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Observing Session–July 25, 2018

July 25, 2018 / By Matt Woicik / Observing / Jupiter, LightBridge, Mars, moon, Saturn

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. …

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Moon Horizontal Parallax

July 23, 2018 / By Matt Woicik / Astronomy Calculator / Moon Horizontal Parallax

We created a Moon Horizontal Parallax Astronomy Calculator.

Moon Angular Diameter

July 16, 2018 / By Matt Woicik / Astronomy Calculator / Moon Angular Diameter

We created a Moon Angular Diameter Astronomy Calculator.

Moon Distance

July 9, 2018 / By Matt Woicik / Astronomy Calculator / Moon Distance

We created a Moon Distance Astronomy Calculator.

Telescope and Camera image size test

July 3, 2018 / By Matt Woicik / Telescope / Canon, ETX, LightBridge, LX70, Meade, T3i, ZWO

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 …

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Observing Session–July 2, 2018

July 2, 2018 / By Matt Woicik / Observing / Jupiter, LightBridge

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) …

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