It has been clear nights all this week so setup the Meade Lightbridge since Jupiter and Saturn are up at sunset and Mars would rise around 10:30 PM. Forgot to check the moon but it was also already up. I also decided to let the kids stay up late since so many targets to view. …
We created a Moon Horizontal Parallax Astronomy Calculator.
We created a Moon Angular Diameter Astronomy Calculator.
We created a Moon Distance Astronomy Calculator.
I was doing some visual observing with my Meade LX70 refractor. I then tried connecting my Canon T3i and was disappointed with the results. I was looking at Jupiter and could make out some of the bands and the moon with the different eyepieces but the image was way too small on the image with …
The night was clear so figured I could try out the Meade Lightbridge 10” looking at Jupiter. I still had to collimate but getting a lot faster. All four moons were visible and in different positions. Jupiter’s bands were definitely visible. I tried a number of eyepieces. The low (26 mm) and mid (15 mm) …
