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Telescopes, Green Lasers,and a Clear Sky. Me with my first home-built telescope. I barely managed to finish it before I turned 40. My daughter finished hers while she was 10. I wish I'd. Known you can make your own scope when I was 10! I got a department store scope at 4 years old. People asked me to show them where the astronauts would land on the Moon. I memorized sites from a map of the Moon, and have been sharing the sky ever since. Solar System 2014 Presentation:. Nevada County Astronomers Website.
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Astro Basics: March 2011
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Astronomy Made Easy How to See Stars, Planets, Galaxies, Nebulas, and other Sky Objects. Sunday, March 20, 2011. When the weather doesn't allow observation, what do you do? 1 Tune Up the Telescope. Give it a once-over. Check the optics, check the lubrication on the focuser, make sure there are spare batteries for the red dot or Telrad finder, plus any other battery powered equipment in the accessories box. Organize and clean up the observing stuff in general. 2 Go Over the Observation Logs. I've spent ti...
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Astro Basics: June 2012
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Astronomy Made Easy How to See Stars, Planets, Galaxies, Nebulas, and other Sky Objects. Wednesday, June 6, 2012. Hopefully you had the chance to see the transit of Venus yesterday (5th or 6th of June, depending on where you were). A transit. Projected Image of Venus Transit from a Telescope run by George Robinson at the Auburn Dam Overlook in California. Why is it Special? Yesterday was the first transit of Venus I've seen. I missed the last one because I wasn't in a position to travel at the time i...
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Astro Basics: July 2011
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Astronomy Made Easy How to See Stars, Planets, Galaxies, Nebulas, and other Sky Objects. Tuesday, July 12, 2011. Wine Tasting Under the Stars. If you haven't had a chance to enjoy a star party, either as an astronomer or an attendee, I highly recommend going to one. Chances are there are astronomers in your area who hold regular star parties. In my fairly remote area, there are at least three groups running star parties on a regular basis. For many people it was the first time they'd actually seen crater...
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Astro Basics: November 2012
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Astronomy Made Easy How to See Stars, Planets, Galaxies, Nebulas, and other Sky Objects. Wednesday, November 28, 2012. Cloudy Skies Astronomy: Radio. Each year the clouds move in during fall, before the clear, cold nights of winter. Each year I lay aside active astronomy for reading and other pursuits. But, I also think about picking up radio astronomy to "see" through the clouds. If you're more motivated than I am to actually do something, here are some links that may interest you:. Small Amateur Radio ...
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Astro Basics: July 2012
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Astronomy Made Easy How to See Stars, Planets, Galaxies, Nebulas, and other Sky Objects. Wednesday, July 11, 2012. Hot Summer Solar Observation. Our community holds a celebration each year to one side or the other of the Fourth of July. We have a street fair, dachshund races, parade, and, usually, fireworks. Lots of locals like it because it lets them extend their Fourth of July celebration a bit and get in some extra fireworks each year. When the conditions are right. This year was a great change for th...
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Astro Basics: November 2011
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Astronomy Made Easy How to See Stars, Planets, Galaxies, Nebulas, and other Sky Objects. Friday, November 11, 2011. One of the easiest planets to observe is our own, the Earth. It is possible to view the Earth as an "astronomical object", in a way, even though you're standing on it. One way is to view your local daily cycle of night and day as it appears on other planets and the Moon- becoming aware of the terminator as it passes by twice each day. Auroras are rare at my latitude, but that makes them an ...
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Astro Basics: March 2012
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Astronomy Made Easy How to See Stars, Planets, Galaxies, Nebulas, and other Sky Objects. Tuesday, March 6, 2012. Seeing Mars in 2012. We're near our opposition. With Mars as I write this (March 2012), an event that comes every 26 month, approximately. This year, we're going to have a Mars in our sky at night for many months:. March: up all night. Size: 13 to 14 arc seconds. Brightness: magnitude -1.0! April: up till about 3:30am. Size: 10 to 13 arc seconds. Brightness: magnitude -0.35! Seeing Mars in 2012.
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Astro Basics: August 2010
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Astronomy Made Easy How to See Stars, Planets, Galaxies, Nebulas, and other Sky Objects. Monday, August 30, 2010. Let my eyes look upon the Sun. Until I have been filled with light! Darkness leaves when there is sufficient light. May I who am truly dead still behold. The brilliance of the Sun! Gilgamesh, The Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablet X. A Problem of Timing. How could the Earth be older than the Sun? What Heats the Sun? Let's look at the course that was taken to figure out the answer to this question....