOrE1bMKL/s1920/Comet%202022E3ZTFTaurus18Feb23.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1241" data-original-width="1920" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-wnkdrtkPL1T3KRKy995YEz6OWqierkkT87bu-TybKnZ8aAcqslF79L0boz0khJO9zfRc-wVxYpHZE_3YM77b8vWG2XhgJV-uJrGdb78daqBW1p_pRSLYgT173MF6sADjlG5BH1QbrwZu1co8jIdodxJgrcS-8BpUgIIPuMLJ1p52TSkVOrE1bMKL/s320/Comet%202022E3ZTFTaurus18Feb23.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Single shot, 10 seconds, ISO 1600<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4mFM_Eqb44Ei5p2vbUchs6kWaIpQde9ODO8P31bOVaAnx3YmECUs5CfiWxtY4rqAz_yZrEn6fxhNAmtcQBWEajjjxcJa1j_Udlcuf7AfHNv37T3EFcfvSXLrxe21cRuPunihLG-OK1hm7QvT__DOSIKceLb75CZKu4JyD83owEMR67N3XHBo7R8Hv/s1920/Comet%202022E3ZTFInverted18Feb23.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1181" data-original-width="1920" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4mFM_Eqb44Ei5p2vbUchs6kWaIpQde9ODO8P31bOVaAnx3YmECUs5CfiWxtY4rqAz_yZrEn6fxhNAmtcQBWEajjjxcJa1j_Udlcuf7AfHNv37T3EFcfvSXLrxe21cRuPunihLG-OK1hm7QvT__DOSIKceLb75CZKu4JyD83owEMR67N3XHBo7R8Hv/s320/Comet%202022E3ZTFInverted18Feb23.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Single shot, inverted, 13 seconds, ISO 1600.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> No satellites or shooting stars were seen. </li></ul> <br /></div><div><b>Note:</b> It seems worth noting that even after all of the added satellites by StarLink and other entities, my astro imaging has not been greatly affected like I thought it would be. I have been picking up more in my long exposure images than I used to, but not enough to ruin the pastime completely...or even affect it much. But, there are possibly many thousands of satellites planned to go up in the future. Exact numbers are not easy to find and with conflicting reports. A subject worth paying attention to, imo.<br /></div><div><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></div><div><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></div>David123429http://www.blogger.com/profile/07917808263138207146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836282415299848440.post-46801525934853857732022-11-27T08:49:00.000-04:002022-11-27T08:49:25.074-04:00MARS OPPOSITION 2022<p><b>Location:</b> Lower west-side Saint John, NB, Canada</p><p><b>Date Time: </b> Nov 26, 2022 2040-2130</p><p><b>Weather:</b> Cool, windy, mostly clear, 0.8C, 68% humidity.</p><p><b>Attendance:</b> Benson, Jarrod and David.</p><p><b>Equipment:</b> Meade LX 200 with 32mm eyepiece, cellphone camera attached to eyepiece.</p><p><b>Objective: </b> To view and image Mars as it approaches its <a href="https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/why-is-mars-sometimes-bright-and-sometimes-faint/" target="_blank">Dec 8 opposition</a>.</p><p><b>Report:</b> </p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Mars is very big and bright in the south eastern sky. Through telescope disc is much bigger than normal and dark features can be seen across its bright reddish face. A bright white cap can be seen on top edge.</li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GNFs6VJj7jg" width="320" youtube-src-id="GNFs6VJj7jg"></iframe></div><br /> <p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Jupiter was much bigger and brighter, high in the south western sky, which tells how big this planet is compared to Mars. Even though Mars is much, much closer, it still is half as big as Jupiter is in the sky. Four of its moons were nicely spaced on either side of the massive gas giant. Through telescope two bright bands could be seen across Jupiter's face, in line with the moons.</li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gg9-x0U8JDc" width="320" youtube-src-id="gg9-x0U8JDc"></iframe></div><br /> <p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> The big dipper was impressive, low in the north eastern sky. No shooting stars or satellites were seen.<br /></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>David123429http://www.blogger.com/profile/07917808263138207146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836282415299848440.post-50757321198000451682022-11-10T18:43:00.000-04:002022-11-10T18:43:32.889-04:00TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE NOV 2022<p> <b>Location:</b> Lower West-side Saint John, NB, Canada</p><p><b>Date Time:</b> November 8, 2022 0530-0630</p><p><b>Weather:</b> Mostly clear, very windy 25mph gusting winds, making it very cold and difficult to image. Temps were 7.1C with humidity at 52%.</p><p><b>Equipment:</b> Meade LX200 telescope with a 32mm eyepiece. Cellphone attached for imaging.</p><p><b>Attendance:</b> Myself and many others locally from different locations around Saint John.</p><p><b>Objective:</b> To view and image the total lunar eclipse that was supposed to start shortly after 5am and continue until after daylight. Totality was supposed to begin around 620am.</p><p><b>Report:</b> </p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Weather allowed for a major celestial event to be viewed from Saint John. A first in a long time.</li><li>As reported the first bite out of the Moon happened shortly after 5am. Spectacular to witness! The very strong winds didn't let up the whole time. This made imaging exceedingly difficult.</li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3OBYxgI7GjE" width="320" youtube-src-id="3OBYxgI7GjE"></iframe></div><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMgSCwA-9AnVNarwUUKvIgsFN3USd1bIRibQY3rX9D5DvXHeyBRK9oANxAnc3cC1k24vcb_ElPX5r73-Dqu77seTOJErzUPYfwo-Tw1dWwhvc4PRpZ5aMhUV23AMu5pCI-Crw2wlNt32MO03knNDxu1RXxkCcs2Wz2BLVsYefl_kgCr8e48tP3mjt/s1920/LunarEclispeB8Nov22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMgSCwA-9AnVNarwUUKvIgsFN3USd1bIRibQY3rX9D5DvXHeyBRK9oANxAnc3cC1k24vcb_ElPX5r73-Dqu77seTOJErzUPYfwo-Tw1dWwhvc4PRpZ5aMhUV23AMu5pCI-Crw2wlNt32MO03knNDxu1RXxkCcs2Wz2BLVsYefl_kgCr8e48tP3mjt/s320/LunarEclispeB8Nov22.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Single shot @ 0546hrs<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3iFlBNvXBmxCpMxx_M1e-U1U0cW6v5n2mJF4fNHLwnfLYJw6RyFv1s8tHkhSjrSsSg2vrqIwYzTK-odNmUMuZOwikd6dmJa5j8cdf2GEUiKgESRe8v96CF-MwUKnRfa-kRlXRxW6diVmtSrVKE8rwKvNmIMEAWS43i6frKr2hn0OpdT7dDPUvaTDh/s1922/LunarEclispeAB8Nov22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1922" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3iFlBNvXBmxCpMxx_M1e-U1U0cW6v5n2mJF4fNHLwnfLYJw6RyFv1s8tHkhSjrSsSg2vrqIwYzTK-odNmUMuZOwikd6dmJa5j8cdf2GEUiKgESRe8v96CF-MwUKnRfa-kRlXRxW6diVmtSrVKE8rwKvNmIMEAWS43i6frKr2hn0OpdT7dDPUvaTDh/s320/LunarEclispeAB8Nov22.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">0556hrs<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZrqmY1t7MNDnLWkO-zYbuOiYQxrrqVJldnKDtJqQ1zxBG7Xca2en1f3Y46Fr4RbHxkHpv0oYYOtSsC-3Enln_F7JTtiEIOQs-hTgqiqaSqtO7SWD1Ux4dIoJFrJSDm_p1OUJe-oYg2dTPA1THGjWJ60_y19f5b9o5KiML8L24M3OIWU-_BrbOrf_N/s1920/LunarEclispeA8Nov22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZrqmY1t7MNDnLWkO-zYbuOiYQxrrqVJldnKDtJqQ1zxBG7Xca2en1f3Y46Fr4RbHxkHpv0oYYOtSsC-3Enln_F7JTtiEIOQs-hTgqiqaSqtO7SWD1Ux4dIoJFrJSDm_p1OUJe-oYg2dTPA1THGjWJ60_y19f5b9o5KiML8L24M3OIWU-_BrbOrf_N/s320/LunarEclispeA8Nov22.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">0603hrs</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcktYMbA0BZBIDMIRrAyTlOrhOX_htyCdN1oDzOrgdJtomy4evgV3rPp0LYYXoeby2aqgM7ycGYd6AZ4DC45aYehmsN_JXQ2NdNfeThNT_if7UWId5ar8TiaN77r55ql3YenKYtxHQw5o0RcSxoMI5wQE_v7feqXi_xCGnSyrMH3no9H5VQUCcxi-_/s1920/LunarEclipse8Nov2022%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcktYMbA0BZBIDMIRrAyTlOrhOX_htyCdN1oDzOrgdJtomy4evgV3rPp0LYYXoeby2aqgM7ycGYd6AZ4DC45aYehmsN_JXQ2NdNfeThNT_if7UWId5ar8TiaN77r55ql3YenKYtxHQw5o0RcSxoMI5wQE_v7feqXi_xCGnSyrMH3no9H5VQUCcxi-_/s320/LunarEclipse8Nov2022%5B1%5D.jpg" width="315" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">0617hrs</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> I was surprised in how fast the event took place. It only took a little over an hour from when the Moon started into Earth's shadow to when it was completely within it.</li><li>No shooting stars or satellites were observed.<br /></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>David123429http://www.blogger.com/profile/07917808263138207146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836282415299848440.post-86567528471784545422022-07-27T14:44:00.002-03:002022-07-27T15:14:16.176-03:00COMET C/2017 K2 PANSTARRS<p><b>Location:</b> Prince of Wales, NB, Canada</p><p><b>Date Time:</b> July 26, 2022 2210-0018 hrs</p><p><b>Weather:</b> No wind, partly cloudy, hazy to mostly clear, some ground fog, lots of dew and bugs, 17C and 61% humidity. Waning Crescent Moon at 3% Illumination.<br /></p><p><b>Equipment: </b> Telescope 80 ED/APO with 2" 32mm eyepiece, Canon Rebel T3 attached at prime focus. Photos processed with Photo Shop.</p><p><b>Objective:</b> To capture an image of comets that were in the late evening sky. Comets C/2017 K2 Panstarrs in Ophiuchus, Comet C/2020 K2 Panstarrs in Ursa Major and Comet 73P in Virgo.</p><p><b>Report:</b></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Imaged the sky where 8.5 mag Comet C/2020 K2(mag 8.5) was supposed to be, which was very low in the west during observing, in Virgo. Comet did not show up in the very distorted image. Image was distorted by haze/humidity close to horizon.</li><li>While in the neighborhood of Virgo, imaged an area of sky which has the Virgo Cluster of galaxies. Picked up a number of galaxies in one field of view, but they were too faint to make much of a single shot image. Must return here in the future to take many images to really bring out these fainter galaxies.</li><li>Found Comet C/.2017 K2(mag 8.4) high in the South West in Ophiuchus. It showed up brightly in the image view screen, so I tried to view it visually with the small telescope and a 32 mm eyepiece. Surprisingly it showed up as a small gray fuzzball with a possible fan shape tail, when viewed with averted vision.</li></ul><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5thHv9187dACpCHE2tUDzzq07fwQoBTI_Sz9L76zyAaJz-12B7sQI5C0_QKKhJ31bulje4f5Fh5EwhqDYCe31_79IYy7N_YgQg5I7mbnpNmp66vek-mNRh36h5cs6oZTtLzOLaD8vO-CYBLTzKk2PKx5NOqnqR2UmG__UwUxvqU4tBWboV69XyzY8/s1920/Comet2017K2%2026July22.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5thHv9187dACpCHE2tUDzzq07fwQoBTI_Sz9L76zyAaJz-12B7sQI5C0_QKKhJ31bulje4f5Fh5EwhqDYCe31_79IYy7N_YgQg5I7mbnpNmp66vek-mNRh36h5cs6oZTtLzOLaD8vO-CYBLTzKk2PKx5NOqnqR2UmG__UwUxvqU4tBWboV69XyzY8/s320/Comet2017K2%2026July22.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Single shot, 30 second, ISO 3200. Uncropped processed.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Tried imaging Comet 73P(mag 10.4), which was supposed to be high, to the west of Polaris in Ursa Major, but it didn't show up in images.</li><li>Viewed Jupiter and four of its moons spaced two on one side, and two on another. Jupiter rose, just above the eastern horizon around midnight. Very bright!</li><li>Seen no shooting stars and several satellites, including one iridium flare. Many airplanes were seen.<br /></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>David123429http://www.blogger.com/profile/07917808263138207146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836282415299848440.post-57701618206343317702022-05-12T12:29:00.009-03:002022-05-14T07:07:10.576-03:00OBSERVING REPORT FOR MAY 10, 2022(Updated)<p><b>Location:</b> Prince of Wales, NB, Canada</p><p><b>Date Time:</b> May 10, 2022 0340-0520hrs</p><p><b>Weather:</b> Warm, 8.2C, 39% humidity, dew point -3C, pressure 1032.85hPa, at times breezy, to no wind. No bugs, no dew and a few birds chirping. Astronomical Twilight starts at 0356hrs. Waxing Gibbous Moon 61% Illuminated sets at 0345hrs.<br /></p><p><b>Equipment:</b> Canon Rebel T3, with 18-55mm lens and attached to 80 ED/APO. Images processed with PhotoShop.</p><p><b>Objective: </b> To image Comets 22P Kopff, near Mars and C/2017 K2 Panstarrs in Aquila, west of Altair.</p><p><b>Report: </b> </p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> Aligned scope on Arcturus, which was high in the west. Focused on and imaged this bright star, but gusty winds ruined images.</li><li>Comets were in eastern sky, and Mars wasn't due to rise for another hour or so, so I decided to try for some brighter objects in the southern sky. Imaged Antares, which was almost due south at 4am. Antares, according to Richard Hinckley Allen, in his <u>Star Names Their Lore and Meaning</u>, "Antares, <i>Alpha Scorpius, Binary, 0.7 & 7, fiery red, and emerald green</i>, the well-nigh universal title for this splendid star...and generally thought to be from...'similar to,' or the 'rival of,' Mars, in reference to its color..."</li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2WyldxirIkrwhOAPipXyHl29vJZbAKpWjlDpn0M_nDZA-80bwkMGKOi0HSa-OP652Oo-nZOAVa-BDf20E7-gDLdmhB7q1b9fwEn4wOHHkdBTZjtv2nYEXDuO3nOdkDyquOMxUrccsaA7gcYAZfHPracjf56FCCehvsIxd5wEh6X6gyPlw9bB7x6gO/s1920/Antares10May22.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2WyldxirIkrwhOAPipXyHl29vJZbAKpWjlDpn0M_nDZA-80bwkMGKOi0HSa-OP652Oo-nZOAVa-BDf20E7-gDLdmhB7q1b9fwEn4wOHHkdBTZjtv2nYEXDuO3nOdkDyquOMxUrccsaA7gcYAZfHPracjf56FCCehvsIxd5wEh6X6gyPlw9bB7x6gO/s320/Antares10May22.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Antares, single shot, 30 seconds, ISO 1600. Un-cropped, processed.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> Imaged some Messier Objects around Antares: Globular Clusters M4, M19, and M62. Open star clusters M6 The Butterfly Cluster and M7 Ptolemy's Cluster. M4 in Scorpius, according to William Henry Smyth, in his 1844 <u>A Cycle of Celestial Objects </u>"A compressed mass of very small stars, in the middle of the creature's body, with outliers and a few small stellar companions in the field."