

Mount Kobau Star Party is upcoming August 11th-19th 2007 and to whet your
appetite I have uploaded
some photos by Murray Paulson from last year.
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Grant
To get there from Osoyoos, turn onto the Richter Pass, several miles up on the right you will see a sign displaying a spiral galaxy, turn there onto the dirt road. From there it is 12 miles up, go slow because of the road is rough. If arriving at night remember to turn your lights out at the top. Enjoy! Here are some CCD's from Monday night, July 28, 1997 at Mount Kobau: - Jupiter, Saturn and Andromeda:
This is my first attempt using the Digital Rebel with my LX400, note the gap in the ring just to the left of Saturn:

This is my second attept to image the moon:






Comet Hyakutake and Hale-Bopp:
20 second exposure of the orion nebula
10 second exposure of Hyakutake, March 25, 1996
3 second exposure of Hale-Bopp, February 21, 1997
1 second exposure of Hale-Bopp, February 24, 1997
1 second exposure of Hale-Bopp, March 23, 1997 - using 3X variable barlow
1 second exposure of Hale-Bopp, March 23, 1997 - using 3X variable barlow
1 second exposure of the Lunar Eclipse March 23, 1997
Hale-Bopp's magnified start of tail:
Lunar Eclipse showing preumbra of Moon, March 23, 1997
Comet Hale-Bopp, Feb 21, # gif # Feb 24, #
US Navy-viewing # Comet Hyakutake! # Comet web site # NASA