2023 Solar annular eclipse
Sorry for being a little late with these.? ?These were taken at Cochiti Lake in NM, a little off the center path of totality.? Taken with Sigma 150-600mm DG HSM at 600mm and Canon R6.? Also, sorry
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Sebastian Kowalski
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Re: Eclipse of 2023-10-14
Very cool!
[email protected]> wrote:
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ALbert
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Eclipse of 2023-10-14
Finally gone thru my photos, 171 taken, 37 with decent view and 7 I consider my best.
My link is: https://quid-valorem.smugmug.com/Astronomie/Eclipse-annulaire-de-Soleil-2023/
Raymond
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rpdubois
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Re: Did anyone else see the payload from tonight's SpaceX launch?
About 30 of us were at Fall'n'Stars star party in Prince Edward County over the weekend.? We have a couple of people who keep us on track for seeing all the ISS passes so we were all watching this
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R WAGNER
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Re: Did anyone else see the payload from tonight's SpaceX launch?
Starlink Group 6-16 Falcon 9 Block 5
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yeldahtron
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Re: Did anyone else see the payload from tonight's SpaceX launch?
Saw then both Friday and saturday night traveling through Ursa major on
Friday and Bootes on Sat. As well as ISS passes from the North Frontenac
astronomy park
Dave
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Dave Anderson
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Re: Did anyone else see the payload from tonight's SpaceX launch?
Definitely a StarLink train, dispersing to their individual orbits now it seems.
We had a grand view of them all in tight formation Friday night
at the Diefenbunker Star Party.
Cheers
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Mark
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Mark Lord
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Did anyone else see the payload from tonight's SpaceX launch?
I'm praying what I saw was a SpaceX launch. If not, I want to be the first to welcome our alien overlords.
The event was a first for me -- it was like a ballet. I was watching the night sky, minding
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yeldahtron
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A question for the AP crew...
Hello OAFs, OAOG...
I'm rebuilding a fairly large gallery of my personal photos (mostly
family), with a small portion (5%?) of astronomy photos. I tend to do
things in groups chronologically, and I'm
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PolyWogg
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Re: Guidance for telescope purchase
Wow, what a wonderful, knowledgeable, supportive community. Thank you! Lots to take in and understand. I’ll take some time to go through in detail all of this information before I make any
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Leslie McDiarmid
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Re: Guidance for telescope purchase
I second Adam's vote for binos to start. (I started with a 60 mm Tasco refractor, but let's call that half a binocular.)
With a pair of binoculars, they can spend many a pleasurable evening on a
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yeldahtron
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#34897
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Re: Guidance for telescope purchase
Hi Leslie,
The most commonly given advice for a first scope it to get solid-tube
dobsonian telescope of 6 or 8 inches aperture. These are completely
manual telescopes, But the collect enough light
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Attilla Danko
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Re: Guidance for telescope purchase
On Wed, Sept 13, 2023, 11:53 Andrei Osmolovski <dalikidoo@...> wrote:
> Hi Leslie. You can borrow my SW150p free.
> It's on equatorial mount with tracking.
> 613 858 0244
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> On Wed, Sept 13,
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Andrei Osmolovski <dalikidoo@...>
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#34895
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Guidance for telescope purchase
Hi Leslie. You can borrow my SW150p free.
It's on equatorial mount with tracking.
613 858 0244
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Andrei Osmolovski <dalikidoo@...>
Date: Wed, Sept 13,
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Andrei Osmolovski <dalikidoo@...>
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#34894
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Re: Guidance for telescope purchase
A really good and affordable option these days is the StarSense Explorer lineup from Celestron.
These are "push-to" mounts rather than computerized go-to but use a smartphone
to find objects and
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Mark Lord
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Re: Guidance for telescope purchase
Hi Leslie,
If they are new to astronomy, consider a good pair of binoculars like the Nikon Action EX 8x40.
I bought a telescope when I started out and it is great, but there’s a learning curve
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Adam Bell
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Re: Guidance for telescope purchase
Hi Leslie,
Depends on your Budget (as this hobby can get very pricy). But here are
some options to consider that I often recommend to people.
ZWO Seetar S50 (it’s new and I’m hoping to review on
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Graeme Hay
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Re: Guidance for telescope purchase
Thanks Dave. I’m away at the moment so will miss these events. Other suggestions and guidance welcome. Leslie
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Leslie McDiarmid
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Re: Guidance for telescope purchase
The Rasc is having a star party at the Carp library parking lot on Friday
eve ,a great place to view a variety of scopes and ask questions . The
North frontenac observing park is having a festival all
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Dave Anderson
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Guidance for telescope purchase
Good morning,
I’m looking for some guidance. I’m sure this question has been asked hundreds of times before however I suspect the technology changes. Right off let me say thank you for your
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Leslie McDiarmid
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