<br /></li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUKHmQ3Q25bhao_cdWe6X2fqDTFjqO2ECwqSH7D_EMoL5uxlB-uMB21Zp7KM2MCUVNPAwRvVU3V28m2MwrU2W9mShV4w_tUAbXepD4k3Md4P4a8w_kfHGVG6vXrohyWlXE4l2fn4TPmjJeB3ErtKyZkut3sXrbvZBk6-sFp_l553ZH1zcednxINe9y/s1920/M4%2010May22.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUKHmQ3Q25bhao_cdWe6X2fqDTFjqO2ECwqSH7D_EMoL5uxlB-uMB21Zp7KM2MCUVNPAwRvVU3V28m2MwrU2W9mShV4w_tUAbXepD4k3Md4P4a8w_kfHGVG6vXrohyWlXE4l2fn4TPmjJeB3ErtKyZkut3sXrbvZBk6-sFp_l553ZH1zcednxINe9y/s320/M4%2010May22.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">M4 Globular Cluster. All Messier object images single shot, 30 second, ISO 1600, uncropped and processed.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNMBdjuC12p1qB0V26jeQnbNhOFDxGwZq9K3dxfa_JvtN7zY4YXePVTxZwm4EE2Ue4oXaFUR7mBYroaz1yUv62UNbcQLpCFbTZMGOVZdPbZUYNqL8HLAiXIPq8wCry80cMGHHmS2ZXvNnwP8CKPFu_TxxP-JVXHNMq8ncxUxt2-wZPevibXOnWnt6m/s1920/M6ButterflyCluster10May22.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNMBdjuC12p1qB0V26jeQnbNhOFDxGwZq9K3dxfa_JvtN7zY4YXePVTxZwm4EE2Ue4oXaFUR7mBYroaz1yUv62UNbcQLpCFbTZMGOVZdPbZUYNqL8HLAiXIPq8wCry80cMGHHmS2ZXvNnwP8CKPFu_TxxP-JVXHNMq8ncxUxt2-wZPevibXOnWnt6m/s320/M6ButterflyCluster10May22.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">M6 The Butterfly Cluster<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinm0D8VD7I5oNJ1OJLuRydAz_AkdY8KwbRHJy3k4BM6fwweBhBZqIsMrhsl7Rxl8PxOqJokB8-CNBTbqIzBx1DbtfuwsnyBZBmAZbEetGNxajVXg-r4efiivX5PdzXD70BKgr0Wzp_CDzbhM1sc9hallgDwp3GFfIsSd-BxJ3L8w5kFgD2V-Hmg_BL/s1920/M7PtolemysCluster10May22.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinm0D8VD7I5oNJ1OJLuRydAz_AkdY8KwbRHJy3k4BM6fwweBhBZqIsMrhsl7Rxl8PxOqJokB8-CNBTbqIzBx1DbtfuwsnyBZBmAZbEetGNxajVXg-r4efiivX5PdzXD70BKgr0Wzp_CDzbhM1sc9hallgDwp3GFfIsSd-BxJ3L8w5kFgD2V-Hmg_BL/s320/M7PtolemysCluster10May22.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">M7 Ptolemy's Cluster<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzoMasFDX-4J0n1x-4buOFgkYSTPookJyswdZfJMJSlv6pym7Qak9xXmSt9b1fl96zJLyhtEy21e6tyz-BEFQXs4v9EAtfGvvUW-12zUKdULoZFivAElAN0RA_-1U0GiVXU4aTeTVZL2ka_kqyjOQfo7jk2LaKILtYFsJGJJq9C3LplZ3cbkHeoLfG/s1920/M19%2010May22.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzoMasFDX-4J0n1x-4buOFgkYSTPookJyswdZfJMJSlv6pym7Qak9xXmSt9b1fl96zJLyhtEy21e6tyz-BEFQXs4v9EAtfGvvUW-12zUKdULoZFivAElAN0RA_-1U0GiVXU4aTeTVZL2ka_kqyjOQfo7jk2LaKILtYFsJGJJq9C3LplZ3cbkHeoLfG/s320/M19%2010May22.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">M19 Globular Cluster<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXPfWd_wDdWbBHizExQIlkZ6J5RD19S7Jhi3js7aful9Hm3SubuZsBf4HOhtst7DlEi62XOrqNAJMSkZhw9xRjA298ELLH0ssvOq_nthSdX6rHNVjwSiwv_rsGwtnGpr7Q6n7xi5usuvhWQKOxvuKDrG9ZQGywSSj78-dS88Zoewco28o2FBcs_os1/s1920/M62%2010May2022.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXPfWd_wDdWbBHizExQIlkZ6J5RD19S7Jhi3js7aful9Hm3SubuZsBf4HOhtst7DlEi62XOrqNAJMSkZhw9xRjA298ELLH0ssvOq_nthSdX6rHNVjwSiwv_rsGwtnGpr7Q6n7xi5usuvhWQKOxvuKDrG9ZQGywSSj78-dS88Zoewco28o2FBcs_os1/s320/M62%2010May2022.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">M62 Globular Cluster<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Refocused telescope on Altair before making my first attempt at Comet K2. According to Allen, "Altair, <i>Alpha Aquila, 1.3, pale yellow</i>, is from a part of the Arabic name for the constellation,..."</li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1rAvP08rpkfypQvE2GfZN3_DjC-HM1KkkPMzvx7__lg2L4CNQ3onaik_Tj8P1aWx1yPeWkCpqEqS2UBnkwFD2PTR6SKmoAWndH1GRAlblF9tBjzni0M9la_ukgKL4YI--5OFlSpAMLy9xFQ_utdjQTfGS-_Y6wyW5Ch24Bs80KsSsegSw6-laCIgb/s1920/Altair.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1rAvP08rpkfypQvE2GfZN3_DjC-HM1KkkPMzvx7__lg2L4CNQ3onaik_Tj8P1aWx1yPeWkCpqEqS2UBnkwFD2PTR6SKmoAWndH1GRAlblF9tBjzni0M9la_ukgKL4YI--5OFlSpAMLy9xFQ_utdjQTfGS-_Y6wyW5Ch24Bs80KsSsegSw6-laCIgb/s320/Altair.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Altair, single shot, 30 second, ISO 1600, uncropped, processed.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>By this time, Mars, and the comet 22P Kopff next to it, were rising above the horizon, but they were behind a cluster of trees. They would not appear from behind the trees before the oncoming light washed it out. No attempt was made for this comet, which was supposed to be next to Mars because there wasn't enough time to move the telescope. Just set up camera where entire south eastern sky could be seen instead. <br /></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Comet K2 Panstarrs was high up, approximately 15 degrees to the east of Altair, in Aquila. Comet did not show up in view screen during observing time, but did show up while processing image. It was smaller and fainter than I thought it would be.</li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicaa-canje54JBJs01JhTLY6AVzeu3Rhly9pOG1DqtaPQWqtdwAEZhB4IoPCprJ2nJwSvprwEeIdq36OmQCCcgYxZXQ14DYKPsky21W82tesbYjK9afShQRB0BmT_YgUZ5iZiZHQ6t5_8dYSri_9wTzQPMaUHNmQ9j18pFxNSJuSuOuYjD6DdPRcDG/s1608/Comet2017K2%2010May22.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1107" data-original-width="1608" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicaa-canje54JBJs01JhTLY6AVzeu3Rhly9pOG1DqtaPQWqtdwAEZhB4IoPCprJ2nJwSvprwEeIdq36OmQCCcgYxZXQ14DYKPsky21W82tesbYjK9afShQRB0BmT_YgUZ5iZiZHQ6t5_8dYSri_9wTzQPMaUHNmQ9j18pFxNSJuSuOuYjD6DdPRcDG/s320/Comet2017K2%2010May22.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Comet K2 Panstarrs, single shot, 30 second, ISO 1600, cropped and processed.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>By 5am all four morning planets, Venus-Jupiter-Mars-Saturn (in that order) were above the horizon, forming a diagonal line across the south-eastern sky. Set up camera across the road with 18-55mm lens so that all planets could be seen. They barely fit into the cameras field of view.</li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3P_5yAc4H2FQC9LirSto0h0m5V6dpQZ-ZO-vVoalYv0kKTtqXWV5HLtqYQlYRmpz0sxo3_xBjDYhpgrXZFnWPhFumEVAZPMLUljmVu6_P7JzNDsXDvGni8hbGC9bC3UIfs42Q36RY6CwcYeiVcTcc6Zh0JhUIw9DW4zR53xM5d8c5Wvx8-zvfWlVW/s1920/Planets10May22.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3P_5yAc4H2FQC9LirSto0h0m5V6dpQZ-ZO-vVoalYv0kKTtqXWV5HLtqYQlYRmpz0sxo3_xBjDYhpgrXZFnWPhFumEVAZPMLUljmVu6_P7JzNDsXDvGni8hbGC9bC3UIfs42Q36RY6CwcYeiVcTcc6Zh0JhUIw9DW4zR53xM5d8c5Wvx8-zvfWlVW/s320/Planets10May22.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Planet lineup facing East, single shot, 4 second,f/9, focal length 23mm, ISO 400, uncropped and processed<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> Many satellites, and 3 meteors were seen. The shooting stars were all about the same, very fast(almost lightening fast), short period and about 0 magnitude. Seen two high in the south coming straight down from zenith and one high in the eastern sky coming from the south. They were well spaced out over the observing session.<br /></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><div><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></div>David123429http://www.blogger.com/profile/07917808263138207146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836282415299848440.post-70955110335241463362022-03-27T18:10:00.007-03:002022-03-28T16:22:48.873-03:00OBSERVING REPORT FOR MARCH 25, 2022<p><b>Location:</b> Prince of Wales, NB, Canada</p><p><b>Date Time :</b> March 25, 2022 2320-0025hrs</p><p><b>Weather:</b> Ground fog almost the whole way from Saint John to Prince of Wales. Mostly clear at observing site. A comfortable 1C at first. Windchill really cooled things off after midnight and froze dew to car. No wind to slight breeze, very humid 99% humidity, lots of dew, Barometric pressure was very low at 900hPa. Ground fog moved in at 0025hrs.</p><p><b>Equipment:</b> Canon T3 attached to Canadian Telescopes 80ED/APO at prime focus. Images processed on PhotoShop.</p><p><b>Objective:</b> To improve stacking/processing skills on M 104 the Sombrero Galaxy, which was supposed to be above the treeline, near Corvus, after 2300hrs.</p><p><b>Report:</b></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Aligned and focused scope on Aldebaran (low in western sky), Procyon (high in south western sky) and Spica in the south eastern sky. All three imaged below and processed the same way to give a color/brightness comparison. Procyon, according to Richard Hinckey Allen's Star Names Their Lore and Meaning: Procyon, alpha, Binary, Mag 0.4 and 13, yellowish white, and yellow. "...has been the name for this from the earliest Greek records, distinctly mentioned by Aratos and Ptolemy,...".</li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtC27ANTQBU2PX5XKvkalHEcOOFiPA0xmCsV_IhroJ8IZ9Aznx1oDvxVVn-84N8BnXBlzb6IyBZZFXeYieDT2ilODtRetRpELtmpMSihVa2UjMKAIjKLwMWqU_3ZwfJEco9qYOJpVYGlHJEY3exrgAdJaRVUc21G6YZaptJ68LRO4lG34Ne76fnQuj/s1920/Aldebaran25March22.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtC27ANTQBU2PX5XKvkalHEcOOFiPA0xmCsV_IhroJ8IZ9Aznx1oDvxVVn-84N8BnXBlzb6IyBZZFXeYieDT2ilODtRetRpELtmpMSihVa2UjMKAIjKLwMWqU_3ZwfJEco9qYOJpVYGlHJEY3exrgAdJaRVUc21G6YZaptJ68LRO4lG34Ne76fnQuj/s320/Aldebaran25March22.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aldebaran, single shot, uncropped, processed, 30 sec, ISO 6400.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje7xc85LG36BBUzJ2-AWd4ZiwoWUwtA_FuYuUf59Q1spkx0ELDaeyAF8oIOtie20wOSxILw5CTh8VJlrf-XqOehYiAtY8p1wFujmN4VL6pstEiCiX25Aca6YZ0trEeb0i8V0LcUUByIrsUstfpPKlhS0-OVQx8HqevQcAtIQSo2gMZMfzdJ7plP9fS/s1920/Procyon25March22.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje7xc85LG36BBUzJ2-AWd4ZiwoWUwtA_FuYuUf59Q1spkx0ELDaeyAF8oIOtie20wOSxILw5CTh8VJlrf-XqOehYiAtY8p1wFujmN4VL6pstEiCiX25Aca6YZ0trEeb0i8V0LcUUByIrsUstfpPKlhS0-OVQx8HqevQcAtIQSo2gMZMfzdJ7plP9fS/s320/Procyon25March22.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Procyon, single shot, uncropped, processed, 30 sec, ISO 1600.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwrjiCtYSG_ksZvM8u4cnOhDttPJ4JyUwsoBEiUlVPxku8BUSXx0EAruvhQBXi0kBnOSO53Wxh2T-XrmTuNeYXUE7Iii-CvqDlnfG5yCXyiQNhXVH1TkZWsYrHgtP5cCR472pDAGSETPnC0o06TAXp4Rxbw4P8MLpr7BfuIlukvK6Vy_XqRyGZLLU6/s1920/Spica25March22.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwrjiCtYSG_ksZvM8u4cnOhDttPJ4JyUwsoBEiUlVPxku8BUSXx0EAruvhQBXi0kBnOSO53Wxh2T-XrmTuNeYXUE7Iii-CvqDlnfG5yCXyiQNhXVH1TkZWsYrHgtP5cCR472pDAGSETPnC0o06TAXp4Rxbw4P8MLpr7BfuIlukvK6Vy_XqRyGZLLU6/s320/Spica25March22.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spica, single shot, uncropped, processed, 30 sec, ISO 1600.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> On the way to the main target of the night M 104, decided to image M44 Beehive Cluster. </li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIGyGHG3jWX18oeO3J960_E0sloXXf3E94mwkZflwpfOa3xwXPEnnp41V-n5muSwI_iHcWe_kTq4nLaoXh4xmBN_VXxdflpo_NY_Bq0WByLXD0sAwtrRnZBI84MYAsXzwNfu_VKn9VRQ_MV3ONQ6_36GyF0ZOHudn3SxDeVRg6M51moa1E5dE7sgI3/s1920/M44Beehive25March22.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIGyGHG3jWX18oeO3J960_E0sloXXf3E94mwkZflwpfOa3xwXPEnnp41V-n5muSwI_iHcWe_kTq4nLaoXh4xmBN_VXxdflpo_NY_Bq0WByLXD0sAwtrRnZBI84MYAsXzwNfu_VKn9VRQ_MV3ONQ6_36GyF0ZOHudn3SxDeVRg6M51moa1E5dE7sgI3/s320/M44Beehive25March22.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beehive Cluster, single shot, uncropped, processed, 30 sec, ISO 1600.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The main target of the night was the Sombrero Galaxy, located about midway between Spica and Algorab in Corvus. Took many images to stack to get a better quality image. Stacked 23 light images and 25 dark images. The first time going after this target. It's very small, much smaller than I thought it would be. Bright central region washes out the amazing dust lanes that show up in Hubble images. This object may be too small to get much better resolution with my equipment. Note the lack of stars in this image, compared with others. This area of the sky is better for deep sky objects because of this. <br /></li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDlEKt9oqhxSYvj-F2HQqJ3aI5qKzvK3QGDm6dV9Vc0_UR97sN7VDZgq-IMdYBd6jcNEudGO9AhtkKWumh3o9jGS0qYsXkeelIV9IXgVMZRttxjA17eRkIpyLVcr_f4-vi2U0DSsJaQHB3a2yz1OAIhIRzUo6TUK74zmV-H2MV_BGvsx74EiMGrNFV/s885/m104MARCH252022.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="885" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDlEKt9oqhxSYvj-F2HQqJ3aI5qKzvK3QGDm6dV9Vc0_UR97sN7VDZgq-IMdYBd6jcNEudGO9AhtkKWumh3o9jGS0qYsXkeelIV9IXgVMZRttxjA17eRkIpyLVcr_f4-vi2U0DSsJaQHB3a2yz1OAIhIRzUo6TUK74zmV-H2MV_BGvsx74EiMGrNFV/s320/m104MARCH252022.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sombrero Galaxy, cropped, processed, 23x 30 sec, ISO 1600 stacked images<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Tried for Comet C/2019 L3 Atlas, which was near Alhena in Gemini. It was reported to be 11th magnitude. A very star-like comet with a faint, fan tail. It happens to be passing in front of a very rich background of stars that made it difficult to pick up in the camera view screen. While I was in the field, I thought I didn't get it. The comet showed up right away, though, during processing.</li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB0-IOA2vavXllx1GtFgbjdHPnoDVw7nqYaKW7sL-JiOzAwfzljz98oRKQV8hom0QGDc_P5Dfd-XtkoTUhSAjBzxmVXKLKMui_8Kvphkqm0qtLTXexgM2z3qdYclegZeVUd2PP7fdEIStjmGwuGDCW22Ju5KU4YU2y15h9JQLcZxcqWXXEoGSNMddU/s1920/Comet2019L3Atlas25March2022.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1480" data-original-width="1920" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB0-IOA2vavXllx1GtFgbjdHPnoDVw7nqYaKW7sL-JiOzAwfzljz98oRKQV8hom0QGDc_P5Dfd-XtkoTUhSAjBzxmVXKLKMui_8Kvphkqm0qtLTXexgM2z3qdYclegZeVUd2PP7fdEIStjmGwuGDCW22Ju5KU4YU2y15h9JQLcZxcqWXXEoGSNMddU/s320/Comet2019L3Atlas25March2022.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">C/2019 L3 Atlas, single shot, cropped, processed, 30 sec, ISO 6400.