In Episode SH062 of Star Hopping… we’ll examine the Camelopardalis region, and locate three targets for the Big Guns, meaning they are challenge objects. We’ll find the massive spiral galaxy IC 342, the Gamma Cassiopeia Nebula, otherwise catalogued as IC 59 and 63,  and lastly we’ll hunt down the elusive Bubble Nebula,  NGC 7635. Intro Read More ... The post SH062 – Find IC 342, IC 59-63, and The Bubble Nebula appeared first on Star Hopping.

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SH062 – Find IC 342, IC 59-63, and The Bubble Nebula

In Episode SH061 of Star Hopping… we’ll examine the Cepheus region, and find some “deeper” deep sky objects: IC 1396, the famous “Elephant’s Trunk” nebula, the open cluster Messier 52, and The Blue Snowball Nebula, also catalogued as NGC 7662. Intro So after all the excitement of the Summer with the August Solar Eclipse, we’re Read More ... The post SH061 – Find IC 1396, Messier 52, and The Blue Snowball Nebula appeared first on Star Hopping.

SH061 – Find IC 1396, Messier 52, and The Blue Snowball Nebula

In Episode SH060 of Star Hopping… Star Hopping Returns! In this Star Hopping “Extra”, we’ll present our documentary of the Great American Eclipse, from our perspective from our selected viewing site, the summit of Brasstown Bald, the highest mountain in the state of Georgia. Intro So now that the eclipse and all its drama is Read More ... The post SH060 – Eclipse Documentary: “Darkness Falls over Brasstown Bald” appeared first on Star Hopping.

SH060 – Eclipse Documentary: “Darkness Falls over Brasstown Bald”

In Episode SH059 of Star Hopping… Dave makes some big announcements you shouldn’t miss, and then he takes us through a Full Dress Rehearsal to prepare and test his solar photography equipment, for next month’s big Solar Eclipse! Intro So I have a couple of announcements to make that I want to share with you Read More ... The post SH059 – Big Announcements, and a Full Dress Rehearsal for the Solar Eclipse appeared first on Star Hopping.

SH059 – Big Announcements, and a Full Dress Rehearsal for the Solar Eclipse

In Episode SH058 of Star Hopping… we’ll examine the Cygnus region, and we’ll locate three great deep sky objects; two nebulae and one globular cluster. We’ll start out locating the Gamma Cygni Nebula: a huge 3 degree wide emission nebula surrounding the bright star Sadr. Close by we’ll also find NGC 6888, the Crescent Nebula. Read More ... The post SH058 – Find The Gamma Cygni Nebula, The Crescent Nebula, and Messier 56 appeared first on Star Hopping.

SH058 – Find The Gamma Cygni Nebula, The Crescent Nebula, and Messier 56

In Episode SH057 of Star Hopping… we’ll continue a series of episodes dedicated to help you to plan for and photograph the Great North American Solar Eclipse in August 2017!  Intro So this week we’re doing Part 2 of our series about the Great North American Solar Eclipse, coming up on Monday, August 21st. If you didn’t Read More ... The post SH057 – The Great American Solar Eclipse, Part 2 appeared first on Star Hopping.

SH057 – The Great American Solar Eclipse, Part 2

In Episode SH056 of Star Hopping… we’ll check out the Draco Region, and show you how to locate the Missing messier Object: M102, the Splinter Galaxy, NGC 5907, and the famous but tiny Cat Eye Nebula, NGC 6543. Intro Well in last week’s episode, we checked out three new comets visiting our solar system, and Read More ... The post SH056 – Find M102, NGC 5907, and the Cat Eye Nebula appeared first on Star Hopping.

SH056 – Find M102, NGC 5907, and the Cat Eye Nebula

In Episode SH055 of Star Hopping… we’ll be checking out the trio of Comets that are visiting our Solar System. Comets Johnson and Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak are evening targets, in and around the constellation of Hercules. And in the pre-dawn hours, we have yet another Comet Lovejoy, Australian amateur Terry Lovejoy’s 6th discovery. Intro So over the Read More ... The post SH055 – A Trio of Comets appeared first on Star Hopping.

SH055 – A Trio of Comets

In Episode SH054 of Star Hopping… we’ll begin a series of episodes dedicated to help you to plan for and view the Great North American Solar Eclipse in August 2017!  Intro So this week we’re starting a series of Extra episodes to get you excited and informed about the Great North American Solar Eclipse, coming Read More ... The post SH054 – The Great American Solar Eclipse, Part 1 appeared first on Star Hopping.

SH054 – The Great American Solar Eclipse, Part 1

In Episode SH053 of Star Hopping… we’re going to continue on our Basic Astrophotography series, and show you how to perform Basic Image Processing: the procedure to extract a beautiful color astrophoto from your raw frames you captured through your telescope. Intro So I’m in that situation again where I just need to wait a Read More ... The post SH053 – Digital Image Processing appeared first on Star Hopping.

SH053 – Digital Image Processing

In Episode SH052 of Star Hopping… we’ll check out the Hydra region, and locate three very different types of deep sky objects.  The first we’ll check out is NGC 3521, a large angled spiral galaxy, then we’ll find NGC 3115, better known as the Spindle Galaxy, an edge-on lenticular galaxy in Sextans, and finally the Read More ... The post SH052 – Find NGC 3521, The Spindle Galaxy, and The Ghost of Jupiter Nebula appeared first on Star Hopping.

SH052 – Find NGC 3521, The Spindle Galaxy, and The Ghost of Jupiter Nebula

In Episode SH051 of Star Hopping… we’ll once again visit the Realm of the Galaxies. We’ll check out three new galaxies we haven’t seen before: Messier 85, a lenticular galaxy, Messier 88, a massive spiral galaxy, and the lost Messier galaxy, M91. This last one also has the distinction of being the faintest galaxy on Read More ... The post SH051 – Find M85, M88, and M91 appeared first on Star Hopping.

SH051 – Find M85, M88, and M91

In Episode SH050 of Star Hopping… we’re taking some time out and doing some celebrating of our 50th episode of Star Hopping! We’re going to look back at the last 16 months, do some shoutouts to our loyal subscribers, and then take a look into the future and outline some positive changes coming to Star Read More ... The post SH050 – 50th Episode Celebration appeared first on Star Hopping.

SH050 – 50th Episode Celebration

In Episode SH049 of Star Hopping… we’ll examine the Canes Venatici region, where we’ll show you how to locate three impressive galaxies: Messier 94, NGC 5033, and the huge Whale Galaxy, NGC 4631. Intro Oh we’re so close to our big episode 50 coming in two weeks. I can’t believe that we’ve completed that many episodes Read More ... The post SH049 – Find M94, NGC 5033, and the Whale Galaxy appeared first on Star Hopping.

SH049 – Find M94, NGC 5033, and the Whale Galaxy

In Episode SH048 of Star Hopping… In this Star Hopping “Extra”, we’re going to continue on our Basic Astrophotography series, and show you how to capture motion in the night sky, through the interesting and fun process of Time Lapse Astrophotography. Intro Well in this episode I am finally covering a topic that I have had Read More ... The post SH048 – Time Lapse AstroVideography appeared first on Star Hopping.

SH048 – Time Lapse AstroVideography

In this series of programs we’ll show you the most beautiful sights in the night sky, and explain exactly how to find them with your binoculars or telescope.

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