Ganymede at the Cowboy Shack
A report from the field by SF Stargazer Albert Shultz Our first club observing session of the year, Mar. 29, 2025, was hampered by cloudy skies. Four hopeful members assembled Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Club Observing
Scorpius & Luna meet in Tasmania
The night sky “down undah” Last meeting’s Sky Report presenter, Donna Coleman is still in Australia and would like to share a recent experience of the Southern Hemisphere sky Continue Reading →
First Club Observing Event of 2025
Observation Event at the Cowboy Shack As the nights get warmer, the Santa Fe Stargazers are planning a telescope observing event at the Cowboy Shack Trailhead parking area for the Continue Reading →
SFS Group Observing, 30 Mar 2024
A group of about 10 with 5 telescopes met at the Cowboy Shack site, under clearing skies, fair to good seeing, waning wind and mild temperatures. Jupiter and Mercury both Continue Reading →
Comet Leonard (C/2021 A1)
December 3, 2021 – 4:40-6:05 am, clear sky, temp. 30F. Location: La Cueva, Glorieta (home) This comet is now at magnitude 7, not yet visible unaided but with potential to Continue Reading →
Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, 2021-Nov-7
7 November 2021 — La Cueva, Glorieta (home) Calm, temp around 40F, clear becoming partly cloudy. Set up and aligned C8 scope with ASI533 camera, 10:18 pm. Focused and tested Continue Reading →
19 November 2020 — Observing Report
Location: driveway, home (La Cueva, Glorieta) Time: 19:50 – 22:50Conditions: Mild temperature, around 50 F. Cloudless sky, good transparency, Seeing poor initially, becoming very good late. Thin waxing crescent moon, Continue Reading →
14 May Observing Report
Rowe Mesa, 4:20 – 5:20 am MDT. Cloudless sky, no wind, fair transparency, very good seeing but sky brightened by 3rd quarter moon. Comet C/2020 F8 SWAN spotted low in Continue Reading →
20 May ’20 Observing Report
Session Name: 200520 Observer: Sam Site: 29 Quedo (Obs) Started: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 9:30 PM Finished: Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 1:35 AM Seeing: 3. G – Brighter Continue Reading →
21 May ’20 Observing Report
Session Name: 200521 Observer: Sam Site: 29 Quedo (Obs) Started: Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 8:45 PM Finished: Friday, May 22, 2020 at 12:00 AM Seeing: 5. E – bright Continue Reading →