I've been threatening to replace the focuser on my 16" f/6.2 Dobsonian for 25 years. I finally made the move. After changing out the focuser, never as easy as task as one might think I wanted to test

Ted, my notes from 2013 mention the same, the UHC (in my case the Orion UltraBlock) was better than the OIII. I figured I might have a chance with the OIII Type 3 but no such luck.

I rolled out the 16" f/6 last night in the very light polluted skies of Virginia Beach. Have any of you seen the illusive planetary nebula NGC 4361 in Corvus? It's an easy target with large telescopes

They couldn't have picked a better person for the job. How impressive is that, the Governor of Colorado calling you. PS. At the rate you're going with all those activities, when you build that observa

There are some nice surface details on the sun this morning (May 17, 2022). Here's a quick B&W and color picture I took early morning when the seeing was good.

Yes, the seeing is very good. Mark O just dropped by with his Herschel Wedge for a wonderful view of the sunspots.

Although not my best eclipse exposure I like this one best because it shows the double star HR 5756 just before being occulted. The primary is 6.3 magnitude, and the secondary is 8.9. Of course, with

Well that surely stinks.

It was absolutely wonderful. Wow, I'm still psyched! Kent

I was overwhelmed, such a gorgeous eclipse. I watched most of the end of the eclipse at home.

Let's hope we have at least ~some~ clearing Sunday night. I posted this on BBAA Facebook page but in case you're not on Facebook here it is. It's always worked for me. Remember use the "300" rule if y

Hush. don't tell anyone I like imagining. But my real passion is still sticking my eye up to the eye lens of an eyepiece. Kent

Mark O. is right, there are a couple of nice prominences on the sun today in H-alpha light. Here's an eyepiece projection picture taken with an old Celestron 25mm eyepiece though a Coronado 40mm scope

Thanks, Mark; I'll set up my solar scopes and look. Kent

I had to use a 4mm eyepiece in my 150mm telescope to split the double star Struve 1426 in Leo last night. With a separation of 0.9" that's close to the theoretical limit of a 6". At 280x it wasn't all

I'm pretty certain Tiffen (photo filter company) makes the Vernonscope filters.

You do indeed know me!

I saw it also, but not when it "flared". I saw a bright orange spot and just assumed it had been there some time. As Mark said, within 20 minutes it was GONE. Wow, we are indeed fortunate. Are we inde

Not only did Mark and I see a solar flare with our H-alpha scopes (he saw it happening, I saw it a few minutes after) but there are also so wonderful sunspots in white light filters over binoculars or

Despite a mostly cloudy night seeing was excellent Wednesday, April 13, 2022. I was only able to see Procyon and the moon but managed to split Procyon. Like Sirius and The Pup, Procyon A and Procyon B