Possible meteor sighting
Sighting was from near Harrison Crossing, looking Southwest. Did anyone
else see this, or suggest a website to check?
Glenn D. Faini
Chemical and Environmental Engineer, Retired
President,
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RAC President
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#147
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Re: IC 1396A The Elephant Trunk
Awesome Scott.
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Troy Major
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#146
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IC 1396A The Elephant Trunk
Taken @ Belmont Observatory 21/22 June 2020
Scope/Mount: Takahashi FRC300/EM400
Camera: ZWO ASI1600MM-Cooled w/EFW
Total integration time: 4h 20m 35s
Luminance: 3h 13m 43s
Ha: 1h 07m
Frame
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Scott Busby
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#145
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The June Star Party is Cancelled
Clouds, rain, and thunderstorms are expected throughout the day and
evening. Today's star party was for RAC members only, so I'm not sure it
is really necessary to send out a formal cancellation
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RAC President
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#144
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Re: NOVAC's Questar 7 + Fork Mount for Sale
I searched CloudyNights to see if they posted on their classifieds but I didn't find it. I would think they would do that.
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*Jerry Hubbell*
*VP MSRO Science, Inc.*
*Assistant Director,*
*Mark Slade
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Jerry Hubbell - Explore Scientific <jrh@...>
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#143
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NOVAC's Questar 7 + Fork Mount for Sale
---------- Forwarded message ---------
Folks --
NOVAC received a Questar 7 telescope and equatorial fork mount donation
some time ago for use or other disposition. This is the big brother of
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RAC President
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#142
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Latest Update on Yerkes Observatory
https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/new-stewards-for-yerkes-observatory-offer-an-expanded-mission-and-vision/article_9daacb25-7136-58a8-a250-496c2e5d3125.html?fbclid=IwAR1a0cvG6L90VpQAbEc9oL799C1682pJm
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Scott Busby
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#141
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June 7, 2020 Large Bright Red Light in Southern Night Sky at 10:20pm
A question from someone in Stafford.
Please reply to her directly if you can answer her questions.
Thanks.
Glenn D. Faini
Chemical and Environmental Engineer, Retired
President, Rappahannock
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RAC President
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#140
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RAS Monthly Meeting on Tuesday - Astroimaging with Bryan Hartley
The following is an invitation from the Richmond Astronomical Society to
join their meeting via Zoom.
Glenn D. Faini
Chemical and Environmental Engineer, Retired
President, Rappahannock Astronomy
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RAC President
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#139
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Re: M51
Being able to get one shot color images like yours sure makes the extra effort, expense and time required for rgb alot easier to justify not doing!
Dr. Myron Wasiuta
President- MSRO Science,
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Myron Wasiuta - MSRO Director
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Re: M51
Thank you Myron. I took 60 2 min exposures. 10 3 min exposures. 10 darks at 2 min. Shot them in rggb 24 color. I¡¯m pretty impressed with this camera. I thought I ordered the monochrome camera
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Troy Major
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#137
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Re: M51
Troy,
Thats an excellent image! What are the details on the subs? Is your camera color or did you combine RGB?
Myron
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Myron Wasiuta
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#136
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Re: M51
Very nice photo of M51, Troy.? Well done!
David Abbou
?-Sent from my phone?
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David Abbou <dabbou@...>
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#135
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M51
2 1/2 hours exposure. Wo 98 mm. Avx mount. Guiding phd zwo asi294 cooled camera. Processed in ps Exspress.
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Troy Major
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#134
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Last nights moon. Avi clip of 540 pics stacked. Zwo asi294 color camera. Wo 98 mm on avx mount. Gain 118 exposure 0.001889 sec. shot in sharpcap. Processed in photoshop
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Troy Major
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Fw: [raclub] SpaceX Dragon looking good
I created this graphic to commemorate the event
Jerry Hubbell
VP MSRO Science, Inc.
Asst. Dir. Mark Slade Remote Observatory W54
Wilderness, Virginia, USA
jhubbell@...
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Jerry Hubbell <jerry.hubbell@...>
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#132
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Re: SpaceX Dragon looking good
Watch the docking sequence now on NASA.gov
Linda Billard
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Linda Billard
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SpaceX Dragon looking good
I was happy to see Dragon get safely into orbit with crew.
I think the biggest significance for astronomy is
this is a step toward things like an observatory
on the Moon and a less fragile,
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Glenn Holliday
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Re: Star Parties Back On
Steve,
For the latest Star Party and Meeting information it is best to check our
website.
The next star party is scheduled for June 20.
Glenn D. Faini
Chemical and Environmental Engineer,
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RAC President
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#129
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Re: Star Parties Back On
glen
when is the next star party?
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Steven Otto <otto312944@...>
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#128
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