Friday Night Lights

June 23, 2018 by Loran Hughes in Astrophotography, Moon, Planets, Stars

After a week of partial overcast and a couple of thunderstorms, Friday night shaped up quite nicely for some time with the telescope.

International Space Station Lunar Transit

April 28, 2018 by Loran Hughes in Moon

I caught the International Space Station transiting the moon in the daylight hours. It flashes through the frame in under a second! Want to catch a transit? Use the ISS Transit Finder website to plot your encounter.

Equipment: Celestron C11 on a CGX mount, f6.3 focal reducer, Nikon D5300.