Observing Sketch

15 04 2017

April 14, 2017, around 8:30 p.m. Diameter of Jupiter = 43 arcseconds. Meade DS-10 Newtonian refractor @ 35×. Image: JR





Neptune-Mars Conjunction

2 01 2017

January 1, 2017, around 8:30 p.m. Celestron Nexstar 130, Maynard, MA. Image: JR





Uranus

12 12 2015

Binocular observations of Uranus. November 3rd was actually my 2nd attempt, as 1st attempt was thwarted by scavenging skunk. Cool but not cold, light haze, Metrowest light pollution. Pisces is dim dim dim.

November 3, 2015, Maynard, MA, 8×42 binos. Image: JR








Observatories and Instruments