by Jim Stratigos | May 27, 2019 | Astronomical events, Balsam skies
You may have heard about the launch of 60 test satellites by SpaceX on their Falcon 9 last week. They eventually plan to have several thousand low earth orbit satellites providing Internet access to underserved parts of the world. For the next few days you can see...
by Jim Stratigos | Jan 21, 2019 | Astronomical events, Balsam skies
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by Jim Stratigos | Jan 1, 2019 | Balsam skies
Happy New Year from Dogstar Observatory. It was great to see everyone at the party last night. The club staff did an outstanding job as always. Unfortunately the weather has severely limited our stargazing activities over the holidays. Hopefully there will be some...
by Jim Stratigos | Apr 30, 2018 | Balsam skies, Balsam social
You may have noticed some changes on Dogstar-Observatory. I am updating to a new server so please check back later. Hope to have everything back to normal soon. Jim
by Jim Stratigos | Jan 1, 2018 | Balsam skies, Weather
Happy 2018 everyone from Dogstar Observatory. It was a chilly 5 degrees F this morning. Balsam was blanketed last night with hoar frost which, while beautiful, resulted in cancellation of the highly anticipated New Years Eve party. In case you are interested, hoar...
by Jim Stratigos | Jul 27, 2017 | Astronomical events, Balsam skies
Just a quick teaser on what the two main players (Sun and Moon) are up to in the weeks leading up to the total solar eclipse. These image were taken on July 16th with a small refractor telescope (about 600 mm equivalent) and an Olympus DSLR camera.The newish moon...