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>No satellites or shooting stars were seen. <br /></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>David123429http://www.blogger.com/profile/07917808263138207146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836282415299848440.post-26262569641063424092022-03-05T21:27:00.051-04:002022-03-07T15:18:17.913-04:00OBSERVING REPORT FOR MARCH 4, 2022 (Updated)<p><b>Location:</b> Price of Wales, NB, Canada</p><p><b>Date Time: </b>March 4, 2022 2015-2220hrs</p><p><b>Weather:</b> Slight breeze, -12C, humidity 68%, windchill a major factor, mostly clear. No dew on equipment but lots of frost.</p><p><b>Objective:</b> To image three comets which were in the Southern, South western and north western sky.</p><p><b>Report:</b></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>On a rare clear evening, a very bright, thin, 6% illuminated Moon hung very low in the west.</li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqzOi9M-2MWmQM0fEA8prvhR-66n8DvF-3JSeZQqvJW5kvcRZBYrEtujyB0oVnX-1Kfq_ctSvx_H0Th8t2786mrqnLTzVRXgtDrI0fXsSY3ZNDaWgUHhyL4lxY4Ar7epjl6GLdbbt1hBlvlThtDssCPOwoFnXHR6ZEGWVSfAchXvO1tHFh9kVOwdHH=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqzOi9M-2MWmQM0fEA8prvhR-66n8DvF-3JSeZQqvJW5kvcRZBYrEtujyB0oVnX-1Kfq_ctSvx_H0Th8t2786mrqnLTzVRXgtDrI0fXsSY3ZNDaWgUHhyL4lxY4Ar7epjl6GLdbbt1hBlvlThtDssCPOwoFnXHR6ZEGWVSfAchXvO1tHFh9kVOwdHH=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thin crescent moon with Earhshine.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> Looked for Comet C/2021 F1 Lemmon-PANNSTARRS which was in Lacerta, very close to Alpha Lacerta, low in the north western sky during the first part of observing. By the time I was set up and imaged that area of the sky, the comet sank behind the treeline. This comet has an interesting orbit. It's now just outside of Mercuries orbit, getting farther from the Sun now. This comet could brighten.<br /></li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtjgWVRWXEGtZKHyaFVPzFYsJhiLDu935bOyPh-_4udAkZnmsl2v_bSI52N5IsrtGWGaSJtKdsNIIEqmAn7Ph2_ZhS5cK0rIu_LbR32ppYcOA9pwOBq1Gf25A7TwlVHJ75vsak4xgopr-s4g6Vcs-g3-RoAegXxbdQeXinQm0JIBg5UY8chd7XOXS0=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtjgWVRWXEGtZKHyaFVPzFYsJhiLDu935bOyPh-_4udAkZnmsl2v_bSI52N5IsrtGWGaSJtKdsNIIEqmAn7Ph2_ZhS5cK0rIu_LbR32ppYcOA9pwOBq1Gf25A7TwlVHJ75vsak4xgopr-s4g6Vcs-g3-RoAegXxbdQeXinQm0JIBg5UY8chd7XOXS0=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alpha & Beta Lacerta. Single shot, 30sec, ISO 6400, not cropped, processed.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Tried for and imaged Comet 19P Borrelly, which was above and to the west of Taurus. A nicely placed, but faint magnitude 9.8 comet. Comet Borrelley has an interesting orbit. It has been inside of Mars orbit for months now, following Earth. Instead of passing Earth, then heading farther out into space, it seems to be moving slower than Earth. Earth seems to be pulling away from the comet. It has remained fairly bright as recent comets goes, and has formed a nice tail. <span style="opacity: 0; position: absolute; user-select: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">Borrelly has an interesting orbit. Its been inside Mars orbit, following Earth for months now. Instead of buzzing past Earth, it seems to be slowing down.</span></li></ul><p> </p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-xFIuJOL9DPxWYy7AN-FeB23JbXTo4nUsZ-sR1keUHu1Jq4j3IpO-k8Seav_xuRI1YOubVLikG1VWUhJb9QkqBCDl9_0Vzx_zOQIzs5lmo1TfAOQ0zKIkThaXIEDRCW5woz5Tl_K_rOcbUrJfIxtX4YitlZYaPElvPwwTIQ9iZG4ZK3mFOPqQ_lNl=s1952" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1331" data-original-width="1952" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-xFIuJOL9DPxWYy7AN-FeB23JbXTo4nUsZ-sR1keUHu1Jq4j3IpO-k8Seav_xuRI1YOubVLikG1VWUhJb9QkqBCDl9_0Vzx_zOQIzs5lmo1TfAOQ0zKIkThaXIEDRCW5woz5Tl_K_rOcbUrJfIxtX4YitlZYaPElvPwwTIQ9iZG4ZK3mFOPqQ_lNl=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Single shot, 34sec, ISO 3200, cropped and processed.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Before looking for the last comet, I decided to image Betelgeuze. According to Richard Hinckley Allen in his Star Names Their Lore and Meaning, "Betelgeuze is from Ibt al Jauzah, the Armpit of the Central One..." It's one of the very few stars in the sky where it is close enough and big enough to actually see it as a disk instead of just a point of light.<br /></li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8Lm0-lCc5B1gQdgMzEd6FDX3QV5y9dQQ3ST0fs2-jSoAwCekMzu2xY3lPHfVQBOe9P6S2QKvXOz9Ld0jm4m56c0jw47rCOA7zjndqVQi0O48nScVZqWYoKA-FLnqyNMzKvxiBtqLj1mg8lbHc48l97lmMaloSGHNYh5J1SU9ZKfV1WMEMlLd7TqhG=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8Lm0-lCc5B1gQdgMzEd6FDX3QV5y9dQQ3ST0fs2-jSoAwCekMzu2xY3lPHfVQBOe9P6S2QKvXOz9Ld0jm4m56c0jw47rCOA7zjndqVQi0O48nScVZqWYoKA-FLnqyNMzKvxiBtqLj1mg8lbHc48l97lmMaloSGHNYh5J1SU9ZKfV1WMEMlLd7TqhG=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Single shot, 30 sec, ISO 3200, not cropped, processed.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> Found another faint comet, mag 9.6 Comet C/2019 L3 Atlas, above Orion, very high up. It was difficult to image, due to how high it was. Many of the images were ruined by star trails.</li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNewDnlg1GVLHRd_jCOjT68gvk6der3v6SVVMfGQauE6Knd7p1Dfqv2dotkBTJz2BaJ_ewiKcVvD7jqgPSP9B5wkRmdQMfKAPWs1QmbVjVfIA_-Odvm0soN4Y8Facpt5oUQVY-kxlujPd9g8IvWnnedSa2ZGxS5fhce0AzImdX2mSTIUmoSNbQ6bFW=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1315" data-original-width="1920" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNewDnlg1GVLHRd_jCOjT68gvk6der3v6SVVMfGQauE6Knd7p1Dfqv2dotkBTJz2BaJ_ewiKcVvD7jqgPSP9B5wkRmdQMfKAPWs1QmbVjVfIA_-Odvm0soN4Y8Facpt5oUQVY-kxlujPd9g8IvWnnedSa2ZGxS5fhce0AzImdX2mSTIUmoSNbQ6bFW=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Single Shot, 30 sec, ISO 6400, cropped, processed.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>No satellites were seen, but one went through and ruined an image. One very bright, shooting star/bolide came straight down, from above Cassiopeia, in the north west. It dropped almost to the horizon. I seen it around 2100hrs.<br /></li></ul><p></p><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2OQacymbCuAXbDQqbEUlyY_qA0bWZKXoCm2FO70cS5myXsL7_nyaCmCnu6gKH9Y8WwleyuGud4D0LXEcm5wdBgrx0LcwQf5hNWzaO4qOpiE--hrCmraizGTYFmipuL-rJbBoJHcnuEUvZGkU44CJuVOO9_Twns6x14zRiRowriICJqRPucaphyCEm=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2OQacymbCuAXbDQqbEUlyY_qA0bWZKXoCm2FO70cS5myXsL7_nyaCmCnu6gKH9Y8WwleyuGud4D0LXEcm5wdBgrx0LcwQf5hNWzaO4qOpiE--hrCmraizGTYFmipuL-rJbBoJHcnuEUvZGkU44CJuVOO9_Twns6x14zRiRowriICJqRPucaphyCEm=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Satellite passes through image of Beta Andromeda(Mirach). Single shot, 30 sec, ISO 6400, not cropped, processed.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />David123429http://www.blogger.com/profile/07917808263138207146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836282415299848440.post-71136563491730663462021-12-28T15:42:00.008-04:002021-12-30T21:04:03.600-04:00TWO MORE COMETS FOR 2021(Updated)<p><b>Location: </b> Prince of Wales, NB, Canada</p><p><b>Date Time: </b> December 27, 2021 1800-1930</p><p><b>Weather:</b> No wind except for a slight breeze for a few minutes, mostly clear, -2C, 73% humidity. Excellent viewing conditions!</p><p><b>Equipment:</b> Canon Rebel T3 attached to an 80 ed/apo at prime focus and with an 18-55mm lens. Images processed with PhotoShop.</p><p><b>Attendance:</b> David McCashion.<br /></p><p><b>Objective:</b> To image comets 19P Borrelly(mag10) and 104P Kowal(mag 11), which were in the southern sky in the early evening.</p><p><b>Report:</b></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The comets were close together in the southern sky. Images seemed to show 19P to be smaller
of the two, but with a much brighter central region. This comet may brighten as it approaches Earth. Comet 104P appeared larger of the two, with a more diffuse central region, and with possibly a curved tail. It will get very
close to Earth, according to its reported path. Their paths are
noteworthy, in my opinion, seemingly coming up from behind the Earth and
passing it in its orbit. Comet images were all cropped approximately the same and had the same settings to make comparison more possible. <br /></li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghjf5zaoAU_8s9QUnwtY_lYrifY_vDtjWfnJ1I6jQImH9hcvXCgLpl8fu3oT8qGtA4Ui1hkwdyqevFR3mLhAcpqHvuPEU0YxChPqwjwLC5FhEy9oAtaw8lHeCyGwH1tADtbzgq51TlU9Ksm5cWWLGb5b3bh3N3ktCkl8rZA8EpaeZVLKa_GMUdv-_c=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1920" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghjf5zaoAU_8s9QUnwtY_lYrifY_vDtjWfnJ1I6jQImH9hcvXCgLpl8fu3oT8qGtA4Ui1hkwdyqevFR3mLhAcpqHvuPEU0YxChPqwjwLC5FhEy9oAtaw8lHeCyGwH1tADtbzgq51TlU9Ksm5cWWLGb5b3bh3N3ktCkl8rZA8EpaeZVLKa_GMUdv-_c=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Comet 19P Borrelly, single shot, 61 sec, ISO 1600, cropped and processed.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCVPGYT2xM9F0-LVsIX2lUpvvLKVgMZSJ9zfGeHVsyiaBWbXbOjTJqAEgHGZk44TVCk0KEN92av6Ekq2UI0NS67WSk-9dTX-iFuKuA4puHWvE5U4Hsojcgmtcmq9EdDTiTqjfPN6lp2factIoYSpfAllupIU12h-R8LlksnZ9SFWnhff_YtQrZgF4a=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1374" data-original-width="1920" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCVPGYT2xM9F0-LVsIX2lUpvvLKVgMZSJ9zfGeHVsyiaBWbXbOjTJqAEgHGZk44TVCk0KEN92av6Ekq2UI0NS67WSk-9dTX-iFuKuA4puHWvE5U4Hsojcgmtcmq9EdDTiTqjfPN6lp2factIoYSpfAllupIU12h-R8LlksnZ9SFWnhff_YtQrZgF4a=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Comet 19P Borrelly, single shot, 61 sec, ISO 6400, cropped and processed.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9WiA1GNNv3FREWQCpdqENEswAnSiFyXhFBKDjAIpn2-o_mY4VWak1Lti--3llCxR1Eh62AdWlX5Gfs1M5G98_dJKw2PDkx_jZAhm4H3x-JAR_F5i27m7Aua3U-oGnd1cG0kc86EyF711zthUT2j_b-7dhhFCh-GGmqfZJDzkyKRHqv8pbF16vH8v_=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1282" data-original-width="1920" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9WiA1GNNv3FREWQCpdqENEswAnSiFyXhFBKDjAIpn2-o_mY4VWak1Lti--3llCxR1Eh62AdWlX5Gfs1M5G98_dJKw2PDkx_jZAhm4H3x-JAR_F5i27m7Aua3U-oGnd1cG0kc86EyF711zthUT2j_b-7dhhFCh-GGmqfZJDzkyKRHqv8pbF16vH8v_=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Comet 19P Borrelly, Inverted image.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOm7sN05xf2Pve3iZcxXg2WA4d0yzVb5guBY7SB_fCA6IPIl7h-I9M0dES2NM51ruzZE450ZPKLHJITXYxNMfZovUDS2sKjoGQarOEGovjV97Vpi7vT6ZyQ5JFv3vEOy2IQX-YWBxlfkMoS4HzrxsNVAvltAsnvYiB71nia1u8fusCw5xHR97T3Uc0=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="1920" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOm7sN05xf2Pve3iZcxXg2WA4d0yzVb5guBY7SB_fCA6IPIl7h-I9M0dES2NM51ruzZE450ZPKLHJITXYxNMfZovUDS2sKjoGQarOEGovjV97Vpi7vT6ZyQ5JFv3vEOy2IQX-YWBxlfkMoS4HzrxsNVAvltAsnvYiB71nia1u8fusCw5xHR97T3Uc0=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Comet 104P Kowal, 61 second, ISO 6400, cropped and processed.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEge-irGP0OFfpEc-_RuXQixqmTX8IZITItaYktE7DEP-qoAfLjUtX_vS0sqM1iiKQMl3Q59DLd4fya7AkI0ACDSmEVFtxcWJS0r4cE5ewscSv7PJUYsDQYY4tx0xU2RMuQIbqHG8yFoilk4jLaK3448P9lg1lcjwz1AKZwFUsvJrRzBOsexyzAZYYrF=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1444" data-original-width="1920" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEge-irGP0OFfpEc-_RuXQixqmTX8IZITItaYktE7DEP-qoAfLjUtX_vS0sqM1iiKQMl3Q59DLd4fya7AkI0ACDSmEVFtxcWJS0r4cE5ewscSv7PJUYsDQYY4tx0xU2RMuQIbqHG8yFoilk4jLaK3448P9lg1lcjwz1AKZwFUsvJrRzBOsexyzAZYYrF=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Same image as above inverted.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The comets were to the left of Jupiter, which was in the south western sky. Took a wide angle image of the whole southern sky and a close-up of Jupiter.</li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7N8jgnQV-8ir9kRJqt366nCvZIcavpCqfvMzE7OWN-fl2Ld-hhgHk-ukyaKLCgLVMzXNLFVenvhl4DRLNnKbGHSWcTZPRSWmHjetnjCW6CtfpYb0u1pZrCUqHd7jVCUdgeqSc90bSEsdtQZMJ_ve_Pmo6zhEI6O06YoWNeUo_OvcB8unZMkziqn5t=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7N8jgnQV-8ir9kRJqt366nCvZIcavpCqfvMzE7OWN-fl2Ld-hhgHk-ukyaKLCgLVMzXNLFVenvhl4DRLNnKbGHSWcTZPRSWmHjetnjCW6CtfpYb0u1pZrCUqHd7jVCUdgeqSc90bSEsdtQZMJ_ve_Pmo6zhEI6O06YoWNeUo_OvcB8unZMkziqn5t=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Facing south, 25 sec, f/3.5, ISO 3200, focal length 18mm.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOaYfuF5QjI8RORzrieiQUQZuk9fWqp5S0iPx8yKFrS5TpuonzOtRB0dLekf5711-bB6FdRyz10l1CTTUoESXGKbbvVxolO7054EKYFRhsjusIH0uSc_PyRAImCFTeeY--JsNjR6PbtzIO0_8NmpU83J7qrEcpRdANiQuLdnLWQAFibS_qQWLjqo-C=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1605" data-original-width="1920" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOaYfuF5QjI8RORzrieiQUQZuk9fWqp5S0iPx8yKFrS5TpuonzOtRB0dLekf5711-bB6FdRyz10l1CTTUoESXGKbbvVxolO7054EKYFRhsjusIH0uSc_PyRAImCFTeeY--JsNjR6PbtzIO0_8NmpU83J7qrEcpRdANiQuLdnLWQAFibS_qQWLjqo-C=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jupiter through telescope, 1/8 second, ISO 1600.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> In the middle of the Summer Triangle, which was lowering in the western sky during observing, there's an amazing double star named Albireo. An excellent small telescope target. Note the color difference between the two stars.