13 years of waiting for the right time (the eclipse)
15 (16) years of waiting for the right equipment (the scope and the camera)
just to be spoiled by forgetting to bring the eyepiece.
Well, it was still something great to view! I had to go with plan B, imaging using the telescopic lens of my camera, after [...]
Just as I thought I’ve triumphed over the fungus invasion with my optics (had to clean one of my camera lenses due to fungal growth), they’ve begun invading my telescope. Yeah! Strike the more delicate item! (#%$#^&*!@) I should’ve expected these things, with the kind of weather lately…. hot and humid, plus the dust collecting [...]
It was the summer solstice, the shortest night of the year, and suprisingly it was the darkest/clearest nighttime sky I’ve seen from our home since I started my astronomical observations with a telescope. The milky way was fairly visible, I first thought that it was some cloud but then realized it didn’t change shape/position after [...]