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

 

Baily's Beads
baily's beads solar eclipse 2107

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 11:49:07 MDT, 1/2000th second at ISO 200, no filter.

 

Chromosphere
chromosphere 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 11:49:20 MDT, 1/2000th second at ISO 200, no filter.

 

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

 


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