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Moon Occults Pleiades April 8th

The Moon will partially obscure the Pleiades during the early evening of April 8. The event starts between 8:30 CDT and lasts about 2 hours depending on your definition of “Pleiades”. It looks like only one of the Seven Sisters will be occulted but several minor members will be obscured by the Moon. [...]

Review – Digital Astrophotography: A Guide to Capturing the Cosmos

Stefan Seip (Rocky Nook, Inc. 2008) 155 pages. $29.95 (less at Amazon) ISB: 978-1-933952-16-1

What astronomer hasn’t wished to record the splendor of the night sky to review later? It is natural to want to be able to recall those glorious evenings that are so few and far between, like looking at [...]