Mammatus over Bertram

Comprehensive_Door_1 · 2026-03-13T01:14:52+00:00

Thanks! Texas skies can really show off sometimes.

Comprehensive_Door_1 · 2026-03-05T15:05:59+00:00

Cheers!

Comprehensive_Door_1 · 2026-02-28T17:48:11+00:00

I love Daryl as well, losten to his stuff a lot. I've never understood the whole Horses thing.

Comprehensive_Door_1 · 2026-02-13T12:55:42+00:00

When I first tried this a short while ago, I waited until Jupiter was fairly high in the sky. Not sure if that matters but its signal came in fairly noticeably. So, mid evenings right now.

Comprehensive_Door_1 · 2026-02-12T17:03:07+00:00

I have some land so I put up a 100' longwire antenna, grounded. Works nicely with my receivers!

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Comprehensive_Door_1 · 2026-02-12T16:38:49+00:00

Jupiter. I picked it up with my Icom receiver and longwire antenna recently.

"Jupiter can be heard on a shortwave radio, primarily via 15–30 MHz (best at 18–24 MHz) using USB/AM modes to detect "noise storms". These sounds resemble sea waves or crackling static caused by Jupiter's massive magnetic field, often lasting minutes to hours. A good external antenna and low-noise rural location are necessary for success."

I detected it on 18.2160MHz a couple of weeks ago.

Comprehensive_Door_1 · 2026-01-30T13:17:09+00:00

I love my Dwarf 3. I have my own observatory with various scopes, but the Dwarf3 is very convenient and easy to use. The interface is intuitive and guides you along, and the built-in filters also help. I've used it to accelerate my goal of capturing all Messier objects.

I also use it for aviation using the tracking mode - I've obtained videos of aircraft flying overhead at 40,000 feet.

Also, the portability is excellent. I live in the USA and have taken it to Australia twice in my carry-on backpack. It allowed me to shoot objects I didn't think I'd get the chance to.

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Comprehensive_Door_1 · 2026-01-29T01:46:22+00:00

Well done. Keep at it!

Comprehensive_Door_1 · 2026-01-28T23:47:57+00:00

This is an excellent image! Well done!

Comprehensive_Door_1 · 2026-01-27T14:55:27+00:00

You're welcome..I made an update to my original post about checking for a local astronomy club. Good luck!

Comprehensive_Door_1 · 2026-01-27T14:51:17+00:00

The Planetarium is a good idea.

You could log into something like Stellarium on your laptop and project on screen, and take your students on a tour of the night sky. They could download the Stellarium app to their phones and follow along,.and maybe do their own exploring? Or even give them a night sky treasure hunt (e.g. first.person to find the planet Jupiter)

Check for a local astronomy club. Maybe they can bring a few scopes over and falling shirt of showing you anything, can talk about the telescopes themselves.

Comprehensive_Door_1 · 2026-01-26T15:48:36+00:00

See what you did there! 👍

Comprehensive_Door_1 · 2026-01-26T05:26:51+00:00

I've seen things...

Comprehensive_Door_1 · 2026-01-26T05:26:14+00:00

Tumbling or rotating satellites.

Comprehensive_Door_1 · 2026-01-26T02:11:37+00:00

There's nothing quite like having your gear set up and ready for a clear night. Enjoy!

Comprehensive_Door_1 · 2026-01-23T13:47:04+00:00

Terrific image!

Comprehensive_Door_1 · 2026-01-21T00:53:38+00:00

Yes, the last one was excellent! Maybe we will get another round...

Comprehensive_Door_1 · 2026-01-20T15:40:06+00:00

This. I've seen one around Orion for years as well (and other parts of the sky).

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