April - July 2015
Since my last entry back in March, I have been do-
ing a lot of reading. It was very rainy and cool early
in the summer and conditions were not good for
viewing. When I was able to take the telescope out,
I took more moon pictures (trying to get a good pic-
ture of each moon phase.) I chased down Saturn
with my 80mm refractor and realized that the view
was really tiny. I remember the first time I saw Sat-
urn years ago in my little 3” refractor and it was a
spectacular sight. I will have to try it again with
higher power.
I also was able to track an airplane (Picture below) at night through my finder scope and snap some pic- tures. That was pretty cool.
So, I decided that I would try to capture the International Space Station this way. I found a site online that gave me the days and times that the ISS could be seen here. I went out several times when the weather was good and saw the ISS. With prime focus set-up the ISS was too small (couldn’t see details.) Tried using the doubler but just didn’t work out. Exposure not right. More reading is necessary!
Following the Airplane
I also was able to track an airplane (Picture below) at night through my finder scope and snap some pic- tures. That was pretty cool.
So, I decided that I would try to capture the International Space Station this way. I found a site online that gave me the days and times that the ISS could be seen here. I went out several times when the weather was good and saw the ISS. With prime focus set-up the ISS was too small (couldn’t see details.) Tried using the doubler but just didn’t work out. Exposure not right. More reading is necessary!
Following the Airplane
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