March 21, 2013 Bend Bulletin
PanSTARRS Comet
Have you spotted it?
"We asked readers to submit their photos of the PanSTARRS comet that streaked across the Central Oregon sky. Richard Lighthill shot these photos Monday evening from the corner of U.S. Highway 97 and Sixth Street in La Pine. “It was cold," he emailed, “but the clouds held back just long enough to capture it!"
According to Bill Logan, who writes our Sky Watch column and is an expert solar observer with the Pine Mountain Observatory east of Bend, we should be able to see PanSTARRS with binoculars until May 31, or possibly longer. You can look for it along the western horizon every night just after sunset. It will move higher in the northern sky in April and May, Logan said, and will be just east of Polaris on May 27."
Starry nights at Ashwood Observatory
Madras Pioneer: "The clear nights and dark skies of Central Oregon were among the things that drew Portlanders Larry Mahon and his wife Pat to Ashwood to buy a 40-acre agate ranch on which to locate their Agate Ridge Observatory."
http://www.madraspioneer.com/archives/Story.aspx/5989/starry-nights-at-ashwood-observatory
Rose City Astronomer Star Party at OMSI Hancock Field Station
March 28 and 29, 2003
Hancock Field Station is located about 3 miles east of Clarno, Oregon at about the 25 mile marker on highway 218. Hancock Field Station is managed by OMSI. The three primary viewing areas at Hancock Field Station are DOB Valley, Cassegrain Hill and Refractor Ridge. All types of telescopes are used at each viewing area.
http://www.stargazing.net/david/starparty/hancock200303.html
Camp Hancock Star Party
Saturday Night May 3, 2008
"Saturday night was sucker hole imaging. The QSI 532 camera was put in 3x3 bin mode. Multiple exposure at 30 seconds were taken until the hole closed up. Clouds caused the bright stars to be very large. There was no time to set up guiding."
http://www.stargazing.net/david/QSI/20080503CampHancock.html
Accuweather:
Antelope, OR 97001 Stargazing Forecast - Astronomy.
Get Antelope, OR 97001 weather forecasts for outdoor activities including the 3 day stargazing forecast and other astronomy related articles.
http://m.accuweather.com/en/us/antelope-or/97001/astronomy/340304
Visit "Cloudy Nights"
http://www.cloudynights.com/
THE best astronomy-related sites on the web and is an EXCELLENT resource for anyone interested in astronomy, from beginner to professional. Hosted by Astronomics, a vendor of astronomy products, the site has LOTS of really good user reviews, reports and comparisons of telescopes and related equipment/accessories, major events, free classifieds with lots of good gear and an awesome community forum. http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/ (can be accessed from the “FORUMS” link at the top of the Cloudy Nights home page).
ANTELOPE, OREGON
