Flowers from SE AlaskaPosted By Fred Lusk |
We saw LOTS of puffballs, which I think are really cool looking.
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August 4, 2010 05:49 AM
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Insects - Flowers and Other Small Stuff - Photos
August 4, 2010 06:00 AM
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Wildlife Photography
Orcas in SE AlaskaPosted By Fred Lusk |
Closeup of a breach and a fin.
August 5, 2010 03:43 AM
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Wildlife Photography
Humpback Whales in SE AlaskaPosted By Fred Lusk |
Two whale tales. So, what tales to whales tell? 
August 5, 2010 03:57 AM
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Landscape Photography
More SE AlaskaPosted By Fred Lusk |
I'm a civil engineer, so I sometimes take photos of "civil things" when we vacation (my wife just rolls her eyes). This fire hydrant in Petersburg isn't remarkable--I have better photos of fire hydrants--but it works remarkably well with the artwork on the shop behind it.
August 7, 2010 06:23 PM
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Wildlife Photography
Eagles in SE AlaskaPosted By Fred Lusk |
We spotted this pair of eagles on the cliff walls in Tracy Arm Fjord.
August 7, 2010 06:47 PM
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Landscape Photography
Waterfalls in SE Alaska - Mendenhall Glacier AreaPosted By Fred Lusk |
Nugget Falls from near the visitor center.
August 9, 2010 05:49 AM
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Deep Sky Observing
bright NGC this month??Posted By Fred Lusk |
I suggest checking out Steve O'Meara's "Herschel 400 Observing Guide". It's organized by month, which makes it very useful for your type of question. Your C11 should be able to grab everything in the book in dark skies.
Here are a few of my favorites (some are in O'Meara and some aren't): NGC 6207 (Gx near M13); NGC 6231 (bright OC in the tail of Scorpius; may be too low for Oregon); Veil Nebula (NGC 6960, 6992, & 6996); NGC 6522+NGC 6528 (two adjacent GC that fit in one eyepiece field); Blue Snowball (NGC 7662); NGC 7006 (GC in Delphinus); Saturn Nebula (NGC 7009); and Helix Nebula (NGC 7293).
Also, don't forget the feast of wonderful Messier objects this time of year.
Here are a few of my favorites (some are in O'Meara and some aren't): NGC 6207 (Gx near M13); NGC 6231 (bright OC in the tail of Scorpius; may be too low for Oregon); Veil Nebula (NGC 6960, 6992, & 6996); NGC 6522+NGC 6528 (two adjacent GC that fit in one eyepiece field); Blue Snowball (NGC 7662); NGC 7006 (GC in Delphinus); Saturn Nebula (NGC 7009); and Helix Nebula (NGC 7293).
Also, don't forget the feast of wonderful Messier objects this time of year.
August 12, 2010 04:19 AM
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Wildlife Photography
Miscellaneous Wildlife in SE AlaskaPosted By Fred Lusk |
One of the many hundreds of sea stars we saw during our sea kayaking venture in Sikta.
August 12, 2010 04:32 AM
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Landscape Photography
Other waterfalls in SE AlaskaPosted By Fred Lusk |
A more delicate waterfall in Tracy Arm.
August 18, 2010 04:03 AM
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Pictures of Me and My Telescope and........
New ToyPosted By Fred Lusk |
The FirstScope is a 75 mm f/4 (300 mm focal length). The supplied eyepieces are 20 mm Huygens and 4 mm SR (Ramsden?), and produce 15x and 75x. Unfortunately, the area of good focus in only about half the field diameter, apparently due to field curvature in the eyepiece.
My shortest good eyepiece is a 10 mm Vixen, which gives 30x. It looks good all the way across the field. I then decided to try my best eyepiece, a 13 mm Ethos. Unfortunately, because of the double barrel size I couldn't rack it in far enough to come to focus. However, it looks impressive so I took a photo.
My shortest good eyepiece is a 10 mm Vixen, which gives 30x. It looks good all the way across the field. I then decided to try my best eyepiece, a 13 mm Ethos. Unfortunately, because of the double barrel size I couldn't rack it in far enough to come to focus. However, it looks impressive so I took a photo.
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