On Wednesday night, February 17th, Breno & I were to met Dennis and other CASF members at the observatory of the high school where he teaches, the Colégio Christus. On the way to the school, we stopped at a restaurant to pick up Dennis, and briefly met one of the three teams representing the Paris [...]

I’ve been busy the past week… Arrived in Fortaleza about 7:30 on Tuesday (2/16/10) evening and I was met by 7 members of the Clube de Astronomia de Fortaleza. Three club members joined me for dinner after a quick stop at the Holiday Inn to check in and freshen up after 21 hours of travel. [...]

Some Wikipedia info on 55636 (source link here) (55636) 2002 TX300 Discovery Discovered by NEAT Discovery date October 15, 2002 Designations MPC designation (55636) 2002 TX300 Alternate name none Minor planet category Trans-Neptunian object (TNO) cubewano Orbital characteristics Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5) Aphelion 7252.615 Gm (48.481 AU) Perihelion 5654.528 Gm (37.798 AU) Semi-major [...]

Rain today, but I was able to give te FLI Camera to Telescope adapter a fresh coat of Krylon Ultra-Flat black today in order to minimize light path reflections. I’m on-duty at the ATMoB observatory tonight so mayby I’ll use the time to practice camera setup and operation some more. I only get one chance [...]

Well, preparations for the trip are just about complete. I fly out on American Airlines on Monday, October 5th to San Diego, pick up a car and drive to Warner Springs to visit some friends and spend the night. Looks like their neighbor Val has a dome so maybe if the weather’s OK on Monday [...]