Astronomy enthusiasts from across Tennessee and neighboring states had a wonderful time under the stars in spite of Hurricane Lili which after blowing through Louisiana produced soaking rains and windy condtions across Western and Central Tennessee on Friday night. Attendees were treated to presentations from astronomers fron Vanderbilt University, Officers from the Astronomical League as well as renowned author Richard Berry and optical guru Peter Ceravolo who introduced Main Sequence's Desktop Universe which will surely set a new standard in astronomy planetarium software. A fun family atmosphere, good food and of course we had great skies Saturday night and into Sunday morning. Thanks to our friends at the Barnard-Seyfert Astronomical Society- Let's do it again next year !
(left
to right) Renowned Author and CCD imaging guru Richard Berry,
Terry Mann, current Astronomical
League Vice-President, and ISS-AT Project Manager, Orville Brettmann
bring TNSP attendees up to date on the
International Space Station Amateur Telescope Project .
Saturday night was very dewy
-but the skies were awesome!!
Below are CCD images I acquired on Saturday night at the TNSP
| Open Cluster M52 and the Bubble Nebula | The Cirrus Nebula, NGC 6960 | Vdb 142 in IC 1396 |
My homemade dewshield held up well however.
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