Astronomy

Not the grandest stuff you'll ever see, even by amateurs' standards, but I shot them for myself, & I don't think they came out half bad. Just good neat stuff :-)

Pics: Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, Venus Solar, Lunar Aurora Borealis, Comets, Meteors Deep Sky International Space Station, Iridium Flares Connecticut Star Party 12, CSP13

The Celestron G-5 My wife was listening better than I realized when I was telling her about how I used to be into astronomy as a kid (15-18 yrs old), but circumstances & cost had kept me away for quite some time. Imagine my surprise on Christmas 2001 when I opened the box! Certainly not the most advanced model, but niether is it the least. A Schmidt-Cassegrain with a 5" (127mm) mirror, German equatorial mount, & slow-motion drive, this has been a fantastic 'scope with which to reacquaint myself with the heavens. I've added an Antares 8x50 finder to it, as well as the indispensable Telrad -- another gift from my wife! (luv you Linda!)

Links: skyandtelescope.com Great current events, with almanac & sky chart utility, observing times & higlights forecast. Great useful site www.spaceweather.com Solar activity monitored daily, forecasts for magnetic storms & aurora displays, other interesting things in the sky. Great archives of user submitted images. www.heavens-above.com Gives predictions of Space Station, Iridium flares, & other satellite passes for your area. All kinds of info about man-made objects in space. cleardarksky.com/csk/ Clear Sky Clock: Local forecasts for hour-to-hour visibility & cloud cover. Select a clock local to you or have one setup in their database. Very useful! www.accuweather.com www.weather.com Between these 2, there is nothing you can't find out about what the weather is doing.