2019/11/11 Mercury Transit

New Toy - William Optics 51

Need to get a shorter adapter to get enough in-focus. SBIG sucks.

2019 CalStar Star Party !

This star party is now the family tradition for me and Adrian to come and enjoy quality time together. ;-)

2019/09/07 Coyote Park Camping

Camping + showing Jupiter and Saturn to kids... ;-)

2019/07/26 Doubles on Corona Borealis

STF 1932 / 7.3+7.4      / 1.6” - split 416x
STF 1967 / 4.0+5.6      / 0.6” - fail
Ho399 / 7.7+10.5    / 3.5” - fail, too faint

2019/07/12 Doubles on Ursa Major

STF 1744 / 2.2+3.9 / 15” - easy 50x

B 1082 / 5.0+7.9 / 1”~0.6” - fail, no sign at all

STF 1695 / 6.0+7.8 / 3.8” - split 208x

STF 1770 / 6.9+8.2 / 1.8” - split 250x

B 802 / 7.6+11.8 / 3.7” - fail, too faint

2019/07/12 Doubles on Canes Venatici

Some backyard observing using my 10" Dob.
Short session...

STF1692   / 2.89+5.52     / 19.3"   - easy with 50x
STF1723   / 8.56+10.08   / 6.3"     - ok with 208x
15 CVn     / 6.28+9.22     / 1.3"     - fail

2019/07/04 Nyx Tracker @ Lake San Antonio

1st trip of the summer - this tracker is so light weight and so easy to use.
The laser pointer alignment is such a great idea, only took 1min to setup.

• Use 2 lens - 24mm F2.8 and 8mm F3.5 (from JJJ)
• 4.5min expo
• Single JPG

Backyard Setup ...

I still want an observatory !!