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[dragonsfire]

Moon last night.
Temps dropped to -12c
 

 

[dragonsfire]

Last nights moon. No clouds but some haze and -24c, my laptop not happy with the temp with is stalling now and then.
 

 

[dragonsfire]

Full Moon.
A rare clear night yet gusty.
 

 

[Hybrid Mode 01]

     Good gravy, man.

 

[dragonsfire]

Full Moon this month, hazy so not very good detail and shot between the clouds.
 

 

[dragonsfire]

Last nights Moon
 

 

[ako1974]

Dragon - good stuff! Last year I bought a Sky-Watcher 8" Dobsonian. I have been itching to take it out lately, but the weather has been crep for weeks. It's funny, I thought my kids would be as into it as I am, but I'm the one who is impatient to get out there again!

 

[dragonsfire]

You can do allot with a 8" dob, Congrats.
 
 
 
 
Last night, Turbulent sky and less then 50% Transparency, so not as good as the night before. Finished processing Jupiter this morning, next the Moon. Will post when Done.
 

 
 

 

[Geonerd]

So...  Who's taking an Eclipse Vacation this year?
 
I'm tentatively planning to camp + hike Wyoming's Wind River Mountains for three or four days centered on Aug 21.  
If it looks like clouds will develop over the mountains, I'll try to scoot east to the plains.

 

[dragonsfire]

Would love too, but unless I can find transport probably wont, who knows, maybe have a car by then
Just have to anticipate setting up at home

 

[Geonerd]

Would love too, but unless I can find transport probably wont, who knows, maybe have a car by then
Just have to anticipate setting up at home

 
Good for a 79% eclipse.  Not too shabby.  
But here's hoping you can scare up some wheels, catch a carpool (there must be a local astro club), or ... steal a horse!  

 

[ako1974]

Sadly, I'm far from the path of the eclipse
 
But I hope everyone who can travel can get in range.
 
Geonerd - cool trip to WY! That should be awesome.

 

[dragonsfire]

80% better then nothing, but if the weather does not get better then its probably clouds anyway unfortunately. Here's hoping
 

 

[Student of Spice]

I am planning a trip to the paths center in the southwest part of NC for a couple days, cant wait. Have to go get a couple eclipse glasses tho any recommendations or on what I could photo graph it with?

 

[dragonsfire]

Thats a loaded question lol
 
Here is some info
http://www.skynews.ca/eclipse-2017-waiting-for-the-big-one/#more-14712
 
Baader is the most popular filters to use.
http://agenaastro.com/solar-astronomy/white-light-solar-filters/solar-film-sheets/shopby/baader_planetarium.html
 
If your handy, you can fit the filter on the end of a telephoto to take pictures, using a pvc cap and cut out the center to fit the film in theri, once the eclipse is in effect you dont need the filters.

 

[dragonsfire]

Day Moon this morning at 7:25 mnt
 

 

[dragonsfire]

Another good morning, 6 am shot.
 

 

[dragonsfire]

The Sun today. Was an eruption on the 14th, near miss on earth but I heard New Zealand caught a bit of the waves.
 

 

 

[paulky_2000]

I'm SO close to the band of totality for the upcoming eclipse....but I'm probably going to have to travel 50 miles west to get a really good view of it.
 

 
 

 

[dragonsfire]

Def worthwhile if you have the kit to check out the Sun Their are site handing out free glasses. SkyNews magazine had a pair included in their last issue.