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The board meeting will be on Wednesday June 2nd Via Zoom.
The general meeting is planned for Friday the 11th via Zoom at 7. Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 858 7676 3799 Passcode: 861512 |
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***
June 5th - Granite Creek June 12th - Granite Creek 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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Our monthly board meeting will take place on June 2nd at 7:00pm. The meeting place will be Casa Mexico Restaurant located at 10332 W Fairview Ave, Boise, ID 83704.
Our monthly general meeting will be via Zoom, and this is our last month we will use Zoom for general meetings. The Zoom link, as always, will be sent out via groups.io at a later date. The meeting starts at 7:00pm on the 11th of June. The topic for this month is another video presentation from the VP Leif Edmondson. I have been informed we will once again start meeting in person at Anser Charter School beginning this fall, which will be following the Idaho Star Party™ in September. I have been working on a star party request in the Dark Sky Reserve. Stanley city has asked that we do this event there over the weekend of July 9th and 10th. Information will be available at the general meeting. The registration is ongoing for the Idaho Star Party™ and this year we are including a binocular challenge as well as our regular observing challenge. Our guest speaker will be Michael Heslar from the University of Idaho and his talk will cover Oceanography on Titan, Saturn’s moon. The T-Shirt design contest is now open and we want your submissions that coincide with our star party theme. Submit your T-shirt design ideas by July 1 so we can vote on them at the July Pizza & Ice Cream social. You may register online as well as pay fees for the Idaho Star Party online by visiting our website. We have an unfilled openings for the Ponderosa star party. This event is for members only and will take place August 6th - 8th. Please contact me for more details about this event, or if you’d like to attend. Our monthly star parties take place June 5th and 12th. Both events will take place at Dedication Point south of Kuna; weather permitting. Get out there, explore your universe. David Olsen, President Boise Astronomical Society |
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