</li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjABz68alB-UCOrBovPknZaljIGla-FfLRnKUUTiWOwNjSkXwLhw2blfo5w6h5MPS_lMG_awBhXKyxZhO9OhJWYAldrKcvs7nRhfTuOMsj_sM2s2Yxkv9CB8AJuGjhnjZ2iXbQvAYjS9Pt8RXaR_DUgti1ZPetjhxMnDhRpX7ZKs2Fc6IHJvXQzKGr5=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjABz68alB-UCOrBovPknZaljIGla-FfLRnKUUTiWOwNjSkXwLhw2blfo5w6h5MPS_lMG_awBhXKyxZhO9OhJWYAldrKcvs7nRhfTuOMsj_sM2s2Yxkv9CB8AJuGjhnjZ2iXbQvAYjS9Pt8RXaR_DUgti1ZPetjhxMnDhRpX7ZKs2Fc6IHJvXQzKGr5=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Facing west, summer triangle, 25 sec, f/3.5, ISO 3200, focal length 18mm</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhz4wMNWMgzaIYzO1vauKztg7aRpjC6RopEIsNZKQ15uodGEeFL44b6b3EwfAJE_mRhxgP2IB9yUzcijjWIPq1eNakhE_oeJvXdQZZFG1ltpKA4MCk98G6KF9JvyDW5aNOb6B5zXedxy8p1sgwkkrHFtklR1u5r2BY3sxZiuzVLDa_BtA8hbDAvQf6G=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1567" data-original-width="1920" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhz4wMNWMgzaIYzO1vauKztg7aRpjC6RopEIsNZKQ15uodGEeFL44b6b3EwfAJE_mRhxgP2IB9yUzcijjWIPq1eNakhE_oeJvXdQZZFG1ltpKA4MCk98G6KF9JvyDW5aNOb6B5zXedxy8p1sgwkkrHFtklR1u5r2BY3sxZiuzVLDa_BtA8hbDAvQf6G=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Albireo through telescope, 5 second, ISO 800.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The viewing conditions were so good for the entire sky, in every direction, I decided to image the northern and south eastern sky as well, to show which constellations were showing.</li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhawwaHDkFOHpHuHb3lc9L38_IkClfJkB9hpQZGjGgQKerz1_Z85jj11yk0kZkZ-XIRmqa0Edw8OVnf25XebPDTgw2tawr2gm1mzjaly0cSyJbClTF3JusnPMPGzf08FfBOBuXtqhRyCyy5S0v-oy79Y5BM2GPHKmybk-U9vcuooxYO8ks8uRVwn4qt=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhawwaHDkFOHpHuHb3lc9L38_IkClfJkB9hpQZGjGgQKerz1_Z85jj11yk0kZkZ-XIRmqa0Edw8OVnf25XebPDTgw2tawr2gm1mzjaly0cSyJbClTF3JusnPMPGzf08FfBOBuXtqhRyCyy5S0v-oy79Y5BM2GPHKmybk-U9vcuooxYO8ks8uRVwn4qt=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Facing north, Big Dipper behind the treeline,25 sec, f/3.5, ISO 3200, focal length 18mm </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioTnToFSoRtjLEi6nAW5_1HpIs6moJF0ryrEYhwoDs4JqqyGTDLw7knmjR5Slbultdfsfx6apIZPcnCjdPRcNSaB19dmvDtdd-0mhzkRavImac-E_7o5mNw3aF9XpRbK4iXd5zFV-NtKilTbfIrI0G9auxfrJP0_mf3AjOCXXaDmsw71u3NJaw7We1=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioTnToFSoRtjLEi6nAW5_1HpIs6moJF0ryrEYhwoDs4JqqyGTDLw7knmjR5Slbultdfsfx6apIZPcnCjdPRcNSaB19dmvDtdd-0mhzkRavImac-E_7o5mNw3aF9XpRbK4iXd5zFV-NtKilTbfIrI0G9auxfrJP0_mf3AjOCXXaDmsw71u3NJaw7We1=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Facing south east, Orion, 15 sec, f/3.5, ISO 3200, focal length 18mm.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Many satellites were seen, with a few going through images. One long exposure image of the comets had two satellites in it. No shooting stars were seen.<br /></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br /></p>David123429http://www.blogger.com/profile/07917808263138207146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836282415299848440.post-34047685311748481962021-12-22T09:06:00.000-04:002021-12-22T09:06:02.469-04:00COMET SEARCH NEAR CONJUNCTION<p><b>Location:</b> Lower west-side Saint John, NB, Canada</p><p><b>Date Time:</b> December 21, 2021 1730-1810hrs</p><p><b>Weather:</b> Breezy, mostly clear, 0.0C, humidity 64%.</p><p><b>Equipment: </b> Canon Rebel t3 with 18-55 and 75-300mm lenses. Binoculars. Images processed with PhotoShop.</p><p><b>Attendance:</b> David McCashion</p><p><b>Objective:</b> To view and image Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard with was reported to be in the area of sky, to the left of Venus and Saturn. The comet forming an equilateral triangle with the three planets.</p><p><b>Report:</b></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Searched the area of sky with binos and took many images. Could not see comet in binos or find it in images.</li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7H6KGPSAfxyseY1WJxUU9c2qG1B35DKfNUj56RP9w2fUFamAnTpQjk1JWWLyo8jLV1xovD7BTA1bE3F0UeqJQBJgrGAfGrP78q3x9CGlL1ZhnJjKjMnabcYsfKdHj1PeO0M2yNZUlsp4fRjDb0MLfz311DRMngvBfwNvtv9VaCTJmrFSxdJmPQvG3=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7H6KGPSAfxyseY1WJxUU9c2qG1B35DKfNUj56RP9w2fUFamAnTpQjk1JWWLyo8jLV1xovD7BTA1bE3F0UeqJQBJgrGAfGrP78q3x9CGlL1ZhnJjKjMnabcYsfKdHj1PeO0M2yNZUlsp4fRjDb0MLfz311DRMngvBfwNvtv9VaCTJmrFSxdJmPQvG3=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ISO 100, FL 75mm, 13sec, f/6.3<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>There was a nice lineup of planets with Jupiter, Saturn and Venus in the western sky. This made up for the very disappointing comet.</li></ul><p> </p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIflTgOPZ6lCCW-OtiZDYbZW4xB6PE6_v5v67bbYT_ymkqmQBFFaWtCu5Z0yDyYt45nPukYNrhq41C3s7QmOH2_hLY6mfWAqYpeWxmkrGw4Edqd3n3MWvIrevk0S4XTpa3jB9SUIftbH5LfAi_lF2ijAf9oOz3VqUXh8ss3FEbgz9_ZsDbfQGMqnCK=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIflTgOPZ6lCCW-OtiZDYbZW4xB6PE6_v5v67bbYT_ymkqmQBFFaWtCu5Z0yDyYt45nPukYNrhq41C3s7QmOH2_hLY6mfWAqYpeWxmkrGw4Edqd3n3MWvIrevk0S4XTpa3jB9SUIftbH5LfAi_lF2ijAf9oOz3VqUXh8ss3FEbgz9_ZsDbfQGMqnCK=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ISO 800, FL 28mm, 10 sec, f/6.3.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> No shooting stars or satellites seen.<br /></li></ul><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>David123429http://www.blogger.com/profile/07917808263138207146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836282415299848440.post-34624863865529041632021-12-21T10:52:00.002-04:002021-12-26T07:58:45.713-04:00CHRISTMAS COMET SEARCH 2021<div><p><b>Location:</b> Lower west-side Saint John, NB, Canada</p><p><b>Date Time:</b> December 20, 2021 1730-1800</p><p><b>Weather:</b> Bitter cold, mostly clear, hazy, steady breeze, -6.9C, 72% humidity.</p><p><b>Equipment: </b> Canon Rebel t3 with 18-55mm lens and binoculars.</p><p><b>Attendance:</b> David McCashion</p><p><b>Objective:</b> To view and image <a href="https://heavens-above.com/comet.aspx?cid=C%2F2021%20A1&lat=45.1272&lng=-66.4616&loc=Little+Lepreau+Basin&alt=0&tz=AST" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard</a>, the brightest comet of 2021, with a reported magnitude of approx 3. The comet has recently passed closed to Venus and is heading out of the Northern hemisphere sky, into the southern.</p><p><b>Report:</b></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Scanned the area of sky to the left of Venus, where comet was reported to be, at first with unaided eye and then with binos. Some long thin clouds and haziness were a factor, moving slowly through the area. No luck in seeing the comet visually. Imaged the area of sky for about a half hour, but still couldn't seem to get comet to pop out in image viewer for a pin point location in the sky. After star hoping from processed images, and comparing to star charts, comet still didn't appear in images.<br /></li></ul><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>One day past full moon. No shooting stars or satellites were seen.</li></ul></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br />David123429http://www.blogger.com/profile/07917808263138207146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836282415299848440.post-90520132691131493722021-12-04T07:50:00.002-04:002021-12-25T15:46:56.557-04:00MORNING BINOCULAR COMET<p><b>Location:</b> Saint John, NB, Canada</p><p><b>Date Time:</b> December 4th, 2021 0450-0530</p><p><b>Weather:</b> Very cold, blustery, swirling winds about 20km/hr, -7.4C, 62% humidity, mostly clear, to partly cloudy.</p><p><b>Equipment: </b> Canon Rebel t3 with 18-55mm lens and 15x70 binoculars. Images processed with Photoshop.</p><p><b>Attendance:</b> David McCashion</p><p><b>Objective: </b> To view and image Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard, which was reported to be near a 5th mag star, about 5 degrees above Arcturus in the morning, Eastern sky. </p><p><b>Report:</b></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>First attempt at 0450hrs, searched area above Arcturus with binos. There was some passing clouds present, didn't see the comet in binos, and it was too windy to take images. Went inside to warm up.</li><li>Went back out at approximately 0525hrs and wind was about the same. Decided to try imaging anyway. Images were greatly affected by wind, but the comet does show up, <a href="https://heavens-above.com/comet.aspx?cid=C%2F2021%20A1&lat=45.1272&lng=-66.4616&loc=Little+Lepreau+Basin&alt=0&tz=AST">right where it was reported to be.</a> </li></ul><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oIvb_APysoQ/YatQAjEssXI/AAAAAAAAJvo/dTwxcJqLSTciFWPMg_6Bf9dc80W4QM2AgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1920/Comet2021A1Leonard4ADec2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1278" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oIvb_APysoQ/YatQAjEssXI/AAAAAAAAJvo/dTwxcJqLSTciFWPMg_6Bf9dc80W4QM2AgCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/Comet2021A1Leonard4ADec2021.jpg" width="213" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">25 sec, f/6.3, focal length 46mm, ISO 3200<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qf2M1F47AYM/YatQAuT_RMI/AAAAAAAAJvs/MCHdFFvXRuMi7CdQIZDxv0nc2OPW-Gy9wCNcBGAsYHQ/s1920/Comet2021A1Leonard4Dec2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1278" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qf2M1F47AYM/YatQAuT_RMI/AAAAAAAAJvs/MCHdFFvXRuMi7CdQIZDxv0nc2OPW-Gy9wCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/Comet2021A1Leonard4Dec2021.jpg" width="213" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">25 sec, f/6.3, focal length 32mm, ISO 3200</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> After imaging, searched the area above Arcturus again with binos and found the fuzzy, grayish, greenish patch, with a brighter central region below and to the right of the approx. 5th magnitude star. This is exactly where Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard was reported to be. We now have a bino comet in the morning!</li><li>Seen one shooting star, almost straight overhead, to the east. Faint, very fast, heading from west to east.<br /></li></ul>David123429http://www.blogger.com/profile/07917808263138207146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836282415299848440.post-89993141083646867732021-11-12T08:31:00.004-04:002021-12-30T21:21:01.114-04:00COMET C/2021 A1 LEONARD NEAR PHECDA<p><b>Location:</b> Prince of Wales, NB, Canada</p><p><b>Date Time:</b> November 11, 2021 0245-0434hrs</p><p><b>Weather:</b> Steady north west wind in Saint John, but it was just the slightest of air movement in POW. Very dark, clear, a very cold 0C with 60% humidity and windchill. One bird chirped about halfway through observing, which is the first time I've heard any sign of life there in a long time.</p><p><b>Attendance:</b> David McCashion</p><p><b>Equipment:</b> Canon Rebel t3, 80 ed/apo, and images processed with PhotoShop.</p><p><b>Objective:</b> To image Magnitude 10.5 Comet 2021 A1 Leonard, which was reported to be in Ursa Major, about seven degrees to the west of Alula Borealis, in the early morning sky. Many amateur astronomers are expecting this comet to brighten significantly in December of this year. Perihelion is supposed to be on January 3rd 2022, where it will be 0.615 AU from the Sun.<br /></p><p><b>Report:</b></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Star hopped from Megrez and Phecda, main asterism stars of Ursa Major, to the comet. Comet was around 20 degrees south east of Phecda, towards Denebola, so it's not in this image of the area surrounding Phecda. I found this area interesting because of it's abundance of galaxies. From Richard Hinckley Allen's, Star Names Their Lore and Meaning, Phecda, spelled "Phacd, Phachd, Phad, Phaed, Phecda, Phekda, and Phegda are from Al Falidh, the Thigh, where this star is located in the figure."<br /></li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E2DPTRc5FNE/YY5M7MVljJI/AAAAAAAAJuE/G84hI_GosBUmKYcpi_DZg9IDEWXwwa1JwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1342/Phecda11Nov2021.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="865" data-original-width="1342" height="206" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E2DPTRc5FNE/YY5M7MVljJI/AAAAAAAAJuE/G84hI_GosBUmKYcpi_DZg9IDEWXwwa1JwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Phecda11Nov2021.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Comet is not in this image. Single shot, 30 second, ISO 3200.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>From the observing site in Prince of Wales, there is always a degree of light pollution in the north eastern sky, so it was important to wait until the comet rose above it, which by 0330hrs, it did. I was surprised with how bright the comet was, as it immediately popped out, in my first overexposed 30 second image. Showing a tail, and a bright central region, but was not exactly where the <a href="https://heavens-above.com/comet.aspx?cid=C%2F2021%20A1&lat=45.1272&lng=-66.4616&loc=Little+Lepreau+Basin&alt=0&tz=AST" target="_blank">sky chart</a> showed it was suppose to be.</li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-guQFZBNm_08/YY5QSTnM44I/AAAAAAAAJuQ/zYUxIY8wuykBoGToKBoFDWeUwB2KqsEPQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/Comet2021A1Leonard11Nov2021.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1301" data-original-width="1920" height="217" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-guQFZBNm_08/YY5QSTnM44I/AAAAAAAAJuQ/zYUxIY8wuykBoGToKBoFDWeUwB2KqsEPQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Comet2021A1Leonard11Nov2021.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Single shot, 30 second, ISO 3200. Image cropped and enhanced.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MWTQt3Gk81Q/YY5QSJke7xI/AAAAAAAAJuM/no-HMiE88vAPC5dZfQlH8Aa8xJfrQW_4ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/Comet2021A1LeonardInverted11Nov2021.