Category: Planets

  • My first picture of Saturn

    I was like a little kid! I was so excited to look through the eyepiece and see Saturn. I was using my Nextar Evolution 8″. I have my 32 mm lens. It was amazing!!! So I tried to take a picture. Well, that is when things got ugly. It turned out my colmination was off.…

  • Venus – May 25 – 2023

    Playing around with my son’s Cannon M50 Mark ii. Tonight was interesting. I started out trying (keyword trying) to get my Evolution 8″ aligned using Sky Safari on my phone. I gave up after the third failure. I got it aligned on the first try with Celetron’s Sky Portal on my phone. It was early…

  • My First look at Venus

    It was a beautiful night. I got out early and set up my Celestron 8″ Dobsonian and my brand new SVBony SV205 camera. I got some great video and shots of the moon. I saw Venus and Jupiter were out and pointed towards them. Looking at Jupiter, I could clearly see it with 5 moons.…

  • Clear Night

    It was a clear night. I finally had time to get out around 11:30. All the planets had set except Mars was still viewable. It was pretty far away but was able to see it. I got a good look at Sirius, Procyon Betelgeuse, Capella and Double Cluster . I tried to view Bode Nebulae,…

  • My first look of Mars

    The sky finally cleared up a little. I ran out about 11:30 pm. I was able to view Sirius and Mars. Using the StarSense software I viewed Mars and saw with one moon. Looked at them with 7mm, 25mm, & 32mm. Used  2x with 32. As color blind as I am I could clearly see…