Greetings fellow astrophile! Our own Prof. John McMahon sent along a link to what may go down as the most impressive effort by an amateur astronomer this year (and probably well into last year). Seattle-ite Nick Risinger toured the world with six synchronized astrophotography cameras to take 37,000 exposures over 60,000 miles of travel to produce one amazing image now hosted and fully interactive at his website skysurvey.org. Nick Risinger hard at play in Colorado. From skysurvey.org. While the site does speak for itself, a few news sources have taken to task this astronomical feat. Links are provided below. www.physorg.com/news/2011-05-night-sky-exposures.html […]
Daily Archives: 05/13/2011
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The following post announces an upcoming SAS lecture. This page will be linked to on several site pages and facebook and is the official record of the event for any other web announcements on the topic. Please feel free to post the information elsewhere. The SAS is pleased to announce a second lecture for the 2011 viewing season. David Bishop may be known to several of the older members for his fantastic presentations and visuals in the recent past, and we are pleased to have him returning to Darling Hill after a long hiatus. This lecture will be held during […]
The following post announces an upcoming SAS lecture. This page will be linked to on several site pages and facebook and is the official record of the event for any other web announcements on the topic. Please feel free to post the information elsewhere. The SAS is pleased to announce that the first member lecture in quite some time is being given by CNY astronomer extraordinaire “Barefoot Bob” Piekiel. Bob has, among other activities, been a fixture at the Baltimore Woods observing sessions in recent years and is a wealth of information about scope design and use, much of which […]