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1404" data-original-width="1920" height="234" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MWTQt3Gk81Q/YY5QSJke7xI/AAAAAAAAJuM/no-HMiE88vAPC5dZfQlH8Aa8xJfrQW_4ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Comet2021A1LeonardInverted11Nov2021.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inverted image.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>I was going to try for the three other comets, comets 67P, 29P, and comet c/2019 L3 Atlas, which were up at this time and were within my brightness range, but they were straight overhead by 0400hrs. This makes imaging practically impossible for my equipment. <br /></li><li>No satellites were seen, but a faint, fast meteor was seen, straight over-head, heading east.<br /></li></ul><div> <br /><div><p> </p><p> </p><p><br /></p></div></div>David123429http://www.blogger.com/profile/07917808263138207146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836282415299848440.post-27358200186425236672021-11-07T05:44:00.004-04:002021-11-08T10:45:38.105-04:00COMET 6P, and TWO NEBULAS<p> <b>Location:</b> Prince of Wales, NB, Canada</p><p><b>Date Time: </b> November 5, 2021 2000-2130hrs</p><p><b>Weather:</b> No clouds, no wind, very cool, 0c with 60% humidity.</p><p><b>Attendance:</b> David McCashion</p><p><b>Equipment:</b> Canadian Telescopes 80ED/APO with Canon Rebel t3 attached at prime focus. Images processed with PhotoShop.</p><p><b>Objective:</b> To image magnitude 10.1 <a href="https://heavens-above.com/comet.aspx?cid=6P&lat=45.1272&lng=-66.4616&loc=Little+Lepreau+Basin&alt=0&tz=AST" target="_blank">Comet 6P d'Arrest</a>, which was reported to be below Jupiter and Saturn, in Microscopium, in the south western sky during observing time.</p><p><b>Report:</b></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>A nearly perfectly still, quite, moonless, dark night. Less then a tenth of the airplane traffic as before the pandemic started.<br /></li><li>Jupiter and Saturn shining brightly in the south west, the summer triangle hanging high overhead, to the west.</li><li>Made first attempt for 6P right away. Found that it didn't pop out in images, although I thought I could make out a fuzz ball. The comet was less then 10 degrees above the south west horizon, just above the tree line, which is very low, and not good for observing or imaging comets. Decided to slew to Vega to adjust focus.</li><li>After adjusting focus on Vega, decided to image the nearby <a href="https://www.messier-objects.com/messier-57-ring-nebula/" target="_blank">Ring Nebula M57</a>, in Lyra the Harp. The image appeared as a stunningly colorful ball of teal green light appeared in view screen. Shocking that such a thing can be imaged thus. Visually it appears as a magnitude 8.8, grayish smoke ring, which is in itself amazing to see...in images, it looks absolutely stunning, nothing like visually imo. The Nebula is shown next to the variable star Sheliak, which ranges in brightness from 3.4 to 4.5. According to Richard Hinckley Allen's "Star Names Their Lore and Meaning," Sheliak is an Arabian name for Lyra. Hinckly also suggests that the proper name of Vega is Wega. "Wega, less correctly Vega, originated in the Alfonsine Tables from the Waki of the Arabs, Bayer,having both titles; Scaliger, <i>Waghi</i>,..."<br /></li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E8kbuEvkXJk/YYe0zQyqHcI/AAAAAAAAJtc/EsIe_3uiiEQusHnxe_BFfUxgdURvtQ9dACLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/TheRingNebula5Nov21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1303" data-original-width="1920" height="217" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E8kbuEvkXJk/YYe0zQyqHcI/AAAAAAAAJtc/EsIe_3uiiEQusHnxe_BFfUxgdURvtQ9dACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/TheRingNebula5Nov21.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Single shot, 45 second, ISO 1600, cropped and enhanced.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table> <p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>On my way back to the comet, decided to try imaging the magnitude 7.5 <a href="https://www.messier-objects.com/messier-27-dumbbell-nebula/" target="_blank">Dumbbell Nebula M27</a>. Only imaged once. Spectacular, bright green nebula.</li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G2e_L3QGpdg/YYe1FQ-dAAI/AAAAAAAAJtk/aPMpzTtuQfcodjuHkOHbIvOzzUKMteTqACLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/Dumbbell5Nov21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1316" data-original-width="1920" height="219" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G2e_L3QGpdg/YYe1FQ-dAAI/AAAAAAAAJtk/aPMpzTtuQfcodjuHkOHbIvOzzUKMteTqACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Dumbbell5Nov21.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Single shot, 50 second, ISO 1600, cropped and enhanced.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Took many images of comet, and used heavens above star chart to confirm the very big, very diffuse object, with no brighter central region was indeed Comet 6P d'Arrest. It's low position in the sky made imaging difficult. The location of the comet in the sky is kind of odd as well, compared to where the other comets are located in the sky. The comets magnitude 10.1 brightness must be attributed to its size, which was approximately full Moon size.</li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pE_g8i5yWHg/YYe1bhb_atI/AAAAAAAAJts/7-uBvXkI5HUb7pQtSVl4S0Yor73qcICFACLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/Comet6P5Nov21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="1920" height="226" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pE_g8i5yWHg/YYe1bhb_atI/AAAAAAAAJts/7-uBvXkI5HUb7pQtSVl4S0Yor73qcICFACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Comet6P5Nov21.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Single shot, 120sec, ISO 3200, cropped and enhanced.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rZ0RmtE7ptw/YYe1b1UOZTI/AAAAAAAAJtw/NK2vMFUfna8n7vVPvIBCAvY5jskqp-7kACLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/Comet6P5Nov21Negative.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="1920" height="227" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rZ0RmtE7ptw/YYe1b1UOZTI/AAAAAAAAJtw/NK2vMFUfna8n7vVPvIBCAvY5jskqp-7kACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Comet6P5Nov21Negative.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A negative of the image above to better show the very diffuse comet.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> Two very fast, faint shooting stars were seen. Both coming from the summer triangle.<br /></li></ul>David123429http://www.blogger.com/profile/07917808263138207146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836282415299848440.post-47294482916943747362021-10-08T22:58:00.005-03:002021-10-09T12:23:34.496-03:00A FOUR COMET NIGHT<p><b>Location:</b> Prince of Wales, NB, Canada</p><p><b>Date Time:</b> October 8, 2021 0230-0455hrs</p><p><b>Weather:</b> Clear, slight breeze from the north west, 11.6C/82% humidity in Saint John at 0150hrs, 6C at 0345hrs in POW.</p><p><b>Equipment:</b> Telescope 80ed/apo with Canon Rebel t3 attached at prime focus. Images processed with Photo Shop Elements.</p><p><b>Attendance:</b> David McCashion</p><p><b>Objective: </b> To image as many of the five comets in the eastern sky during this time as possible. Also, to watch for Zodiacal light.<br /></p><p><b>Report: </b></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Set up scope and aligned on Vega, which was very close to NW horizon at 2am and Deneb.</li><li>Pegasus was high in the western sky. Could make out 5 stars in the big square, which makes seeing a not so great 5 limiting magnitude. Conditions seemed to change dramatically over the observing time, although no clouds were seen.<b> </b></li><li>The surrounding woods was uncharacteristically quiet. Totally silent during entire observing time. Something dead nearby giving off quite a stink.<b> <br /></b></li><li>Looked for Zodiacal light in the west, not realizing it was an eastern phenomenon in the morning. There is light pollution in that general direction normally, but not that far north. Zodiacal light really lit up the NE sky, just under Ursa Major. This washed out my last comet image attempt.</li><li>No satellites were seen, which isn't surprising for that time of night. They are normally seen just after dark and just before first light.</li><li>Three confirmed shooting stars seen, including one while imaging, plus another seen as driving home. A number more, unconfirmed, seen out of the corner of my eye.<br /><b></b></li></ul><p><b><br /></b></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NGFeqRl5xzM/YWGAgO01InI/AAAAAAAAJrs/5kfQmfgnBtswqtvM-PVouGyRvisTBv8EgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/Comet29P8Oct21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NGFeqRl5xzM/YWGAgO01InI/AAAAAAAAJrs/5kfQmfgnBtswqtvM-PVouGyRvisTBv8EgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Comet29P8Oct21.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In Auriga, near one of the main asterism stars, seen in the upper left. Distance from Earth 5.39AU. 60s, ISO 3200. Un-cropped, enhanced.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b></b><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5z_z-h_ktek/YWGA2rCFhmI/AAAAAAAAJr0/Hd3xap8tlFU-9cIOtoGCe1vf3A-kZwQUACLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/Comet67P8Oct21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5z_z-h_ktek/YWGA2rCFhmI/AAAAAAAAJr0/Hd3xap8tlFU-9cIOtoGCe1vf3A-kZwQUACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Comet67P8Oct21.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In Taurus, near M1. 62s, ISO 6400. Distance from Earth 0.47AU. Reported mag 11.0. Un-cropped, enhanced.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><b></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FTaG0WrBBWE/YWD29sArjHI/AAAAAAAAJrY/Pc82zZwQXOUyOnlKA27Ko0RjqLAuPYzPgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/Comet4P8Oct21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FTaG0WrBBWE/YWD29sArjHI/AAAAAAAAJrY/Pc82zZwQXOUyOnlKA27Ko0RjqLAuPYzPgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Comet4P8Oct21.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In Orion, well above the main asterism stars. Distance from Earth 1.126AU. Reported mag 11.1. 61s, ISO 6400.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DWarqIPkAiY/YWD288_C5eI/AAAAAAAAJrQ/ml7_p7NCVA4enf4JZALHUwbB5jRa2KYigCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/Comet2019L3Atlas8Oct21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DWarqIPkAiY/YWD288_C5eI/AAAAAAAAJrQ/ml7_p7NCVA4enf4JZALHUwbB5jRa2KYigCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Comet2019L3Atlas8Oct21.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seen the shooting star as imaging. In Lynx, partially washed out by zodiacal light. Distance from Earth 3.582AU. Reported mag 10.1. 30s, ISO 6400.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VEHFld_akY0/YWGfbtPqllI/AAAAAAAAJr8/iNnaem82TO8vmRUVaINZ74K482eJ3d81wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/Comet2021A1Leonard8Oct21washedoutbyzodiacallight.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VEHFld_akY0/YWGfbtPqllI/AAAAAAAAJr8/iNnaem82TO8vmRUVaINZ74K482eJ3d81wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Comet2021A1Leonard8Oct21washedoutbyzodiacallight.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Area of sky below the main asterism stars of Ursa Major. Comet may show near center of image, but washed out due to intense zodiacal light in that area of sky. Distance from Earth 2.259AU. Reported mag 11.5 25s, ISO 3200.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>David123429http://www.blogger.com/profile/07917808263138207146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836282415299848440.post-19909317858427966612021-09-12T23:03:00.002-03:002021-09-13T07:22:50.433-03:00TWO COMETS, TWO NEBULAS AND ORION<p><b>Location:</b> Prince of Wales, NB, Canada</p><p><b>Date Time:</b> Sept 12, 2021 0400-0600hrs</p><p><b>Weather:</b> No wind, cool, humid, mostly clear to partly cloudy towards 530am, 11C and 89% humidity. Lots of dew and some mosquitos.</p><p><b>Equipment:</b> Canadian Telescopes 80 ed/apo with Canon Rebel t3 with 18-55mm lens. Images processed with PhotoShop.</p><p><b>Attendance:</b> David McCashion</p><p><b>Objective:</b> To view and image three comets in the morning, eastern sky. Comet 4P Faye, at 11.9 magnitude in Taurus, and C/2019 L3 Atlas in Lynx, in between Gemini and Auriga. Also, the brightest comet in our sky now, Comet 8P Tuttle (mag 8.9) in Hydra, very low on the horizon, just before first light.<br /></p><p><b>Report:</b></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Setup and aligned scope on the summer triangle stars, still visible along the western horizon. Jupiter was low in the south west and very bright, like an oncoming plane.</li><li>Tried viewing and imaging the bright Orion's Nebula. Viewed with binoculars. Spectacular! Much to see and huge in binos. Colors. Orion the Hunter is rising quite high in the morning sky now. A sign that fall isn't far away.<br /></li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lZHLp0OzkJ4/YT6uEvIBTgI/AAAAAAAAJnA/B4At5RlLMwMh3RtClHaT6jcPrfiyZo6BACLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/OrionNebula12Sept21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1579" data-original-width="1920" height="263" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lZHLp0OzkJ4/YT6uEvIBTgI/AAAAAAAAJnA/B4At5RlLMwMh3RtClHaT6jcPrfiyZo6BACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/OrionNebula12Sept21.