Comet 103P/Hartley

Observed from Kitt Peak last night with the 11" Newtonian. I had hoped to get considerable exposure on comet 103p/Hartley, but was having declination backlash issues, so gave up after a while. This is a single 3m exposure with Canon XSi, cropped to about .5 degree square. In the upper left corner galaxy UGC 12381 is visible. North is approximately up. The comet was VERY extended, Melinda had trouble seeing it visually in the 11" until I cranked up the power a little. Oh well, it was fun tracking it down!

17December Sunset .gif - KPNO

17 December '09 KPNO Sunset

Hmmm

Another .gif test

Testing the video stuff

Just testing, folks!  That's what this blog is for!

Testing photo work

The powers that be have decided to change the format of the posting editor.  This, of course, is terribly frustrating to me.  In particular, I am having trouble loading and positioning pictures.  I can't help but think that I need to practice this, and find the easiest way to do it.  Certainly, they would not have made changes that would make it less user friendly, would they?  I have reason to believe that this is Omega Centauri.  I took this picture, and it is one of my favorites!

Ah, the Pleides!  The seven sisters, Subaru, etc, etc, etc.  It's a great open star cluster, and the first I remember seeing with a pair of generic binocs!

Bella Luna!  What a great line from "Moonstruck"!

One of Dean's comet pictures....McNaught perhaps?  It's beautiful, no matter what name it goes by.  I'm starting to get the idea of how this picture drop in works, though I'm still unsure of it.  Nothing worse than writing a Nobel worthy entry (lol!) and finding out that the pictures aren't going where you intended them to go!  No wonder I have gray hair.  Maybe Blogspot should pay for my trips to GadAbout to have same hair colored?

Of course, the scariest part of trying to figure this stuff out is that Dean and I will be giving a 'lecture' at the next TAAA meeting - teaching people how to build and maintain a blog.  It should be entertaining at the very least!

This pic shows a few of the Aurigids, the uncommon meteor shower that Dean did some pictures of last year. 

Hey, wait a minute!  That's me at my first GCSP!  Sitting rim side, Dean did a movie of this!