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Date Title & Description Contributors
2018-02-01

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

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 ...
  David Hearn: Director, Kissimmee Park Observatory author
2017-10-12

  SH061 – Find IC 1396, Messier 52, and The Blue Snowball 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...
  David Hearn: Director, Kissimmee Park Observatory author
2017-08-31

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

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 i...
  David Hearn: Director, Kissimmee Park Observatory author
2017-07-20

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

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 coupl...
  David Hearn: Director, Kissimmee Park Observatory author
2017-06-22

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

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 th...
  David Hearn: Director, Kissimmee Park Observatory author
2017-06-08

  SH057 – The Great American Solar Eclipse, Part 2

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 Ame...
  David Hearn: Director, Kissimmee Park Observatory author
2017-05-11

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

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 chec...
  David Hearn: Director, Kissimmee Park Observatory author
2017-04-27

  SH055– A Trio of Comets

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 ha...
  David Hearn: Director, Kissimmee Park Observatory author
2017-04-13

  SH054– The Great American Solar Eclipse, Part 1

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 in...
  David Hearn: Director, Kissimmee Park Observatory author
2017-03-30

  SH053– Digital Image Processing

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 tel...
  David Hearn: Director, Kissimmee Park Observatory author