Bates College will be hosting an exhibition of astrophotography in The Bates Museum of Art, from June through December. CMAS has been asked to host “flash star parties,” meaning that we’d be on call to show patrons real stars during receptions in the gallery on clear nights. The curator is aware that unpredictable times are…
Regrettably, the gods of clouds and rain have bested us again. We will *not* be meeting tonight, Saturday, April 21, at Damariscotta River Association or anywhere else. Wayne B., who lives only five miles from DRA as the crow flies, reports that the coast is socked in with dense clouds, confirming the worst of the…
A turning point in a long career in astrophotography, this is our Treasurer’s first attempt at solar imaging. It was shot through a Grasshopper Grey Point camera aimed through a Lunt 80 Solar Scope, single stacked, and is comprised of 90 stacked TIFF images processed in Registax and Photoshop. I always marvel that the…
