My notes and comments on stars I see and images I take.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Alcor and Mizar plus others
Last night we had very clear skies here in Wahiawa and I was able to see the two stars Alcor and Mizar in Ursa Major. It is in the Big Dippers handle and I was able to see it with my 25mm Lens on my Orion XT 4.5. Very Cool indeed. I was also able to see the Orion Nebula in the Orion constellation. This one is a favorite. Again it was with my 25mm lens. I also saw the moons of Jupiter, checked out our moon, Venus and saw the rings on Saturn later in the evening. One thing I will definitely need in the future is more lenses and some filters. The moon was pretty bright and hard to look at so I need an ND Filter. My biggest issue is,a s with most, light pollution. I was in my driveway and the streetlights blocked off quite a bit.
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