Crescent Moon 25 March 2012

So meny trees around my backyard , I drive 1km to Fairlain Lake for better location.

Crescent Moon 25 March 2012

Crescent Moon with Jupiter and Venus.Picture taken from my backyard Tiny ON Canada.
Canon DSLR Xsi camera and 18-55 mm lens.Lower left ,close to tree is Jupiter and above bright Venus. Is very windy so I can't play with my telescope.

Comet Garradd 22 March 2012

Stack of 38 images 2 minutes each in DSS.Telescope:10"inch newtonian. Camera:modified Canon Xsi.Telescope location: Tiny Ontario Canada.

Comet C/2009 P1 Garradd

Image taken on 20 Feb 2012 , 5 AM EST. 12 exposures 2 minutes each stack in DSS. 10"inch F-5 Newtonian telescope and modified Canon Xsi DSLR camera.Telescope location: Tiny ON Canada.

Roman's Astrograph

It's me and my telescope. Home made 10"inch F-5 telescope with R.F.Royce mirror.
Small Guide Scope/on top/ made from 50 mm Celestron finder and Orion Star Shoot DSCI CCD camera.Note:two heavy duty Tube Rings. Top one support secondary mirror and bottom tube ring support plate with primary mirror.Mount is Losmandy G11 with Gemini I GOTO. Telescope weight 50 lbs.Telescope specifications > Aperture:254mm -10"inch . Primary mirror:conical cross-section made by optician Robert F. Royce. Secondary Mirror: 2.6" Antares Optics .Focal length:1250 mm -50". Focal Ratio F-5.
Tube diameter: 12" aluminum from Hastings Pipe Co. Focuser:2" Feathertouch Starlight Instrument equipped with Micro-Touch Wireless Autofocuser , it allows automatic focusing with CCD and DSLR cameras,digital readout of focus position as well as information used for programming the temperature compensation feature/when temperature change also focus is not stable/.Tube Rings:12" Parallax Instr.Thanks for looking:Roman Kulesza.

Comet 2011W 3 - DEAD !!!

This image is SOHO sun's observatory from the orbit. The comet tragedy will happen in next few hours.
Will survive ? Maybe - suprise and not miracle.So far our theories and knowladge about Universe are wrong-abuse proved by last observation's. My 1-cent, maybe Sun's gravity push a way comet on new orbit :).
Roman

Comet 2011 W 3

Comet 2011 W 3 . This comet is bilion years old/when our solar system was forming/ and this is last passage !???You see the orbit on the picture.In the center is our star SUN.