Dave IttnerDear SJAA Member,
The San Jose Astronomical Association (SJAA) has been in existence for 60 years now. For many of those years, the club has offered its members the benefit of subscribing to Sky & Telescope magazine when they join or renew their membership. Due to the significant growth of the club,
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Dave IttnerDouble star observing is fun, easy and best of all, it can be done under less than ideal conditions of light pollution, moon light and even telescope size. Below is a fun list (with a challenge or two) to get you started. Make it even more fun and hone your observing skills by drawing what you see in a simple double star observing log.
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Dave IttnerLast night (Sunday 9/8) I opened up Rancho Canada del Oro so folks can do some observing under semi dark moonless skies. We had perfect weather – warm and no wind. The lot filled up by 8:30 as we had 15 scopes set up. There were a couple of families that came out and set up their scopes to show their kids the night sky.
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Dave IttnerHi folks,
Last night I joined Ed W, Bharath K, and Nham N out at Coyote Lake. Those guys were doing some imaging while I was playing around with some recently purchased used equipment (Orion Deluxe 100mm Refractor and a William Optics EZ Touch Alt Az head and tripod).
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