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3bEc1AdDuZA/YT6uEwvyhjI/AAAAAAAAJnE/hzPpJ0MsYPIf5Fjj6L_gupcJcPJKymqyACLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/OrionRising12Sept21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1278" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3bEc1AdDuZA/YT6uEwvyhjI/AAAAAAAAJnE/hzPpJ0MsYPIf5Fjj6L_gupcJcPJKymqyACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/OrionRising12Sept21.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> Imaged M1 The Crab Nebula, before looking for my first comet of the night. It's a faint 8.4 magnitude nebula not far from where the much fainter, magnitude 11.9 comet 4P Faye is located on this early morning. Both objects located in Taurus, near the end of one of the bulls horns.<br /></li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7WG68enBZM0/YT6vcP5PDtI/AAAAAAAAJnM/jAkRWqBT4wMbypD7NBlkVYFtDK2AJb5qQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/CrabNebula12Sept21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7WG68enBZM0/YT6vcP5PDtI/AAAAAAAAJnM/jAkRWqBT4wMbypD7NBlkVYFtDK2AJb5qQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/CrabNebula12Sept21.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">M1 The Crab Nebula 30s, ISO 6400<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RgWcCKPu5jA/YT6v0Jw3grI/AAAAAAAAJnU/vtRqv65JroMwsMtD7eISftDfSMoPUwgAACLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/Comet4PFayeA12Sept21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RgWcCKPu5jA/YT6v0Jw3grI/AAAAAAAAJnU/vtRqv65JroMwsMtD7eISftDfSMoPUwgAACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Comet4PFayeA12Sept21.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Comet 4P Faye 30s, ISO 6400. Image not enhanced or cropped.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rm_wTasxzmw/YT6v0JMtuMI/AAAAAAAAJnY/dq2YND5CN0YW0XKzZyITCESw8mL2y2SCwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/Comet4PFaye12Sept21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1301" data-original-width="1920" height="217" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rm_wTasxzmw/YT6v0JMtuMI/AAAAAAAAJnY/dq2YND5CN0YW0XKzZyITCESw8mL2y2SCwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Comet4PFaye12Sept21.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Comet 4P Faye enhanced and cropped to better show the very faint comet.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Comet C/2019 L3 Atlas was located fairly high in the north eastern sky, above Gemini and below the bright stat Capella. A very faint comet, without a tail, that I could discern, I was able to confirm it by comparing to star charts and matching the bright stars in the images to the charts. </li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VJbdn79832A/YT6zNUc8KvI/AAAAAAAAJnk/CAJAvHflEJIkjB4y4uxSqYcVwB3d4K2lwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/Comet2019L3Atlas12Sept21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="1920" height="185" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VJbdn79832A/YT6zNUc8KvI/AAAAAAAAJnk/CAJAvHflEJIkjB4y4uxSqYcVwB3d4K2lwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Comet2019L3Atlas12Sept21.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Comet C/2019 L3 Atlas, cropped and enhanced.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Va7gFy4rvX0/YT6zNnpyPsI/AAAAAAAAJno/K13vUhcaqN042gLjEa3yzm9FajrWS_9mwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/Comet2019L3AtlasA12Sept21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Va7gFy4rvX0/YT6zNnpyPsI/AAAAAAAAJno/K13vUhcaqN042gLjEa3yzm9FajrWS_9mwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Comet2019L3AtlasA12Sept21.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> After imaging Comet L3 Atlas, it was time to try for Comet 8P Tuttle, but clouds moved into that area of the sky. Also, the comet just barely came over the horizon by first light, and was still too low because of the treeline. Even if it was clear, I don't think it would have been possible to get the fairly faint comet through the increasing light. It's just too close to the Sun, in my opinion.</li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8a72FDNd6-M/YT63b6OKefI/AAAAAAAAJn0/qxj_lWeorxQ9Oy6_cUVAUp0r9L8lQg1tACLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/HorizonClouds12Sept21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8a72FDNd6-M/YT63b6OKefI/AAAAAAAAJn0/qxj_lWeorxQ9Oy6_cUVAUp0r9L8lQg1tACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/HorizonClouds12Sept21.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Comet 8P Tuttle was supposed to be located to the right of the reddish light. Not an easy location to capture a fairly faint comet, even if it's clear.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> No satellites seen, with one picked up in images. One shooting star was seen, going straight down, between Taurus and Orion. Short, fast and faint.<br /></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p>
David123429http://www.blogger.com/profile/07917808263138207146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836282415299848440.post-74176606411269185152021-09-11T11:46:00.000-03:002021-09-11T11:46:02.662-03:00MOON NEAR VENUS<p><b>Location:</b> Lower Westside park, Saint John, NB, Canada</p><p><b>Date Time:</b> Sept 10, 2021 from 2015 hrs to 2050hrs</p><p><b>Weather:</b> Partly cloudy to mostly cloudy, to clouded out with rain. Breezy, 18C, humidity 82%.</p><p><b>Attendance:</b> Benson, Braydon, Jaxon and David McCashion</p><p><b>Equipment:</b> Canon Rebel t3 with 55mm and 300mm lenses.</p><p><b>Objective:</b> To view and image the western sky in the eveing twilight.</p><p><b>Report:</b> </p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Went out to park at approx 815pm to see where the Moon was located and noticed Venus through some thick clouds. Forecast was for clearing, but the clouds shortly took over the sky and it started to rain.</li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D6DJoC6Nzuc/YTzAgE8u5yI/AAAAAAAAJmY/-njwF80O92QUv3xwXN_metm7SX5dcgz9wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/Moon10Sept21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1271" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D6DJoC6Nzuc/YTzAgE8u5yI/AAAAAAAAJmY/-njwF80O92QUv3xwXN_metm7SX5dcgz9wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Moon10Sept21.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_gHVt9-cWmE/YTzAgPMVfoI/AAAAAAAAJmc/y-yk2RvMjEMNeuavX_9qIYu7dk-SiWlNwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/MoonVenus10Sept21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_gHVt9-cWmE/YTzAgPMVfoI/AAAAAAAAJmc/y-yk2RvMjEMNeuavX_9qIYu7dk-SiWlNwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/MoonVenus10Sept21.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KUFSx9hMNAs/YTzAgJFBdtI/AAAAAAAAJmg/UgtEp-pGEToV9_a6jyUFQPHtg6XeQ_9wACLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/ReversingFalls10Sept21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KUFSx9hMNAs/YTzAgJFBdtI/AAAAAAAAJmg/UgtEp-pGEToV9_a6jyUFQPHtg6XeQ_9wACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/ReversingFalls10Sept21.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6pM703A1CJ0/YTzAg4bhFvI/AAAAAAAAJmk/SVz4OY0wgY8HNlppuNlOJYkvPaWYpiAugCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/SaintJohn10Sept21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6pM703A1CJ0/YTzAg4bhFvI/AAAAAAAAJmk/SVz4OY0wgY8HNlppuNlOJYkvPaWYpiAugCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/SaintJohn10Sept21.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p> <br /></p><p><br /></p>David123429http://www.blogger.com/profile/07917808263138207146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836282415299848440.post-47168513379477155242021-08-14T09:29:00.004-03:002021-08-17T07:50:11.002-03:00PERSEID'S 2021<p><b>Location:</b> Prince of Wales, NB, Canada </p><p><b>Date Time:</b> Friday, August 13, 2021 from 2150-0041hrs </p><p><b>Weather:</b> Very warm(almost too warm for a jacket), mostly clear, with some haziness, lots of dew, lots of bugs, no wind, fog horn blowing from nearby Bay of Fundy during whole observing session, 21c, and 90% humidity. On the drive home to Saint John afterwards, ground fog to the highway, then it was foggy most of the way to SJ, with ocean fog totally engulfing SJ. </p><p><b>Attendance:</b> Edward O'Reilly, and David McCashion. </p><p><b>Equipment:</b> Canon Rebel t3 with 18-55mm and 75-300mm lenses. Images processed with Photoshop. Reclining lawn-chairs. </p><p><b>Objective:</b> To view and image as many shooting stars as possible. </p><p><b>Report:</b> </p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> There was a crescent Moon in Virgo, low in the west at 2150hrs that was quickly sinking towards the horizon, with bright Venus close to the western horizon, popping in and out from behind hazy cloudiness.</li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jCQNB0M6A1s/YReyrYDcaFI/AAAAAAAAJkY/RtFEGweeVbYQpLjCkQEKplPDRIes5SKbwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/MoonVenus13Aug21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jCQNB0M6A1s/YReyrYDcaFI/AAAAAAAAJkY/RtFEGweeVbYQpLjCkQEKplPDRIes5SKbwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/MoonVenus13Aug21.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">13s, ISO 800, focal length 27mm, f/5<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UkTy_V322Hc/YRez0hTDCSI/AAAAAAAAJkg/LkLEE3QtjbI3j8BrJbAHjPjgeGjbqS0vwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/Moon13Aug21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1543" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UkTy_V322Hc/YRez0hTDCSI/AAAAAAAAJkg/LkLEE3QtjbI3j8BrJbAHjPjgeGjbqS0vwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Moon13Aug21.jpg" width="257" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1/40th second, ISO 100, f/5.6, focal length 300mm<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Jupiter and Saturn were low in the south-eastern sky as the sky started to darken enough to see stars at 2150hrs.</li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WFD70T0swAk/YRe0pXYN7yI/AAAAAAAAJko/Ty49yv7bCR0_KM4ntS52-LwZM-Q1H-1EQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/JupiterSaturn13Aug21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WFD70T0swAk/YRe0pXYN7yI/AAAAAAAAJko/Ty49yv7bCR0_KM4ntS52-LwZM-Q1H-1EQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/JupiterSaturn13Aug21.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">13s, ISO 800, f/5, focal length 27mm. Facing South East.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Ed seen the first Perseid at 2150 and I seen the second about 10 mins later. In our reclining lawn-chairs, Ed watched the Southern sky, while I watched and imaged the North. The Summer Triangle was almost straight overhead. We seen 34 Perseid's, 10 sporadic, with 4 unconfirmed(out of the center of vision), from 2150 to 0041hrs. We seen 8 Perseid's the first hour and 17 the next hour and 9 over the last 50 minutes. Approximately 7 of the Perseid's were slow moving, left long smoke trails and were Jupiter bright. Ed thought they were white, where I thought they had a yellowish ting. Most of the shooting stars were around Vega, which was nearly overhead and around Cassiopeia, in the North. All of the sparadics were faint, short, faster and didn't leave smoke trails.<br /></li><li>Dew ruined dozens of images. <br /></li><li>A few satellites seen. Not as many as we expected. Many, many planes crossing the sky. <br /></li></ul><p> </p><p> <b>Note:</b> Bring dew heater for imaging shooting stars, and frequently check the face of the lens for dew. By checking the images on the camera view-screen, stars can still be seen, making it like there is no problem with the pictures...the problem won't become apparent until processing the images. Check the face of lens.<br /></p>David123429http://www.blogger.com/profile/07917808263138207146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836282415299848440.post-51478466828050784662021-06-18T08:56:00.010-03:002021-08-17T06:59:06.543-03:00OBSERVING REPORT FOR JUNE 18, 2021<p><b>Location:</b> Prince of Wales, NB, Canada</p><p><b>Date Time: </b> June 18, 2018 0310-0450hrs</p><p><b>Weather:</b> No wind, mostly clear but hazy, 8C with humidity of 72%. Few bugs.</p><p><b>Attendance:</b> David McCashion</p><p><b>Equipment:</b> Canadian Telescopes 80 ED/APO with Canon Rebel T3 attached at prime focus. Images processed with PhotoShop.</p><p><b>Objective:</b> To image comets C/2020 T2 Palomar (10.7) in Bootes and Comet 7P Pons-Winnecke (10.5) in Aquarius. Both comets are moving away from Earth, but seem to maintaining their brightness.</p><p><b>Report:</b><span> </span> </p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Set up scope and aligned on Arcturus. Not many bright stars in the western sky at this time. Only 3 hours 10 minutes of dark skies beginning at 1150pm and ending at 301am, according to a weather website. The Moon was at first quarter and was below the western horizon at observing time, giving nice, dark skies.<br /></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Easily found Comet T2 Palomar, low in the western sky, to the lower right of the main Bootes, kite-like asterism. Took many images and stacked 7 of them. The images were 15 second with set at ISO 1600.</li></ul><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z-thiBFUaeQ/YMxyXnfzmVI/AAAAAAAAJic/So-DNDxKPo8PWMSIIQ-HuNj6xE8r3yISgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/T2Palomar18Jun21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1265" data-original-width="1920" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z-thiBFUaeQ/YMxyXnfzmVI/AAAAAAAAJic/So-DNDxKPo8PWMSIIQ-HuNj6xE8r3yISgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/T2Palomar18Jun21.