Batsto Public StarWatch April 21st
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Thanks, James. If the weather cooperates, I think I'll head to Batsto that night. I used to join the South Jersey Astronomy club for their sessions, located in Belleplain State Forest -- the skies are nice and dark in BSF, probably the best in the state. But the barrens offer great skies, too.
I noticed your moon-shots gallery over on the photos page. Lovely. I have a couple of scopes, a 4" TeleVue refractor and a 10" Schmidt Cassegrain (the refractor gets 99% of my use), but have not tried to use either for photography; just some camera-only (on tripod) time-exposure efforts of the comets that spun by several years back.
I noticed your moon-shots gallery over on the photos page. Lovely. I have a couple of scopes, a 4" TeleVue refractor and a 10" Schmidt Cassegrain (the refractor gets 99% of my use), but have not tried to use either for photography; just some camera-only (on tripod) time-exposure efforts of the comets that spun by several years back.
Thank you for the moon pics comment.I have a 8"meade lx90 schmidt,is your 10" a celestron or a meade? i took those shots with the meade lpi imager which has a cmos chip,a way better solution for lunar-planetary imaging would be a philips toucam,or celestrons imager which has a ccd chip.Televue is the cadillac of scopes.
http://cleardarksky.com/csk/prov/New_Jersey_clocks.html
A useful tool when i go exploring, or when i take my telescope out to the pines.
A useful tool when i go exploring, or when i take my telescope out to the pines.
Saturday Weather Looking Excellent!
Figured this would entice people even more to attend. Might make a camping night out of this one.
Saturday: 73 and Sunny
Saturday Night: 47 and clear
Doesn't get much better than that for the first REAL weekend of spring for a star watch!
Justin
Figured this would entice people even more to attend. Might make a camping night out of this one.
Saturday: 73 and Sunny
Saturday Night: 47 and clear
Doesn't get much better than that for the first REAL weekend of spring for a star watch!
Justin
http://hometown.aol.com/sjastroc/sjacasal.html
Just found this out today,the south jersey astronomers association is also hosting a starwatch in belleplain state forest on saturday night april 21st,here is their website.
Just found this out today,the south jersey astronomers association is also hosting a starwatch in belleplain state forest on saturday night april 21st,here is their website.
Batso and Belleplain are definitely a go tonight,check out the willingboro site for a great photo of the moon and venus with the tacony palmyra bridge in it.
Just a reminder,the next Willingboro public star watch will be at bass river(lake absegami) on may 26th.
Batsto Public Star Watch June 9th
There will be another public star watch tonight at Batsto June 9th.
There will be another public star watch tonight at Batsto June 9th.
I wasn't sure where to post this message; it probably doesn't belong here on this section of the forum, but I didn't want to start a thread that stands out on its own; I hereby apologize ahead of time to those who have taken the time to open this.
The reason for this post is partly to make a non pine-barren event announcement, but it's being written mainly in hope of touching base with any Forum member(s) that enjoy a University of Pennsylvania (WXPN) radio program called STAR'S END. The music aired on this show is spacious and ambient (and most often classified as spacemusic). If there is any justification I can find for posting it on a skywatch thread, it is because the music is often inspired by the wonders of the universe (think Sagan's "Cosmos" soundtrack). I've always paired the music with my experiences in the pine barrens. After all, space appears barren, yet is full of all riches of life -- and the barrens, when one peers closely, are far from being as barren as they seem. The same can be said for this genre of sound arrangement.
Anyway, if there happens to be ANOTHER listener to the radio show besides yers truly here on the Forum, please check out this link:
http://www.hypnos.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=1163&sid=760df7a5470855663c51a377b22b1a5d
(sorry for the long url; not sure how to hyperlink here)
The link sort of explains (in my typically offbeat way) what's going on -- so, again, if you happen to enjoy the music, there's contact info available there as well (that is, if you might be interested in joining a relatively small group of down-to-earth gatherers).
I'll delete this post in a couple of days, since it is off topic. And, oh, the duck parts of the post at the link above are not to be taken seriously. I suppose we should be thankful I don't post here more often than I do.
The reason for this post is partly to make a non pine-barren event announcement, but it's being written mainly in hope of touching base with any Forum member(s) that enjoy a University of Pennsylvania (WXPN) radio program called STAR'S END. The music aired on this show is spacious and ambient (and most often classified as spacemusic). If there is any justification I can find for posting it on a skywatch thread, it is because the music is often inspired by the wonders of the universe (think Sagan's "Cosmos" soundtrack). I've always paired the music with my experiences in the pine barrens. After all, space appears barren, yet is full of all riches of life -- and the barrens, when one peers closely, are far from being as barren as they seem. The same can be said for this genre of sound arrangement.
Anyway, if there happens to be ANOTHER listener to the radio show besides yers truly here on the Forum, please check out this link:
http://www.hypnos.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=1163&sid=760df7a5470855663c51a377b22b1a5d
(sorry for the long url; not sure how to hyperlink here)
The link sort of explains (in my typically offbeat way) what's going on -- so, again, if you happen to enjoy the music, there's contact info available there as well (that is, if you might be interested in joining a relatively small group of down-to-earth gatherers).
I'll delete this post in a couple of days, since it is off topic. And, oh, the duck parts of the post at the link above are not to be taken seriously. I suppose we should be thankful I don't post here more often than I do.
Thank you for the link to the website.
Lake Absegami July 7th
The next public star watch, weather permitting, will be in Bass River at the above lake on stage rd. from 8 to 11 p.m.
The next public star watch, weather permitting, will be in Bass River at the above lake on stage rd. from 8 to 11 p.m.
Batsto August 4th
The next public star party will be held at Batsto Village August 4th from 8 to 11 p.m.
Jim
The next public star party will be held at Batsto Village August 4th from 8 to 11 p.m.
Jim
Total Lunar Eclipse August 28th
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE2007Aug28/image/TLE2007Aug28-EDT.GIF
Total Lunar eclipse on August 28th.
Bass River starwatch September 1st.
Jim
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE2007Aug28/image/TLE2007Aug28-EDT.GIF
Total Lunar eclipse on August 28th.
Bass River starwatch September 1st.
Jim
Lake Absegami
Just a reminder, there will be a public star party at Bass River ( Lake Absegami ) tonight starting at 8 p.m., the event is a go as the clear sky clock says favorable skies.
Jim
Just a reminder, there will be a public star party at Bass River ( Lake Absegami ) tonight starting at 8 p.m., the event is a go as the clear sky clock says favorable skies.
Jim
Coyle Field Total Lunar Eclipse Pic
http://www.wasociety.net/
If you go to the bottom of the page on this site you will see a pic of the total lunar eclipse taken from Coyle Field by a Willingboro member.
Jim
http://www.wasociety.net/
If you go to the bottom of the page on this site you will see a pic of the total lunar eclipse taken from Coyle Field by a Willingboro member.
Jim