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Last year, I had some really bad luck with astrophotography. I replaced my old laptop (Dell, Windows XP) and installed a new suite of tools to replace the somewhat ancient and unsupported camera software. At one point during my first “shakeout” evening (October 2014), the new software started spinning my telescope around the declination axis. It made […] The weather forecast for our favorite spot, Amboy Crater, called for decent conditions but high winds. (Why do we care about the wind? Here are four reasons I can think of: simple comfort, blowing charts and equipment, maintaining a target in a telescope, and blowing dust.) The best forecast in the area was at our old favorite […] See Jane’s observing report from the same evening — some great binocular observing with Kemble’s Cascade. The 20D mounted piggyback on the Traveler and Mach One GTO mount, hoping to catch comet PANSTARRS on its first opportunity. Several months ago, David Green of the Santa Clarita Valley Photographers Association invited me to give a talk on astrophotography […] My piggy back shot of Scorpius taken in the early evening. Note the Pipe Nebula near the center left, a dark dusty pipe in silhouette against the Milky Way. Click for the full-resolution image. Observing report for June 16, 2012, Amboy, CA The forecast for Amboy had a high temperature of 104°F and a low of 72°F. […] Chuckwalla Bench, Colorado Desert, California, 29 October 2011 As promised, last weekend was the first of two excellent dark sky weekends this month. The weather turned out to be perfect for this one as well. Jane and I went to our old favorite spot off I-10, Chuckwalla Bench, on BLM land south of Joshua Tree in the Colorado […] Observing report, October 22, 2011 It's very easy to miss this sign from National Trails Highway, the delightful old U.S. Highway 66. This month is blessed with two very good dark sky observing weekends, and we opted to take the first one at a spot we’ve been thinking about for a […] Photo from Feb. 2009 of the Astro-Physics Traveler getting ready for a night of imaging at Chuckwalla Bench Jane and I were by ourselves for the dark sky weekend of November 14, 2009. We set up at our usual spot at Chuckwalla Bench. Unlike the past two months, this night featured a cold air mass that […] |
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