This months meeting started with discussion of last months observations by club members. Many in the club have been checking out Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), we all agreed this was a much better binocular target. We also discussed the observations from last star party.
After discussion of observations we viewed and discussed some of the photos taken by club members Jeff Reitzel and John Reed. Jeff shared his recent photo of Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) and shared how he would track background stars to photograph the comet. John Shared his photo of North American and Pelican Nebula in the Hubble pallet. John also shared an incredible photo the Triangulum galaxy M33 (see in club photos). Mike Beer Shared a very interesting GIF of a periodic comet named P96 Macholz as it orbited the sun.
After sharing of photos club member Kasey Davis received his award and pin from the Astronomical League lunar observing program. Kasey competed the telescopic and binocular observing programs. Kasey stated “It was a surprisingly difficult program.”
This months star party was planed for the 17th and 18th February and will take place again the 2nd gate of Mink Creek.
Clear skies and keep looking up!