· Get a Cloudy Nights T-Shirt · Submit a Review / Article Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu… uh, User You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar General Astronomy >> General Observing and Astronomy Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | (show all) Dave Mitsky Postmaster Reged: 04/08/02 Loc: PA, USA, Planet Earth My Visit to the Griffith Observatory       #5551437 - 12/03/12 02:51 AM Attachment (51 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here are some of the photographs that I took during my two visits to the Griffith Observatory in October. It was partly-to-mostly cloudy the first evening due to a persistent low pressure region that sat off the coast. A rather chromatically-aberrated Vega was the only celestial object that I saw through a telescope. The skies were clear during the second visit and three 11-inch Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrains were set up outside of the observatory complex. In addition to Uranus (through the observatory's primary instrument), I had a peek at Albireo, NGC 457 (the Owl Cluster), and the Double Cluster through the SCTs. Dave Mitsky October 6th visit The Hollywood Sign on Mt. Lee on the way up Mt. Hollywood to the Griffith Observatory Post Extras:       Dave Mitsky Postmaster Reged: 04/08/02 Loc: PA, USA, Planet Earth Re: My Visit to the Griffith Observatory [Re: Dave Mitsky]       #5551439 - 12/03/12 02:55 AM Attachment (36 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The Griffith Observatory from a distance http://www.griffithobservatory.org/ Post Extras:       Dave Mitsky Postmaster Reged: 04/08/02 Loc: PA, USA, Planet Earth Re: My Visit to the Griffith Observatory [Re: Dave Mitsky]       #5551442 - 12/03/12 02:56 AM Attachment (38 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The Astronomers Monument - note the sky http://www.griffithobservatory.org/exhibits/bexterior.html Post Extras:       Dave Mitsky Postmaster Reged: 04/08/02 Loc: PA, USA, Planet Earth Re: My Visit to the Griffith Observatory [Re: Dave Mitsky]       #5551446 - 12/03/12 02:59 AM Attachment (31 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Friedrich Wilhelm (William) Herschel - one of the famous astronomers honored on the monument http://messier.seds.org/xtra/Bios/wherschel.html Post Extras:       Dave Mitsky Postmaster Reged: 04/08/02 Loc: PA, USA, Planet Earth Re: My Visit to the Griffith Observatory [Re: Dave Mitsky]       #5551447 - 12/03/12 03:02 AM Attachment (28 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Sundial Post Extras:       Dave Mitsky Postmaster Reged: 04/08/02 Loc: PA, USA, Planet Earth Re: My Visit to the Griffith Observatory [Re: Dave Mitsky]       #5551448 - 12/03/12 03:03 AM Attachment (30 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The entrance Post Extras:       Dave Mitsky Postmaster Reged: 04/08/02 Loc: PA, USA, Planet Earth Re: My Visit to the Griffith Observatory [Re: Dave Mitsky]       #5551450 - 12/03/12 03:04 AM Attachment (30 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The Hugo Ballin ceiling mural in the W. M. Keck Foundation Central Rotunda http://www.griffithobservatory.org/exhibits/brotunda.html Post Extras:       Dave Mitsky Postmaster Reged: 04/08/02 Loc: PA, USA, Planet Earth Re: My Visit to the Griffith Observatory [Re: Dave Mitsky]       #5551451 - 12/03/12 03:06 AM Attachment (27 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The Extending the Eye exhibit in the Wilder Hall of the Eye http://www.griffithobservatory.org/exhibits/bhallofeye.html Post Extras:       Dave Mitsky Postmaster Reged: 04/08/02 Loc: PA, USA, Planet Earth Re: My Visit to the Griffith Observatory [Re: Dave Mitsky]       #5551452 - 12/03/12 03:07 AM Attachment (30 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Up on the roof http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F_opWg9_qI Post Extras:       Dave Mitsky Postmaster Reged: 04/08/02 Loc: PA, USA, Planet Earth Re: My Visit to the Griffith Observatory [Re: Dave Mitsky]       #5551453 - 12/03/12 03:08 AM Attachment (29 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   A Tesla coil http://www.griffithobservatory.org/exhibits/bhallofeye.html Post Extras:       Dave Mitsky Postmaster Reged: 04/08/02 Loc: PA, USA, Planet Earth Re: My Visit to the Griffith Observatory [Re: Dave Mitsky]       #5551454 - 12/03/12 03:09 AM Attachment (29 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The Tesla coil in action Post Extras:       Dave Mitsky Postmaster Reged: 04/08/02 Loc: PA, USA, Planet Earth Re: My Visit to the Griffith Observatory [Re: Dave Mitsky]       #5551455 - 12/03/12 03:11 AM Attachment (33 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   As sunset approaches Post Extras:       Dave Mitsky Postmaster Reged: 04/08/02 Loc: PA, USA, Planet Earth Re: My Visit to the Griffith Observatory [Re: Dave Mitsky]       #5551463 - 12/03/12 03:19 AM Attachment (41 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The 12-inch Zeiss achromatic refractor - more people have looked through this telescope than any other in the world http://www.griffithobservatory.org/btelescopes.html Post Extras:       Dave Mitsky Postmaster Reged: 04/08/02 Loc: PA, USA, Planet Earth Re: My Visit to the Griffith Observatory [Re: Dave Mitsky]       #5551468 - 12/03/12 03:28 AM Attachment (35 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The smaller refractor is a 9.5-inch Zeiss acromat and the eyepiece in the 12-inch Zeiss is an old 40mm Tele Vue Widefield Post Extras:       Dave Mitsky Postmaster Reged: 04/08/02 Loc: PA, USA, Planet Earth Re: My Visit to the Griffith Observatory [Re: Dave Mitsky]       #5551470 - 12/03/12 03:29 AM Attachment (31 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The sign says it all Post Extras:       Dave Mitsky Postmaster Reged: 04/08/02 Loc: PA, USA, Planet Earth Re: My Visit to the Griffith Observatory [Re: Dave Mitsky]       #5551472 - 12/03/12 03:30 AM Attachment (29 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Waiting for observing to begin - unfortunately Vega turned out to be the target due to cloudiness Post Extras:       Dave Mitsky Postmaster Reged: 04/08/02 Loc: PA, USA, Planet Earth Re: My Visit to the Griffith Observatory [Re: Dave Mitsky]       #5551478 - 12/03/12 03:39 AM Attachment (34 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The Los Angeles skyline Post Extras:       Dave Mitsky Postmaster Reged: 04/08/02 Loc: PA, USA, Planet Earth Re: My Visit to the Griffith Observatory [Re: Dave Mitsky]       #5551482 - 12/03/12 03:44 AM Attachment (24 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   A large iron meteorite from the Barringer Meteor Crater http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Barringer_Iron_Meteorite.JPG http://www.griffithobservatory.org/exhibits/bedgeofspace.html Post Extras:       Dave Mitsky Postmaster Reged: 04/08/02 Loc: PA, USA, Planet Earth Re: My Visit to the Griffith Observatory [Re: Dave Mitsky]       #5551485 - 12/03/12 03:49 AM Attachment (22 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The Gunther Depths of Space exhibit hall Post Extras:       Dave Mitsky Postmaster Reged: 04/08/02 Loc: PA, USA, Planet Earth Re: My Visit to the Griffith Observatory [Re: Dave Mitsky]       #5551488 - 12/03/12 03:52 AM Attachment (25 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The Samuel Oschin Planetarium http://www.griffithobservatory.org/bsoplanet.html Post Extras:       Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | (show all) Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 8 registered and 27 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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