http://www.skythisweek.com/2006/01/25/shaw-heights-star-party/ Occasional observations of an amateur astronomer Sat, 20 Nov 2010 23:14:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.skythisweek.com/2006/01/25/shaw-heights-star-party/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Vern’s Astronomy Weblog » Saturn on Jan 24 and 25, 2006 Wed, 25 Jan 2006 20:40:34 +0000 http://www.raben.com/weblog/2006/01/25/shaw-heights-star-party/#comment-76 [...] As soon as Shaw Heights Middle School star party was over, I rushed home and set up the scope in the back yard to take advantage of the clear skies and some very good air turbulence.  The first image was taken around 11 pm and is a stack of about 1200/1800 frames. Celestron Nexstar11 telescope, Televue 2.5X Powermate, and Phillips Toucam 740 (Pro). Temperature was 35° F., clear sky, turbulence around 7/10, and no wind. [...] [...] As soon as Shaw Heights Middle School star party was over, I rushed home and set up the scope in the back yard to take advantage of the clear skies and some very good air turbulence.  The first image was taken around 11 pm and is a stack of about 1200/1800 frames. Celestron Nexstar11 telescope, Televue 2.5X Powermate, and Phillips Toucam 740 (Pro). Temperature was 35° F., clear sky, turbulence around 7/10, and no wind. [...]

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