... Submitted by William Lee on 11/13/2009 18:21:02 . ... Nikon D70, unmodified, with a Nikkor 18-70mm AF-S ED zoom lens at 55mm . Piggybacked on Skywatcher 100mm APO triplet . ... 2x6 min, 5x8 min (total 52 min) calibrated, stacked, and debayered in MaximDL-DSLR . Calibrated with darks, flats, and bias frames . ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... One thing I did do was to give a star party at my church as a fundraiser. ... Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton Space Shuttle Discovery Blasts off On Final Flight In a truly dramatic finale to her very last launch, Space Shuttle Discovery blasted off to space at 4:53 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 24, with just two seconds to spare after an unexpected last minute computer glitch with Air Force tracking computers threatened to delay the liftoff yet again despite otherwise perfect launch conditions. ...

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... 1 Star Mapp ers You are a group of amateur astronomers, and you've spent the last ten years mapping the sky, drawing beautiful charts of everything you can see with the naked eye. ... Rather different is the famous, and unexplained "Milky Braid", a band of diffuse white light that crosses the sky. ... At any given time, from and particular point on Klovia, you can only see half of it, but the full braid goes all the way, 360 degrees, around the sky. ... Let's say you see a dot of light. ...