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What's new in the Showcase?
The latest image from Dennis Roscoe! Here is his processed picture
of M8, the Lagoon Nebula taken with his TOA-130F f/5.3 telescope and
STF-8300M camera. It is a narrowband image with a total
exposure time of 7 hours - 2hr Ha, 2hr SII, and 3hr OIII.
And if you'd like to learn how Dennis does this magic, he's teaching
a course in September at UW-Waukesha that all are welcome.
Click here for details.
Meteor Shower Bust
On May 24th from about 12:30AM to 3:45AM, the hoped for meteor show
(possibly even a storm) was nearly a complete bust. It produced
nearly no meteors. As we reported earlier, we were passing through for the first time a debris field left by Comet 209P/Linear
and no one knew how rich or sparse. Conclusion: sparse.
But we do have a few meteor showers every year and they are a naked-eye viewing events.
More
information about meteor showers can be found at
stardate.org.
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