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Thanksgiving Observing Report

There was a lot of astronomy over the Thanksgiving weekend. So much so that I’ll not be able to get it all written down. But lets just record the few unusual things that happened.
Before Thanksgiving I set up the 5″ Burgess refractor and the light pollution shield and invited my 14 year old daughter Anastasia [...]

Moon, Venus, and Highland Light

I had hoped that this Friday’s display would have clear weather. I had scoped out Highland Light the day before, to see the sunset point. On Friday it was almost too clear, Thursday’s reds were much, much deeper, but the moon was way too low. I needed a day for it get higher and get [...]