Paul Cézanne's Astronomy Observing Reports

The New Hampshire Astronomy Society has its usual Messier Marathon in March but last year Dave Gilmore and myself held a “mini” marathon at YFOS. That one, and the previous few years’ marathons have all be clouded out, so this year the club decided to hold an October marathon also.
I don’t understand the full details between [...]

Canon Powershot S3 IS, hand held. Moon was 3 hours old, just rising above the trees.

This is a photo of an original NexStar 8 hand controller LCD panel, showing the graphite FFC (Flat Flexible Cable) attached to the glass pane of the LCD display.

So I had read about the Zodiacal Light in one of the astronomy magazines and now that I live in a good dark place I was wondering if I could see it. What is the Zodiacal Light? From the wikipedia page:
The zodiacal light is a faint, roughly triangular, whitish glow seen in the night sky [...]

Midway through the Red Sox game I paused the DVR and headed outside for an hour of observing. My goal was to ensure that I had captured The Veil Nebula a few weeks ago when I wasn’t sure I had grabbed it.
I bundled up and reclined my beach chair. The Veil was at a comfortable [...]