All the stars (and weather conditions) lined up for me this morning as I succeeded in imaging Comet C/2009 R1 McNaught! I set up this morning in my dark sky location in Colchester, Ct. at about 2:00am. A line of low clouds passed through when I was setting up. When they had left at about 2:30am I went at the task in locating the comet. About 10 minutes later I located it at … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2010
Storm chasing in Connecticut
With the weather lately being on the less than ideal side for doing astronomy, it has been quite the opportunity to chase some storms around the area. Over the past several weeks we have been hit with a lot of severe thunderstorms. Thunderstorms bring lightning, and lightning presents a great chance for photographs....if your careful. Here is a shot I took June 11 as it passed … [Read more...]
Stargazing in Battery Park with the Webb Telescope
"What an experience! Stargazing with 5000 of your closest friends interested in astronomy in New York City." It's one thing to say you had a chance to do some astronomy in Battery Park, New York City, but another to say you did it with 100 other telescopes on hand, a tennis court sized James Webb telescope model just feet away, and a host of top shelf participants talking … [Read more...]
City to the Stars, Party in Battery Park, NYC
Battery park. This 25 acre park at the tip of Manhattan and at the confluence of the Hudson and East Rivers is being turned into a giant Star Party Friday June 4th, 2010. As part of the World Science Festival and it's "From the City to the Stars" theme. Being featured, and on location in the park, is a model of the James Webb Space Telescope. Being 80 feet long, 37 feet wide, … [Read more...]