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December 6, 2008:

The January 2009 business meeting will be held at 7pm at the in the Student Union at Keene State College on Friday, January 23rd, with a special presentation afterwards. The January observing session will be held beginning at 7pm on Saturday, the 24th, at the Observatory. All members and interested non-members are invited.

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Club Members' Photographs

A number of our club members have an interest in astrophotography. The following are some of their photos.

[Keith Goodale; with a 8" Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain and a Sony DSC-H2 Camera in October 2008.]
Earth's Moon Earth's Moon Chris Chase and Keith Goodale with a Orion 9.25" Schmidt-Cassegrain and a SSDSMI-II CCD Camera with focal reducer Exposure: 5x30 L, 5X30 R, 5X30 G, 5x30 B
[Keith Goodale and Chris Chase: with an Orion 9.25" Schmidt-Cassegrain and a SSDSMI-II CCD Camera at the Club's Sullivan Observatory in October 2008.]
Galaxy NGC 891 - Monochrome Luminence Exposure 8x30L Messier 42 - Exposure 3x30 L, 3x30 R, 3x30 G, 3 x 30 B Globular Star Cluster Messier 56 - Monochrome Luminence Exposure 10 x 30L
Keith Goodale: September 29, 2006 using a Sony DSC-H2 [f/4, 1/250 sec., ISO-80]
5:12 pm 5:15 pm 5:17 pm
Keith Goodale: October 20, 2007,using a Sony DSC-H2 [f/2.8, 1/00 sec., ISO-80] Keith Goodale: The Moon, October 2007, using a Sony DSC - H2, Keene NH Keith Goodale: Gibbous Moon, October 2007 using a Sony DSC - H2, Keene, NH

[Keith Goodale: with an Orion 9.25" Schmidt-Cassegrain and a SSDSMI-II CCD Camera at the Club's Sullivan Observatory]
M 11 Open Star Cluster (Wild Duck Cluster): August 2008, Combined 2 Minute 40 Second LRGB Exposure M 13 Globular Star Cluster: August 2008, Combined 3 minute Luminance exposure M 57 Ring Nebula: August 2008, 4 Minute Combined LRGB Exposure
[Keith Goodale and Chris Chase: with an Orion 9.25" Schmidt-Cassegrain and a SSDSMI-II CCD Camera at the Club's Sullivan Observatory]
NGC 6934 - Globular Cluster in Delphinus: September 19, 2008, Combined LRGB Exposure, [11 X 20 sec Luminance, 5 X 20 sec Red, 5 X 20 sec Green, 4 X 20 sec Blue] NGC 7006 and MCG +3-53-11 - Globular Cluster and Faint Galaxy in Delphinus: September 19, 2008, Monochrome Exposure, 11 X 20 sec Luminance Inverted Image of NGC 7006 and MCG +3-53-11 - Globular Cluster and Faint Galaxy in Delphinus: September 19, 2008, Monochrome Exposure, 11 X 20 sec Luminance, Image inverted and processed in Maxim DL and Photoshop
[Keith Goodale and Chris Chase: with an Orion 9.25" Schmidt-Cassegrain and a SSDSMI-II CCD Camera at the Club's Sullivan Observatory]
M 15 Globular Star Cluster: Combined 3 Minute LRGB Exposure August 2008 [note: Keith solo] M 27 Dumbell Nebula: September 2008, Combined 4 Minute LRGB Exposure Almach - Double Star LRG: September 2008, Combined LRGB 1 second exposure


We encourage all club members to submit their astrophotos for posting. If possible, include the date, location, camera model and image settings. Email your digital photos to Jim Faux.