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Low in the west, 7 images stacked for 1min 46 seconds exposure, uncropped.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6EXB-QPeCpg/YM-BSrq8NVI/AAAAAAAAJi4/4Qch8WQiqqo4EnTVIEQV0ZTlskTehsqeQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/T2PalomarSingleShot18Jun21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1381" data-original-width="1920" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6EXB-QPeCpg/YM-BSrq8NVI/AAAAAAAAJi4/4Qch8WQiqqo4EnTVIEQV0ZTlskTehsqeQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/T2PalomarSingleShot18Jun21.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">30 sec, ISO 6400, cropped and enhanced.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table> <br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The teapot of Sagittarius is low in the south at observing time, just over the treetops. Took an image of bright globular cluster Messier 22(mag 5.5), located just over the teapot.</li></ul><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w78nPDKX-04/YMx-wURJBCI/AAAAAAAAJik/zVJIgXQ28y8sB1RpqytReN6m4Yrg4PKKgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/M22%2B18June21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w78nPDKX-04/YMx-wURJBCI/AAAAAAAAJik/zVJIgXQ28y8sB1RpqytReN6m4Yrg4PKKgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/M22%2B18June21.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Twilight was starting to become a serious factor. Un-cropped, 20 second, ISO 3200.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>According to a weather website, astronomical twilight starts at 301am. By the time I was set up and facing the low south eastern horizon(410am), where comet 7p was located, the sky was washed out in twilight. Even after many long exposure images and processing, I could not confirm a capture of the comet in the images.</li></ul><p> </p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Imaged the south-eastern sky, including Jupiter, Saturn and Fomalhaut. Comet 7P was about 3/5 of the way to Fomalhaut, from Jupiter, making it quite low in the sky. This comet is proving to be a difficult capture because of the timing of it's appearance(early morning) and it's location in the sky. According to Richard Hinckley Allen, in his book Star Names Their Lore and Meaning, "Fomalhaut, from the Arabic Fum al Hut, the Fish's Mouth..."</li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d9JzNOn8-5Y/YMyE2W0784I/AAAAAAAAJis/joXFVvHEUb8Z7ysNJRwshmc9fWYaKXenwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/JupiterSaturn18June21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d9JzNOn8-5Y/YMyE2W0784I/AAAAAAAAJis/joXFVvHEUb8Z7ysNJRwshmc9fWYaKXenwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/JupiterSaturn18June21.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Single shot, f/5, 6 second, ISO 1600, focal length 23mm<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> By 0420hrs twilight was really starting to brighten up the sky and the
morning song birds were singing, squawking, and chirping away.</li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Seen many satellites, with some passing through the camera view-screen as I was focusing. A few more airplanes flying by now also, as the pandemic air traffic seems to be rebounding somewhat. No shooting stars were seen. <br /></li></ul><p></p><p><br /></p>David123429http://www.blogger.com/profile/07917808263138207146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836282415299848440.post-66959547790964517962021-06-11T05:07:00.004-03:002021-08-17T06:34:06.561-03:00Comet C/2020 T2 Palomar<p><b>Location:</b> Prince of Wales, NB, Canada</p><p><b>Date Time: </b> June 11, 2021 0115-0300hrs</p><p><b>Weather:</b> No wind, hazy to partly cloudy to mostly cloudy, 6C, humidity 59%.</p><p><b>Attendance:</b> David McCashion</p><p><b>Equipment:</b> Canadian telescopes 80 ED/APO with a Canon Rebel xsi attached at prime focus. Images processed with PhotoShop.</p><p><b>Objective:</b> To image comets C/2020 T2 Palomar(Mag10.5) in Bootes, Comet C/2020 R4 Atlas(Mag 11.5) in Leo and Comet 7P Pons-Winnecke(Mag10.6) in Aquarius, below Jupiter. Comet magnitudes are from online reports.<br /></p><p><b>Report:<span> </span></b> </p><p>There was an annular solar eclipse early in the morning the day before, on June 10, 2021 around 0530 to 0700. <br /></p><p>Hazy conditions improved for about 30 minutes from about 0120hrs to about 0150hrs after which clouds slowly started to cover the whole sky. <br /></p><p>Imaged T2 Palomar, which was to the lower right of the main Bootes kite-like asterism. Bootes was high in the western sky during observing. Also imaged M3, which was nearby, with same camera and telescope configuration for a side by side comparison.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SwoxZdQVX2Y/YMMXEDV_njI/AAAAAAAAJhw/vpdMgV6gt54BJ3VXaPPxrIxwQxdFzfMSgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/CometT2Palomar11June2021.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1313" data-original-width="1920" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SwoxZdQVX2Y/YMMXEDV_njI/AAAAAAAAJhw/vpdMgV6gt54BJ3VXaPPxrIxwQxdFzfMSgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/CometT2Palomar11June2021.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One minute exposure, ISO 6400. Image cropped and enhanced.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YAaYDAKCRq0/YMMXENYOWZI/AAAAAAAAJhs/uGCz0ZVNKsAE6kf034BA6qUSyy5tU449wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/CometT2Palomar%2BM3%2B11June21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YAaYDAKCRq0/YMMXENYOWZI/AAAAAAAAJhs/uGCz0ZVNKsAE6kf034BA6qUSyy5tU449wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/CometT2Palomar%2BM3%2B11June21.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Side by side comparison of images. Same settings for both images.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Clouds moved in shortly after 2am. Stayed for another hour to see if sky would clear an it didn't.</p><p>Seen several satellites, all moving north or south, and no shooting stars.<br /></p>David123429http://www.blogger.com/profile/07917808263138207146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836282415299848440.post-39302504905988214252021-03-21T11:30:00.002-03:002021-04-06T03:44:41.282-03:00A Comet, A Messier, & Two Planets Rising<p> <b>Location:</b> Prince of Wales, NB, Canada</p><p><b>Date Time:</b> March 21, 2021 0430-0652hrs</p><p><b>Weather:</b> It was a warm and hazy -3C, 67% humidity, mostly clear until about 6am. That's when it went from no wind, to a slight breeze, from the north. It turned very chilly after that. Temps leaving Saint John were 5 degrees warmer.</p><p><b>Attendance:</b> David McCashion</p><p><b>Equipment:</b> Canon Rebel T3 attached to an 80 ED/APO telescope at prime focus and with an 18-55mm lens. Images processed on Photoshop.</p><p><b>Objective:</b> To image two comets in the morning sky, and anything else that seemed interesting. The comets were C/2020 R4 Atlas, in Aquila and 10P/Tempel 2 in Aquarius.</p><p><b>Report:</b></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>As soon as I arrived I attempted to image the Summer Triangle, rising in the East, but the images didn't turn out well because they were out of focus. The stars were too faint to zoom in on, to obtain adequate focus.</li><li>Aligned scope on Regulus, which was low in the west at approx 0500hrs. According to Richard Hinckley Allen, in his Star Names, Their Lore and Meaning, Regulus is a triple star system of 1.7, 8.5 and 13 mag stars, is flushed white and ultramarine.(Will at image at later date)<br /></li><li>Searched for and found C/2020 R4 Atlas in Aquila, halfway between Altair and Saturn. It's faint, approximately 10 mag.</li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oCoinjC7iPM/YFdTrZtMfHI/AAAAAAAAJcE/FwQlP3hm_aYrqep_4hkUro23nY_UcIORwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/Comet2020R4Atlas21March21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oCoinjC7iPM/YFdTrZtMfHI/AAAAAAAAJcE/FwQlP3hm_aYrqep_4hkUro23nY_UcIORwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Comet2020R4Atlas21March21.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ISO 3200, 50s, not cropped.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> Searched for Comet 10P/Tempel 2, which was reported in Aquarius. Aquarius was just rising during morning first light, but the comet did not rise above the horizon before the sky became too lit. While in Aquarius, searching for the comet, I found and imaged the bright globular cluster M2, which was in the trees, low along the horizon. The sky was lighting up fast by this time...approximately 607am.</li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gjQMB0X_bXQ/YFdVYkNiL_I/AAAAAAAAJcM/lp2bIJ81YfI3YVHfh_Xh448BzD6MkeBjwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/Messier2A21March2021.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gjQMB0X_bXQ/YFdVYkNiL_I/AAAAAAAAJcM/lp2bIJ81YfI3YVHfh_Xh448BzD6MkeBjwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Messier2A21March2021.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ISO 3200, 30s, not cropped.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> Jupiter & Saturn didn't start rising over the treeline until after 630am. They remain low in the south eastern morning sky.</li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OlTfvirM1Aw/YFdWKyM8c5I/AAAAAAAAJcU/nYalunAfBJwwtt9QoWgCH6WemNBpK_FYwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/JupiterSaturn21March2021.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="1920" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OlTfvirM1Aw/YFdWKyM8c5I/AAAAAAAAJcU/nYalunAfBJwwtt9QoWgCH6WemNBpK_FYwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/JupiterSaturn21March2021.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">f/4.5, 8s, ISO 100, focal length 33mm, image cropped.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Heard my first flock of Canada Geese of the year, around 615am, flying north along the coast. Many other birds were heard chirping in the morning twilight, and some were even chirping and moving around before first light. A sign of spring.</li><li>At 643am, as I was taking down the setup, I heard, then seen a bright bolide slowly sailing from west to south east, halfway up in the southern sky. Its sizzled as it burned itself out, flying straight at Saint John, from my vantage point.</li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>No satellites were seen, or any other shooting stars.<br /></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>David123429http://www.blogger.com/profile/07917808263138207146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836282415299848440.post-77790462888140640862021-03-08T15:18:00.004-04:002021-03-09T18:11:45.891-04:00TWO COMETS & A CONJUNCTION<p><b>Location:</b> Prince of Wales, NB, Canada</p><p><b>Date Time:</b> March 7, 2021 1800-2130hrs</p><p><b>Weather:</b> Clear, no wind, -5.7 C and 57% humidity..</p><p><b>Equipment: </b> Canon Rebel t3 with 18-55mm lens and using small telescope at prime focus. Images processed with Photoshop.</p><p><b>Attendance:</b> David McCashion <br /></p><p><b>Objective:</b> To image two faint comets in the western sky, just after dark and to view and image a close pairing of Mars and Pleiades.</p><p><b>Report:</b> </p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Arrived at dark sky site at approx 6pm. The sun was supposed to set at 618pm, which it did, but it didn't get dark enough to start imaging for a faint comet till 710pm!</li><li>Comet C/2021 D1 Swan was reported to be low in the west at first dark, in the great square of Pegasus, about 5 degrees from Algenib, inside the square asterism. Its last reported magnitude was 11.5, its distance from the Earth and Sun respectively are 1.677AU and 0.907AU, at observing time.<br /></li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zrQgePTdKNA/YEZwvpcKHLI/AAAAAAAAJZo/rWxtB6btSQ8OOX-wouXRly7j28QGVHMKQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/CometSwan2021D1%2B7March21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zrQgePTdKNA/YEZwvpcKHLI/AAAAAAAAJZo/rWxtB6btSQ8OOX-wouXRly7j28QGVHMKQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/CometSwan2021D1%2B7March21.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Single shot, 90 second, ISO 1600. Not cropped.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> Comet C/2021 A4 Neowise was reported to be in Taurus, below the bull-face asterism. Its last reported magnitude was 12.4. It was 0.846AU from Earth and 1.161AU from the Sun at observing time. This comet was very faint, much fainter than Swan. I could not see it in the viewfinder, but it did show up in 120 second exposure images, that were ruined by a tracking malfunction. The comet didn't appear to have a brighter central region. It appeared more as a whisp of cloud.</li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-suFv58fLOPE/YEZzvf0tBVI/AAAAAAAAJZw/ECtNmG8KS801Bi_HTuYGepaIMmpp-bBLQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/Comet2021A4Neowise7March2021.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-suFv58fLOPE/YEZzvf0tBVI/AAAAAAAAJZw/ECtNmG8KS801Bi_HTuYGepaIMmpp-bBLQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Comet2021A4Neowise7March2021.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Single shot, uncropped, 30s, ISO 6400.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> Mars and Pleiades were very close together. Not close enough to get in the same field of view with the camera using the telescopes as a lens, though.</li></ul><p> </p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1sQQN2Rs6_U/YEZ03MKF15I/AAAAAAAAJZ4/9KAkbLitmYcertqs1ftBCsWc8tAsk-FqQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/MarsNearPleiades7March2021.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1sQQN2Rs6_U/YEZ03MKF15I/AAAAAAAAJZ4/9KAkbLitmYcertqs1ftBCsWc8tAsk-FqQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/MarsNearPleiades7March2021.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Single shot, uncropped, 15s, ISO 3200, f/3.5 and focal length 18mm.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VbgSav9Wt8U/YEfx20NF6BI/AAAAAAAAJaQ/f6GkIKdgTdE8usCwYeKXiXarrKQDPeFCgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/Pleiades7March2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VbgSav9Wt8U/YEfx20NF6BI/AAAAAAAAJaQ/f6GkIKdgTdE8usCwYeKXiXarrKQDPeFCgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Pleiades7March2021.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Single shot, uncropped, camera using telescope as lens, 30s, ISO 1600.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>One bolide seen out of the corner of my eye, to the north while imaging at around 9pm. This was the most satellites I've ever observed during an observing session. Picked up many in images, as well. This is the first time I have had an issue with satellites passing through images.</li><li>Starlink launched more satellites today. The train will be visible beginning at 428am tomorrow morning, according to heavens-above.com. Another source for SpaceX Launches is at this link https://heavens-above.com/StarlinkLaunchPasses.aspx<br /></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>David123429http://www.blogger.com/profile/07917808263138207146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836282415299848440.post-82043234078952637482021-03-01T18:43:00.010-04:002021-03-04T10:57:58.194-04:00THREE PLANETS REAPPEAR IN THE EASTERN MORNING SKY (Updated)<p><b>Location:</b> Lower Westside Saint John, NB, Canada
