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The board meeting will be on Wednesday August 12 Via Zoom
The general meeting is planned for Friday the 14th. |
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***
August 8th - Dedication Point August 15 - Dedication Point September 12th - Reynolds 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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President's Letter
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The monthly Boise Astronomical Society board meeting will be held on 12 August 2020 at 7:00 pm via Zoom teleconference. Our final decision regarding the Idaho Star Party will be made during this meeting. We will also be making a decision regarding the Bogus Basin Star Party.
Our August general meeting will be on 14 August 2020 at 7:00 pm also via Zoom teleconference. Our presentation this month will be Eric Tretter on the ISP Challenge for 2020. Information regarding this meeting we be posted to our Groups.io page as well as our Facebook page. The Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE has been a dominating event for the astronomical community as well as the non-astronomical community for several days. It is great to have an event like this at this time. The images I have seen come from a variety of sources and skill sets and have easily been welcomed. We will be hard-pressed to find a better comet in a long, long time. The next comet of interest is supposed to be 88P/Howell in the southern September skies; but some data suggest it won’t reach the hoped-for magnitude of 9.5, which in itself pales in comparison to NEOWISE. Our annual August star party at Ponderosa was cancelled by Idaho State Parks staff. We do, however, have two scheduled star parties. The first is on Saturday the 8th at 9:00 pm at our Dedication Point dark sky site, and the second is on Saturday the 15th at 8:45 pm at our Dedication Point dark sky site. The two star parties are members only due to the Corona Virus pandemic. Social distancing and masks will be required. For more club information please check out our Groups.io and Facebook pages. Get out there, explore your universe. David Olsen, President Boise Astronomical Society |
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