For the winter observing program, looking at M45 through my telescope I used a F/L 6.3 field reducer along with a 40mm eyepiece. I'm wondering what the formula for calculating the magnification would

Since I havent had much clear nights I went back to reprocesse some old data. I am happy with what I have learned but want to progress in pixinsight. Is anyone willing to guide me through how to make

TVS Club Meeting When: Friday, 15 January 2021 7:30pm to 9:00pm (GMT-08:00) America/Los Angeles Where: Zoom meeting Organizer: secretary@... Description: TVS Club meetings are open to all members and

All - it was great to see such an overwhelming response to the group, and thank you for attending the full 90-min. session last evening. CLICK HERE to review the summary of the kick-off meeting discus

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Please join. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9259996439?pwd=VXF3MkxjVjl0MTVvV05IV2J4QmV2UT09 - AJ

WHEN: Wednesday, Jan. 13 @ 7.30 pm PT WHERE: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9259996439?pwd=VXF3MkxjVjl0MTVvV05IV2J4QmV2UT09 Hi All - Sending the invite for the first AP Interest Group session. This is the

I recently completed the Astronomical League's Asteroid Observing Program (https://www.astroleague.org/al/obsclubs/asteroid/astrclub.html). As part of my effort, I photographed 74 asteroids, each over

Hi all, Here are a few articles that people could read as background info for what Matthew Shetrone, our 1/15 speaker, will be presenting to us: About Galactic Archeology https://astronomy.com/magazin

Welcome to 2021! I wanted to greet everyone for 2021 and express my thoughts as to where we're going. First off - we need to thank Roland for his efforts last year as TVS President - we had great lead

Intro to Amateur Astronomy by Kalamazoo Astronomical Society offering The people at KAS are offering an online intro that I'm forwarding here. You might be interested in these sessions but you have to

A tale of perseverance… Two days ago, I was watching the weather forecast and hoping for an opportunity to shoot the Crab Nebula. However, the forecast was showing 75% coverage for high clouds. So, I

Hello, Sharing my latest experiment with narrowband imaging, this time with the refractor. Still have a long way to go, but I like to think this is better than my previous NB attempt. Lots of things a

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Cancelled: TVS Board Meeting This event has been cancelled. When: Monday, 15 February 2021 7:30pm to 9:00pm (UTC-08:00) America/Los Angeles Where: Zoom meeting Organizer: Ross Gaunt secretary@... Desc

TVS Board Meeting When: Monday, 18 January 2021 7:30pm to 9:00pm (UTC-08:00) America/Los Angeles Repeats: Monthly on the third Monday Where: Zoom meeting Organizer: Ross Gaunt secretary@... Descriptio

TVS Board Meeting When: Monday, 18 January 2021 9:00am to 7:30pm (UTC-08:00) America/Los Angeles Repeats: Monthly on the third Monday Where: Zoom meeting Organizer: Ross Gaunt secretary@... Descriptio

I've been imaging a very faint supernova this past month, and once it's out of my viewing area I point the the rig towards Orion. For this years image of the Orion Nebula I decided to take a 4 panel m

Hello All, On my apartment balcony I was lucky the last 3 days to have a brief window of visibility towards the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction. For about 1/2hr after sunset I could see and image the conju

It was nice to see Ron in Page 2 of The Independent (Print version) There is a very nice photo essay of Ron observing J-S J-S conjunction online version. Excellent photos.... Good to see you, Ron. Tha