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

 

Outer Corona
full corona 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 11:50:38 MDT, 1/30th second at ISO 200, no filter.

 


Diamond Ring Out
third contact diamond ring 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 11:51:42 MDT, 1/20th second at ISO 200, no filter.

 

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

 


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