Eclipse odds and ends; Upcoming Mars conference at UCI; No utility blackout due to the eclipse; OCA Dave measured the temperature during the eclipse; Astrophysics of white dwarf/red giant binaries; Little tripod

Greetings from Palmia Observatory

Well, this week has been preoccupied with unpacking from our recent Yellowstone and Casper, WY eclipse trip and trying to catch up with the homework.  So, let's just review the upcoming calendar of events and news items and then look at some interesting eclipse ambient temperature data and finish with some astrophysics odds and ends.

More eclipse photos; ISS transits the moon during the eclipse; Looking for planes transiting the sun; New 10-18mm wide angle lens; Some astrophysics homework; Search for life on planets

Greetings from Palmia Observatory

Well this week following the last two weeks of travel and conferences and the eclipse has mostly dealt with news items and looking over other images and discussion of the eclipse and actually trying to get back on schedule with the astrophysics study courses.

Hooray, Part 2 of August 21 total eclipse with night sky and solar images; Finding close star Regulus; How did Eddington get star images close to the corona?; When is your next eclipse?

Greetings from Palmia Observatory

Well we are back at the observatory after a fantastic time going through Yellowstone National Park and then spending four days at Astrocon 2017 conference in Casper, WY and then to top that off, staying there to observe the night sky and the total solar eclipse on August 21.  Wow, what an experience for we two first time total eclipse viewers.

Hooray, Part 1 of photos of our first total eclipse observed in Casper Wyoming!

Greetings from Palmia Observatory,

Well this has been a marvelous day in Casper, WY, where we experienced our first total eclipse.  The sky was mostly sunny with a few thin clouds moving in after totality.  We got some good images with the 300mm telephoto which will be shown after we return to the Observatory where we have a PC and Photoshop, so for now, all I can show is a few IPhone images.

Some Yellowstone photos and comments from Astrocon 2017; Georges Melies Eclipse movie

Greetings from Palmia Observatory,

Well we are offsite this week at Astrocon 2017 in Casper, WY, with 940 other amateur astronomers hearing about all aspects of eclipses from the standpoint of the science and the photographing of them and plain old just emotional experiencing them.  Some comments about that are presented here, but first let's look at a couple other of my favorite images from our journey through Yellowstone.