Normally
I wouldn’t put multiple nights together in the same entry, but seeing as I
didn’t get to pull out my telescope and it was cloudy every night except
Saturday during this weekend star party I went to, it made sense this time. The
star party turned out to be more of a social gathering alone because of the
lack of stars, but it was still a lot of fun.
I got to talk about astrophotography to a lot of people, and was even
asked to step in and give a talk about it when one of the speakers was unable
to attend due to a recent injury. A lot
of people were really excited about my astrophotography, and I was happy to
share how I do it. I was asked to speak
at the star party again next year, and possibly at two others!
On Saturday night, it did clear up,
at least in patches. Not enough for me
to set up for AP, though. They did their giant 36" reflector up and running. It was so long that they used a scissor lift
to bring up three people at a time to look into the eyepiece. Between the shifting clouds, I got to look at
globular cluster M15, and WOW, what a sight!
With that kind of aperture, you could resolve so many stars! Even through thin clouds, it was
beautiful. I was really glad I got to
see at least something through the
big telescope. I also set up my camera
for some long-exposure timelapse.
I also got to look through a solar
scope that was set up on Saturday – there were no sunspots in view, but three
gorgeous prominences were there.
It was damp and chilly the whole weekend,
but still a good time!
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