Posts Made By: James Brown

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Cool! I saw them with binoculars this evening but they're very low in the horizon and I'll take out my 16" on Monday and try to pick them up in twilight before they drop behind a ridge. I've got a couple of masked neighbors coming over to see them, too.

Originally Posted by Darian Rachal

I guess one advantage of living at a lower latitude is that Jupiter and Saturn are at a higher elevation in the sky. It was clear here yesterday and is supposed to be today, so it looks like I'll get a good view. A number of my non-astronomy friends have been interested, so I've been keeping them informed.

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

She indicated that she was concerned that those who were most vulnerable wouldn't be the ones getting the vaccine first, so she had decided not to take the vaccine until those people were serviced.  

Simple as that. 

Originally Posted by James Brown

HI Darian:

That's a big advantage for astronomy and it's warmer too!  

 p.s.  The Clear Sky Chart shows me as having ok seeing (3/5) tonight.  Monday and Sunday we were in the grey (1/5) zone...

Originally Posted by James Brown

The seeing was much better tonight.   Here is a close up taken with my 180 mm refractor.  

Originally Posted by Darian Rachal

Very nice! I guess I should have paid a little more to the details of the close approach. For some reason, I got it in my head that they were going to be so close that they couldn't be separated with the unaided eye. They were close but easily separated. It was a nice view here from around 5:45 or so.

Originally Posted by James Brown

This first one is with a 180 mm refractor and a ZWO ASI 290 planetary imaging camera.  No Barlow or Powermate, so I could get them both in the same frame.

Jim

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Nice photo Jim!  Recording history there.  Never again will you see a shot like that.  

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Thanks for the link.  Your shot was pretty crisp. 

The clearsky clock for Colorado Springs still shows Poor "seeing".  It appears just as Poor "seeing" in Boulder, Denver, Golden, and all across the front range.  Friday night/ Early Saturday Morning appears to be a bit better here in Colorado.  

The clearsky chart does indicate that the seeing indicator might not be so bad with smaller instruments.  It indicates 11 inch and larger instruments will be affected more than smaller instruments.  

I will try an 8 inch scope tonight and see how it goes.  Low in the sky though and with the CS chart, probably won't be so good.