Jim Goodall
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Jun 29
Rent a Telescope!
Our club now has a telescope for rent as well as binoculars. Visit our Online Store to check availability today.
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Jun 12
Peregrine Falcon Viewing & Star Party
The General Motors Astronomy Club will be joining the Warren Peregrine Falcon Group next Thursday, June 14th, for some birdwatching and stargazing. Feel free to bring a chair, binoculars, and a telescope, if you have one. We will be sharing our telescopes to view the birds and then enjoying the night sky afterward, if the …
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Jun 12
New Club Logo !
The club would like to extend a special thanks to our Senior Astronomer, Tony Licata, for his artwork, which was chosen as the official logo of the General motors Astronomy Club. Tony has been a dedicated member of the club since it was founded last year we sincerely appreciate his contributions.
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Jun 07
M51 – The Whirlpool Galaxy
A spiral galaxy, visible to telescopes under dark skies, can be seen in close interaction with it’s smaller neighbor, NGC5195. The distance to this galaxy pair is estimated at 23 million light years.
Permanent link to this article: https://gmastronomy.com/m51-the-whirlpool-galaxy/
Jun 05
M27 – Dumbell Nebula
A planetary nebula, the remains of an exploded star, in the constellation Vulpecula.
Permanent link to this article: https://gmastronomy.com/m27/
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Clear Dark Sky Forecast
Boon Hill Amateur Astronomy
- Sunspot activity 2022 March 20, 2022The Sun's activity has been increasing for some time, so I've setup my Celestron 6" f/10 SCT with a white light solar filter.Here is a couple of images from two days. February 8th and 9th. 2022https://www.flickr.com/photos/northern_cross_observatory/51873666084/in/dateposted/
- November 6-7, 2021 Comet run November 8, 2021The night of November 6th, I setup a run to acquire data of 6 different comets throughout the night. This required staggering the run so that the objects were up far enough to move to the next one during the night.The comet list was as follows but not necessarily in this order Comet 4P (FAYE)Comet 29P […]
- 2021 Okie-Tex Star Party results November 3, 2021We headed to the Okie-Tex star party which was held October 1-9, 2021It is located near the village of Kenton, Oklahoma.Here is the album of astrophotos taken during that week.https://www.flickr.com/photos/141833769@N05/albums/72157720051948070
- Imaging with a 300mm prime lens June 18, 2021I've been using a 300mm f/4 prime lens that I'm borrowing for a bit, with my ZWO asi071mc pro camera.Some interesting resultshttps://www.flickr.com/photos/141833769@N05/51251172481/in/datetaken/The Trifid and Lagoon Nebulas. 2 hours of data taken on June 15-16, 2021 at the Northern Cross Observatory