<b> </b></p><p><b>Date Time:</b> February 27, 2021 0630-0640hrs, March 3, 2021 0630-0650hrs & March 4th, 2021 0615-0640hrs<br /></p><p><b>Weather:</b> Feb 27-Mostly clear, reddish twilight on eastern horizon, -9C, and a slight breeze. </p><p>March 3rd-Mostly cloudy, with one clear patch in along the eastern horizon that ended about where the Planets should have been, -10C with reported windchill of -18C, a gusty 30-40km wind from the north, 90% humidity.
<b> </b></p><p>March 4th-Mostly clear, very windy, from the north<b>, </b>-7C, 62% humidity.<br /><b></b></p><p><b>Equipment:</b> 20x80 binos with camera on March 4th.<br /></p><p><b>Objective:</b> To view Jupiter, Saturn and Mercury, which were supposed to be low in the eastern dawn sky.
<b> </b></p><p><b>Report for Feb 27:</b>
Jupiter was very low, about 2 degrees above the horizon, but was the biggest and brightest by far. It was naked eye visible, with averted vision, against the brightening reddish sky. Mercury was a little higher and to the south. Saturn was higher still and further south and was by far the faintest, even in binos. Mercury and Saturn were not visible to unaided eye.
I imaged these planets on January 10th, just before Mercury passed in front of the Sun and Jupiter/Saturn went behind the Sun, from our view point. In other words, the 3 planets which disappeared from the evening sky just after January 10th, have now reappeared in the Morning sky! See my Jupiter-Mercury-Saturn post for Janurary 10th for images.
No images were taken. No Satellites or shooting stars were seen.
<b> </b></p><p><b>Report for March 3rd:</b>
Every morning since Feb 27 has been cloudy.
Scanned the part of the eastern horizon that was clear with binos, but couldn't see any of the planets. The clouds must have been covering them. Beautiful reddish sky on the eastern horizon. Wind were so strong it blew my tripod over. Too windy for imaging, so no images. Supposed to be clear tomorrow...</p><p><b>Report for March 4th: </b>Finally, a clear, beautiful morning to capture an image and view the newly reappearing planets. Jupiter is much higher than it was at the same time of day on Feb 27th. It is much closer to Mercury, as well. Saturn is very, very faint, and just barely showed up in binocular field of view and in the images. Strong, steady winds, from the north made imaging next to impossible. Of four images I was able to take, winds ruined three of them. Bitter cold.</p><p>A waning gibbous Moon was high in the west.</p><p><br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FR3ham3-X94/YEDM6IgzivI/AAAAAAAAJXQ/gUAzwv6R1E4CrNW-7VGlhpcah0D1Vw9jACLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/MorningPlanets4March2021.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FR3ham3-X94/YEDM6IgzivI/AAAAAAAAJXQ/gUAzwv6R1E4CrNW-7VGlhpcah0D1Vw9jACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/MorningPlanets4March2021.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">focal length = 120mm, f/5.6, ISO 100, 1/8th second.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wcCxMGVt1oE/YEDM6Dy4XkI/AAAAAAAAJXM/DMuUVyK1VygqKXkAHcELmLVw8jWSzujdwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/Moon4March2021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wcCxMGVt1oE/YEDM6Dy4XkI/AAAAAAAAJXM/DMuUVyK1VygqKXkAHcELmLVw8jWSzujdwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Moon4March2021.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>David123429http://www.blogger.com/profile/07917808263138207146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836282415299848440.post-74425628122424748072021-01-31T12:04:00.008-04:002021-08-17T06:27:05.251-03:00OBSERVING REPORT FOR JANUARY 30, 2021<div><p><b>Location:</b> Prince of Wales, NB, Canada</p><p><b>Date Time: </b> January 30, 2021 1900-2100hrs</p><p><b>Weather:</b> Bitter cold, -10C, 60% humidity, no wind, at times breezy, mostly clear, some haziness around the eastern horizon when the waning gibbous Moon appeared, around 1945hrs. Weather patterns had Arctic air from Greenland coming straight south, over our area on this evening, and for the next day or so.</p><p><b>Equipment:</b> Canon Rebel t3 attached to a Canadian Telescopes 80 ED/APO at prime focus. Images processed with Photo Shop.</p><p><b>Attendance:</b> Myself</p><p><b>Objective:</b> To image three comets, in the magnitude 10/11 range, that were in the sky, before the very bright, 94% illuminated waning gibbous Moon was set to rise at 1945 hrs.</p><p><b>Report:</b></p></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Set up the telescope, around 1920 and aligned on Deneb, a Pegasus star and Mars. Mars was high enough to make imaging difficult. It was so cold, I had to stop several time to warm up, which made imaging all the comets before the waning gibbous Moon rose impossible.</li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W6se_CfJVGU/YBbPNEffh0I/AAAAAAAAJQg/UvXO-WyhR5MHRhEI3AquMHIULNNb6xF4wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/Mars30Jan21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W6se_CfJVGU/YBbPNEffh0I/AAAAAAAAJQg/UvXO-WyhR5MHRhEI3AquMHIULNNb6xF4wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Mars30Jan21.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ISO 1600, 30s. Un-cropped, enhanced.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> I searched for three comets and the first one was Comet 88P Howell, which was very low in the west. The comet was reportedly magnitude 10, and I imaged that area of the sky, but the comet did not show up in 30 second exposure images.</li><li>Imaged the area of sky, well below Mars, for Comet 141P Machholz. Just above the treeline, to the south-west, the comet did show up, just barely in a single shot, 30s image.</li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wFtQcNGAvEU/YBbRUpCsERI/AAAAAAAAJQs/Dm8_oJ7X_vAIfP6Ty-mlEqDtSWUvF0e-QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/Comet141P30Jan21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1256" data-original-width="1920" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wFtQcNGAvEU/YBbRUpCsERI/AAAAAAAAJQs/Dm8_oJ7X_vAIfP6Ty-mlEqDtSWUvF0e-QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Comet141P30Jan21.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ISO 1600, 30s. Image cropped and enhanced.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> Imaged the area of sky, to the north-east of Sirius. By this time, the waning gibbous Moon had risen enough to greatly affect observing and imagines. Good images of that area of the sky were attained, but the comet was not discernible.</li><li>Then decided to image some nearby Messier objects, M46 and M47. These deep sky objects showed up well, despite the glowing Moon nearby.</li></ul><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ouQmSi22mso/YBbTFwkPYoI/AAAAAAAAJQ4/3yd1-jixx7UF-PiiJSdsL8cNQqu8Vso2QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/M46Jan3021.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ouQmSi22mso/YBbTFwkPYoI/AAAAAAAAJQ4/3yd1-jixx7UF-PiiJSdsL8cNQqu8Vso2QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/M46Jan3021.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ISO 1600, 30s. Un-cropped, enhanced.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S8Ty-Z7RN1Y/YBbTGLWcSsI/AAAAAAAAJQ8/6PWCeleuKkwSowErcOm5w8xxpYWBHSszACLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/M47Jan3021.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1920" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S8Ty-Z7RN1Y/YBbTGLWcSsI/AAAAAAAAJQ8/6PWCeleuKkwSowErcOm5w8xxpYWBHSszACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/M47Jan3021.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ISO 1600, 30s. Un-cropped, enhanced.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> By 2030 hrs, the waning gibbous Moon had risen enough to turn mostly white, and some hazy clouds seem to stay around it.</li></ul><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EomgXI0xbQo/YBbT7UbyRbI/AAAAAAAAJRM/NvgGG8we3yQtKF0Cn9bMp13RTluKk4AfgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1518/Moon30Jan21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1518" data-original-width="1518" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EomgXI0xbQo/YBbT7UbyRbI/AAAAAAAAJRM/NvgGG8we3yQtKF0Cn9bMp13RTluKk4AfgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Moon30Jan21.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ISO 100, 1/50s. Cropped and enhanced.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> Several satellites were seen, going in every direction, with one image picking one up. No shooting stars were seen.<br /></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><div><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></div>David123429http://www.blogger.com/profile/07917808263138207146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836282415299848440.post-53116722739902963692021-01-10T19:56:00.000-04:002021-01-10T19:56:42.781-04:00MERCURY-JUPITER-SATURN <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Location:</b> Lower West-side Saint John, NB, Canada</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Date Time:</b> January 10, 2021 1730-1830hrs</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Weather:</b> Breezy, from the north, -1.5C, mostly clear, and 71% humidity.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Equipment:</b> Canon Rebel t3 with 300mm lens. Images processed with Photo Shop.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Attendance: </b>David McCashion<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Objective:</b> To view and image a close pairing of Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn, just after sundown.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Report:</b> When Jupiter first appeared, after sundown, around 1740hrs, it was only approx 5 degrees above the horizon. Mercury and Saturn never were never visible to me either through the camera view-screen or with the unaided eye. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Only after processing images did I notice that the first image I took at 1750hrs captured all three planets, two of which were almost too low to capture. Saturn went below the treeline about two minutes after taking this image.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Altogether, I took nine images and only captured all three planets in the first two. The second image didn't turn out well due to windy conditions disturbing the camera. The two images below are the same image, one with text to label the planets. Image is cropped and enhanced to show the dimmer planets better.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AeoxgEgJgHA/X_uNbVjdSjI/AAAAAAAAJM8/bALyQbgPHe80rpKpez4xFi3foDuRNKTnwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1263/MercuryJupiterSaturn10Jan21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="951" data-original-width="1263" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AeoxgEgJgHA/X_uNbVjdSjI/AAAAAAAAJM8/bALyQbgPHe80rpKpez4xFi3foDuRNKTnwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/MercuryJupiterSaturn10Jan21.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ISO 100, 1.6 sec, focal length 250mm, f/5.6.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O_lCQj5OPGg/X_uNbZf8nHI/AAAAAAAAJM4/P_RQG2Fi9xEUQVGlw_nhV9tuJp0B9O6UACLcBGAsYHQ/s1263/MercuryJupiterSaturnWithText10Jan21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="951" data-original-width="1263" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O_lCQj5OPGg/X_uNbZf8nHI/AAAAAAAAJM4/P_RQG2Fi9xEUQVGlw_nhV9tuJp0B9O6UACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/MercuryJupiterSaturnWithText10Jan21.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /></p>David123429http://www.blogger.com/profile/07917808263138207146noreply@blogger.com0