Astrotrip, autumn 2021

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In September-October I spent a week and a half in the French Alps.

Here’s the 1st of 4 blogs: https://clearskies.eu/blog/astrotrips/29-30sep21/

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2nd of 4 blogs posted: https://clearskies.eu/blog/astrotrips/6oct21/

A French all-nighter, 15,000 observations and 11 billion years old light.

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3rd of 4 blogs: https://clearskies.eu/blog/astrotrips/7oct21/ - Under Alpine skies.

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[Norman]

Hi Victor,

thank you very much for your beautiful reports - very nice pics, cool choice of objects, what a work to make that kind of presentation!

I have not read everything yet, there are a lot of cloudy nights ahead for that ;-)

But one thing: Andromeda´s parachute: your magnification has been too low! At powers around 500x the elongation comes within reach, better at 700x. Even 1 or two very very elusive stellar condensations can occur then - even in 12".

CS!

Norman

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But one thing: Andromeda´s parachute: your magnification has been too low!

I realise that... and I will definitely re-attempt asap.

On that note: thank you for your comments! Much appreciated. I may be able to post the fourth and final blog of the trip in the coming week. After that, it's perfecting the timelapses and compiling everything to a decent tune.

Cheers,


Victor

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The last of the 4 blogs - Dissecting the Veil: https://clearskies.eu/blog/astrotrips/8oct21/

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[Howard B]

Wonderful blog posts Victor, and I’m so glad you were inspired to observe the Cygnus Loop because of my S&T article. You had some great observing nights, and sharing them with us in such detail is a gift - thank you!

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Thank you for your kind words, Howard! Hopefully another trip is possible mid-winter or early spring. I must say that writing a blog about deep sky observing, for which I must travel, is a lot more fun than backyard double star sessions..!