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Second Contact641 viewsFirst contact plus 16 minutes - Venus has now "detached" itself from the Sun's rim and is heading inward.
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Pre-Totality 2641 viewsAnd here face down beneath the sun
And here upon earth’s noonward height
To feel the always coming on
The always rising of the night:
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Messier 61 - Face-on Barred Spiral Galaxy in Virgo640 viewsOne of the largest members of the Virgo Cluster, M61 is a starburst galaxy, i.e. it has an unusually high rate of star formation, with an active galactic nucleus that features a massive nuclear star cluster and a supermassive black hole. It is about 53 million light-years away from Earth.
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The Upper Pad area639 viewsI wound up camping out on the Upper Pad area at the OCA Anza site, where I had plenty of company.
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IC1848 - The Soul Nebula, narrowband version639 viewsNarrowband rendition of the Soul Nebula, captured using an IDAS NBZ nebula enhancement filter, with H-alpha emissions in red and O-III emissions in blue.
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M17, the Swan Nebula (nasrrowband)638 viewsAlso known as Omega. Checkmark, Lobster and Horseshoe Nebula. 5,000 to 6,000 light-years away and 15 light-years across. Prolific star-forming region.
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First Contact plus 1 minute 28 seconds637 viewsThe nibble on the sun is a little larger.
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Squatter 636 viewsSomeone beat me to my pad, so I went up to the Upper Pads area, where I got a better view anyway.
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OCA Club Observatory635 viewsThe Club Observatory (right) houses the 22-inch Kuhn telescope.
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First Contact plus 28 minutes634 viewsVenus is well on its way across the Sun's disk.
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A Serious Setup on the Upper Pads634 viewsA very nice TEC refractor on an Astro-Physics mount; both the main and guide scopes have white-light solar filters.
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Going, going...634 viewsWe didn't get to see the end of the transit because it occurred after sunset in our location.
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