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Latest Observations
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Naked eye
75 points
The only time I have seen Mercury. I was able to view it as I was leaving work and take a few pictures. It was very close to Venus. I hope to see it through a telescope sometime.
Naked eye
50 points
Got my new scope too late to see our galactic neighbor.
Celestron AstroMaster 114EQ
100 points
M45 was my first astrophotography object, piggybacked a Nikon D3200 with a 200mm lens to get this shot: 
(Not the greatest shot I've ever taken)
Magnificent cluster for anyone with a small telescope(or large), how many stars can you count?
Celestron AstroMaster 114EQ
1 points
This single point of light hides a surprising 2 stars. A beautiful binary system.
Mead LX200 (Cabrillo Observatory)
30 points
People in astrophotography go galaxy crazy. It must be something about the scale of them. They defy logic and imagination so of course, they must be photographed. I agree.
The following photo was taken using Spock, the LX200 at Cabrillo University. The resulting image was then processed for color and sharpness.
Celestron AstroMaster 114EQ
30 points
Giant glob of stars! Stars here and there and everywhere! Wasn't the greatest night to view the sky but I got to see the a great cluster.
100 points
Nikon D3200
50 points
Got to see this little point of blue light during the 2014 October Lunar Eclipse. 
Wasn't able to see it through the telescope since I was using it to watch the eclipse. Waiting to see it again when we swing around the sun once again later this year.
Celestron AstroMaster 114EQ
10 points
Took me a few nights to find this nebula. It has a nice visible ring shape,even in a small telescope. I wasn't able to see the star in the middle since my old telescope wasn't the best. Waiting for Lyra to come around again to view it in my Skyview Pro.
Mead LX200 (Cabrillo Observatory)
1 points
This comet was shot at the Cabrillo College university as part of the Observational Astronomy course.
This was the first Comet I had ever observed, much less attempted to photograph. By September Jacques had already faded to Magnitude 11 but we decided to give it a shot anyway. After a bunch of processing the coma just shows up and the tail is visible if you use your imagination.
The poor quality of the shot didn't phase me, if anything it got me even more excited to attempt more astrophotogr...
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Latest Comet
C/2024 N4 (Sarneczky)
- Magnitude:
- 18.84, Peak: 18.17
- Constellation
- Camelopardalis
- Closest Approach
- Jan. 11, 2025
Brightest Comets
A/2018 V3 ( K1924 359.9): -314.66A/2018 V3 ( K18C7 359.8): -314.66
A/2018 V3 ( K193B 359.9): -314.66
A/2018 V3 ( K1939 359.9): -314.66
A/2018 V3 ( K1913 359.8): -314.66
Brightest Supernova
2016gxp
- Last Observed Magnitude:
- 16.5 (Oct. 10, 2016 )
- Galaxy:
- NGC51
- Type:
- Ia
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