Granddaughter Zoe and me: Red Rock Canyon, Nevada 
A memorable meeting with John Dobson. I’m on the left and friend, Tom English is in the center. 
Future astronomers? Grandkids….all in one place: From the west coast to the east coast: Left to right – Isaac, John-Winston, Elisha, Gracie, and Zoe. 
Archive for February 2014
Some of my favorite snapshots
February 13, 2014
IC 1747, Planetary Nebula in Cassiopeia
February 13, 2014
Trapezium Stars In The Great Orion Nebula
February 8, 2014
Observer’s Challenge complete report:
https://rogerivester.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/february-2012-observers-challenge-theta-orionis.pdf
Theta 1 “The Trapezium”
March 1977: 4 1/4-inch f/10 spherical mirror, Edmund Scientific reflector @ 80x – Beautiful view of all four primary stars. I could never see the E star with this scope.
February 1993: 10-inch f/4.5 reflector (using 4-inch off-axis stop-down mask) @ 254x – Seeing fair to good. Could see the “E” star, but not easy.
12-22-95: 80-mm f/15 refractor – All four stars appear as a beautiful white.
12-23-95: 10-inch f/4.5 reflector @ 120x – Conditions and seeing not good. Could see only the four primary stars.
March 1997: 3.5-inch Maksutov @ 135x – Seeing good, could see four stars. On one occasion, I thought that I could see the “E” star, but very difficult, using averted vision.
12-26-99: 10-inch f/4.5 reflector @ 142x – Fair to good. All six stars visible, E and F fairly easy.
12-26-99:
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