Comet Neowise and Venus


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Welcome to taosastronomer.com!

offering local "hands-on" observing
(visual and imaging) sessions and instruction
viewing and imaging from Rabbit Valley Observatory
a dark sky location on the mesa just west of Taos, NM

 

Second Contact / Diamond Ring #1
diamond ring in 1 solar eclipse 2017

Image obtained August 21, 2017 through RVO's William's Optics Megrez 80mm achromatic refractor; this optical configuration resulting in an 480mm f/6 optical system -- using a Nikon 5100 DSLR (DX format) driven by a DC-powered Celestron C5 mount, this image taken at 11:49:02 MDT, 1/2000th second at ISO 200, no filter.

 

Second Contact / Diamond Ring In

diamoind ring in 2 solar eclipse 2017

Image obtained August 21, 2017 through RVO's William's Optics Megrez 80mm achromatic refractor; this optical configuration resulting in an 480mm f/6 optical system -- using a Nikon 5100 DSLR (DX format) driven by a DC-powered Celestron C5 mount, this image taken at 11:49:04 MDT, 1/2000th second at ISO 200, no filter.

 

[copyright Rabbit Valley Observatory/Willis Greiner, 2017 -- all rights reserved]

 


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