Post by Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe on Jun 28, 2015 21:21:49 GMT -6
Quick get together of the the Chicago Astronomers on a chilly Summer evening
28 June 2015
28 June 2015
The evening was looking good for some sort of telescopes/Astronomer activity and I called a last minute gathering at our private observation session with area security giving us the go-ahead...'cause I'm Joe and stuff...
I missed some members in my texts and will have to re-organize my groupings...sorry guys...
Chicago Astronomers, Bill, Rich, Paulie, Maria, Steve and myself arrived, unloaded and we set-up for several hours of indulgent observation and testing out of new gear. I was interested in trying out the Canon T5i and Tablet monitor set-up...and it worked pretty well. Primarily to be utilized for public star parties and our visitors can view objects on the tablet screen and no need to grab onto the scope. More on this later.
For being close to the 4th of July, the temps were chilly as we commenced...
Rich was back in business after I retapped his mount screws after an unfortunate incidents a month prior.
I mounted the C11 onto the GC-5 and enjoyed the go-to via tablet and SkySafari Pro wirelessly...
I mounted the C11 onto the GC-5 and enjoyed the go-to via tablet and SkySafari Pro wirelessly...
Maria used the C5 SCT on a GC-4 mount to share in the observation session with good results...
Paulie and friend arrived from Indiana to share the skies with friend...
Sky conditions were not optimal and Saturn was just so-so this session...
But the Moon is always a great target to test on...
During our session, we had Navy Pier Fireworks, but really, we were more interested in our observations...
Bill had his binoviewers for some nice 3-D views of the Moon...
Bill had his binoviewers for some nice 3-D views of the Moon...
We enjoyed the ever closing apparition of Venus and Jupiter in the west early on in our session and slewed around to favorite targets throughout the night/early morning - mine being M57. After we packed our gear away, some time to joke around and plans for more sessions...
A great time to spend with friends and and skies... 
