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The DVAA Outdoor Astronomy Fair & Picnic

Started by Dave Mitsky , Sep 14 2024 04:07 PM
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Posted 14 September 2024 - 04:07 PM

My wife and I attended the Delaware Vally Amateur Astronomers Outdoor Astronomy Fair & Picnic yesterday.  The event was held at Fort Washington State Park, the location where George Washington's 11,000 troops were encamped from November 11, 1777, to December 11, 1777.

 

https://dvaa.org/con...item_id=2223355

 

This wasn't an observing event as such but rather a workshop where different topics such as eyepieces and filters and getting started in astrophotography were discussed.  However, a couple of telescopes were set up and a bit of observing was conducted, although strong moonlight, wildfire smoke, and big city light pollution made it rather difficult.

 

I tracked a bright ISS pass with my Canon 15x50 IS and was also able to log Collinder 399, Epsilon Lyrae, Omicron Cygni, M13 (very faint), M31, and M39 (faint).  I observed the waxing gibbous Moon through an 8" f/4.5 Orion Newtonian on an equatorial mount and Epsilon Lyrae, M13, and M57 through an 8" Celestron NexStar Evolution SCT.


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Posted 14 September 2024 - 09:16 PM

Sounds like a great night.


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Posted 16 September 2024 - 01:08 PM

The following are some of the iPhone photos that I took during the event.

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Posted 16 September 2024 - 01:11 PM

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Posted 16 September 2024 - 01:13 PM

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Posted 16 September 2024 - 01:20 PM

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Posted 16 September 2024 - 01:24 PM

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Posted 16 September 2024 - 01:28 PM

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Posted 16 September 2024 - 01:37 PM

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Posted 16 September 2024 - 01:42 PM

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Posted 16 September 2024 - 01:48 PM

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Posted 16 September 2024 - 01:55 PM

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Posted 16 September 2024 - 01:57 PM

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Posted 16 September 2024 - 02:21 PM

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Posted 16 September 2024 - 02:56 PM

Fort Washington State Park is near Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.

 

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