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The board meeting will be on Wednesday March 3rd Via Zoom
The general meeting is planned for Friday the 12th via Zoom at 7. |
Joshua Perkins
"Whew! A ton of learning went into generating an image of this nebula - the Orion Nebula - where the core of it wasn't oversaturated (because it's so bright). I had to combine exposures from 15s to 500s long to preserve the whispy details in the outer cloud, AND the center of the star forming region. Here it is! With a total integration of 3.6hrs L:3x500s (0Gain) + 20x15s (Unity Gain) R:4x500s (0Gain) + 68x15s (Unity Gain) G:7x500s (0Gain) + 45x15s (Unity Gain) B:7x500s (0Gain) + 29x15s (Unity Gain) Thanks to Jordan and others for coaching me through the minutia and final processing of this guy! Equipment: Scope: TSQ100ED Camera: ASI1600mm Pro Mount: EQ6R Pr Guiding: 50/190mm guide with QHY224MC ZWO LRGB Filters Software: Pixinsight, SharpCap, PHD2, and Sequence Generator Pro" click the image for more info and previous photos. 
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Upcoming Star Parties***ALL EVENTS ARE TENTATIVELY PLANNED***
** CALENDAR IS STILL IN PROGRESS. CHECK BACK LATER FOR MORE DETAILS** See below for maps to star party locations. If you plan on attending a star party we HIGHLY suggest arriving before sunset. Watch for go/ no go messages on Facebook and Groups.io Click here for maps |
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Sky WatcherThis month's newsletter in now available.
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Become a member!**If you paid your membership for 2020 you do not have to pay for 2021**
Our membership fees will now cover you and your household family members through December 2021! Become a member by going to our join page or paying online! |
President's Letter
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Welcome to 2021, a new year for all of us, and hopefully things are going to get back to the way they were. Our first board meeting will be held on January 6th with the information sent out to the club on Groups.io. The meeting starts at 7:00 pm and will be conducted via Zoom. We will be planning our upcoming year at this meeting and we welcome all to attend.
Our first general meeting is Friday, January 8 th at 7:00 pm and will be via Zoom teleconference. Our guest speaker for January will be Professor Jason W Barnes, Department of Physics at the University of Idaho. He will be speaking on “NASA’s Dragonfly Mission”, which will use a robotic rotorcraft lander to explore Saturn’s moon Titan and for which he is the Principal Investigator. Information about Prof. Barnes can be found in this newsletter. Our Groups.io page will have the Zoom meeting link for you to join us. Welcome to our new incoming Vice-President, Leif Edmonson. He will be working diligently to create a list of star parties for the new year. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Jim McMillan, our out-going Vice-President, for the work he did for the club over the last four years: Thank you Jim! I look forward to continuing as your Club President. And I look forward to seeing many of you later in the year when it is once again safe to gather and socialize Get out there, explore your universe. David Olsen, President Boise Astronomical Society |
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