Month: February 2020

First Light: Using Your Telescope

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RAS made a few people happy about their telescopes the other night–we fixed them. The Science Museum of Virginia hosted a workshop on Feb. 3, and invited RAS members in to help attendees with their telescopes. One lady brought in one that had sat in her attic for 20 years, unused. Volunteers were Joe Racette, … Read more

Madhup Makes Astronomy’s Picture of the Day

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Madhup Rathi had this picture of the Dumbbell Nebula (M27) featured in Astronomy Magazine’s Picture of the Day. The magazine article shows a beautiful image that Madhup took over about 10.5 hours (Luminance 38 images of 10 minutes each & 9 RGB images each of 10 minutes).