An amateur astronomy club
CMAS enjoyed its return to Galaxy Quest, after a year of repeated cancellations there due to bad weather. The party was small, but otherwise excellent. There were five of us, including one new member. Weather reports predicted a partly cloudy to clear evening, followed by clouds later at night. Upon arrival during a spectacular sunset, … Read more
This image was made with a Hutech modified Canon 5Dmk2 SLR using a 50 lens at F4 tracking on a AP 600 mount. Eight exposures of 4 minutes each were combined. No calibration was done. The image shows many of the popular winter objects: The Orion, Rosette, Horsehead and Flames Nebulae; if you look carefully … Read more
Saturn and Venus are visible again, if only one knows how to see them. As a service to my fellow CMASers, I am posting details of how proper clothing aids in seeing these old friends. Rising in the early morning darkness for no publishable reason, I happened to spy a glaring globe in the sky … Read more