Entertain Us On Location Videos
Upcoming – Live Drive: 2020 Oct 17th and 18th
Howdy! We’re going live.. again.. while we drive! And we shot THREE! reminder videos! — let us know which one you like best 🙂 Take 1 Take 2 Take 3
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Comet Neowise – clear sky edition
Ok, I know I was excited yesterday about catching Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) in my DIY allsky camera… but last nights sky was clear… ALL NIGHT! So, the comet is much easier to see, and lasts pretty much the entire timelapse ( aside from sunset/sunrise where it’s too faint and Read more…
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Comet Neowise
I recently added another allsky camera to my collection.. This one, I put on the roof of our motorhome. You can check it out anytime at https://allsky.turtleherding.com. And, of course, Comet C/2020 F3 (Neowise) has been in the news and is the first naked eye comet to grace the northern Read more…
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Another Road Trip!
When we left Las Vegas to come to Rusty’s RV Ranch, we live-streamed the trip. It was more fun than we thought it would be. There was a chat going and lots of questions that made the trip go by quicker. We are going to be doing it again. Once Read more…
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A tale of two Launches
In 2019, we spent the months of May and June in hot & humid Florida. More precisely, the Titusville area, commonly called the Space Coast! Why, you may ask.. would we be in Florida during LoveBug mating season? To experience our first, and second ever.. rocket launches! Our first ever Read more…
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A View from our AstroShed
In case you are unaware, there’s an amazing Open Source, completely free, planetarium software available for Windows, Mac and Linux. It’s also available for Android for a bit of a charge, but it’s super worth it. I’m talking about… Stellarium!
There are so many bells, whistles and knobs in this software, there’s no way I could cover it all in this post. But, one very cool feature it has is called ‘Landscapes’. This allows you to mimic the surroundings of many different places ( and planets! ) and act as if you were viewing the stars from those locations.
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