This eclipse has some interesting story lines attached.... weather was our big question mark? All the theories and planning that went into this event had us plan to be in Texas for the eclipse, only to see the weather there turn into a thunderstormy cold front situation. Up here in New England, the weather looked... Continue Reading →
A nice view this time around: earlier the following day, the weather was not looking to good for the eclipse, but we were all pleasantly surprised by the sky's clearing and steady seeing conditions which ensued. I was keeping the school observatory open for the few that showed up to enjoy totality at 2:30AM with... Continue Reading →
Quite a spring this 2024 has given us! We started with a fabulous total solar eclipse, and now a fabulous auroral storm. The last great storm was on Halloween of 2003, two decades ago (and two solar cycles ago!). This one was not to be missed. The week started out with the appearance of the... Continue Reading →
There are a lot of sites out there to help you get going with eclipse planning this time around. This will give you a lot of links and go-to sites for that information. Happy eclipse viewing! Rule one about solar eclipses is SAFE OBSERVING. Some of the sites on this list will have their own... Continue Reading →
Mount Type: German Equatorial Instrument Capacity: 17 kg. (37.5 pounds) Weight of equatorial head without counterweights: 16.5 kg. The EM-200 Temma 3 is the most recent update/upgrade for the Takahashi EM-200 series of mounts. Having not seen a slew of reviews on the net about it, I decided to get one done. At first glance,... Continue Reading →
