Here's another photo taken this evening, it is actually the triangular shadow cast by Kitt Peak on the leeward plains and haze at sundown. Kinda nifty. We just came in from an hour of binocular-observations, and the Arizona skies are certainly a far cry from Kenosha. M31, M44, the Double Cluster, all easy naked-eye objects. M33 and M81 with binoculars. Lots others, too! And lest we forget, the Milky Way from horizon to horizon. On a science note, it seems as though our nebula is a bit small for observations, considering our fancy camera has an enormous field-of-view. So we're continuing to take OIII images of M33. Oh? Even though it's past midnight and we're up at 6800 ft, it's still warmer than Wisconsin.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Happy 12:30am MST!
Here's another photo taken this evening, it is actually the triangular shadow cast by Kitt Peak on the leeward plains and haze at sundown. Kinda nifty. We just came in from an hour of binocular-observations, and the Arizona skies are certainly a far cry from Kenosha. M31, M44, the Double Cluster, all easy naked-eye objects. M33 and M81 with binoculars. Lots others, too! And lest we forget, the Milky Way from horizon to horizon. On a science note, it seems as though our nebula is a bit small for observations, considering our fancy camera has an enormous field-of-view. So we're continuing to take OIII images of M33. Oh? Even though it's past midnight and we're up at 6800 ft, it's still warmer than Wisconsin.
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