Cuesta College North County campus star party

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First quarter moon, September 12, 2013, photographed with a hand-held Panasonic Lumix LZ-8 through an Orion SkyQuest XT8 8" reflector at Cuesta College North County Campus, Paso Robles, CA.

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Cuesta College Astronomy 210, 210L students and guests at a North County campus star party.

Sights seen:
first quarter moon
Albireo (double star Beta Cygni) Mizar AB, Alcor

Tweet: North County campus telescope shelter

#CuestaAstr210 students: new North County campus telescope shelter will be fully operational soon. pic.twitter.com/MPK9u51LgN

— Patrick M. Len (@Patrick_M_Len) August 29, 2013

Cuesta College North County campus telescope shelter

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North County campus telescope shelter, under construction. Funding provided by the Cuesta College Foundation. Photo by Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.

Total lunar eclipse, December 10, 2011

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Wifey X and Briquetta (puppy) watching the total lunar eclipse, December 10, 2011.

Cuesta College North County campus star party

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Waning gibbous moon (less than 24 hours past full), October 12, 2011, photographed with a hand-held Panasonic Lumix LZ-8 through an Orion SkyQuest XT8 8" reflector at Cuesta College North County campus, Paso Robles, CA. Photo by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.

Cuesta College North County campus star party

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Waxing gibbous moon, September 7, 2011, photographed with a Panasonic Lumix LZ-8 camera through a Orion SkyQuest XT8 8" reflector at Cuesta College North County campus, Paso Robles, CA. Photo by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.

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Cuesta College Astronomy 210L students and guest at a North County campus star party.

Sights seen:
waxing gibbous moon
Albireo (double star Beta Cygni)

Cuesta College North County campus star party

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Waxing crescent moon, March 10, 2011, photographed with a Panasonic Lumix LZ-8 camera through a Orion 10" reflector at Cuesta College North County campus, Paso Robles, CA. Photo by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.

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Cuesta College Astronomy 210L students and guest (and a cold dog) at a North County campus star party.

Sights seen:
M42 (Orion nebula)
Castor, Pollux
Sirius
Waxing crescent moon

Cuesta College Bowen Observatory open house

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Waxing gibbous moon, photographed with a Panasonic Lumix LX-8 held up to a 40 mm eyepiece of a 14" Meade reflector, Bowen Observatory, Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA. Photo by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.

Cuesta College North County campus star party

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Waxing gibbous moon, November 18, 2010, photographed with a hand-held Nokia e71 smartphone through an Orion SkyQuest XT8 8" reflector at Cuesta College North County Campus, Paso Robles, CA.

Sights seen:
Waxing gibbous moon
Jupiter, north equatorial belt, four Galilean satellites

Cuesta College North County campus star party

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Cuesta College Astronomy 210L students and guest during a North County campus star party. Photo by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.

Sights seen:
Venus
Mars
Mizar A/B
Alcor
Epsilon Lyrae
Jupiter

Cuesta College North County campus star party

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Waxing crescent moon, April 15, 2010, photographed with a handheld Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ8 camera through a Orion 10" reflector at Cuesta College North County campus, Paso Robles, CA. Photo by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.


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Venus and waxing crescent moon, April 15, 2010, photographed with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ8 camera set on long-exposure mode at Cuesta College North County campus, Paso Robles, CA. Photo by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.

Sights seen:
Waxing crescent moon
Venus
Saturn

Cuesta College North County campus star party

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Waxing gibbous moon, November 6, 2008, photographed with a Nokia e71 smartphone through a Orion 10" reflector at Cuesta College North County campus, Paso Robles, CA. Photo by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.

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Cuesta College Astronomy 210L students from San Luis Obispo campus during a North County campus star party. These students made the inevitable In-n-Out Burger stop on the way back down the Cuesta grade. Photo by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.

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Cuesta College Astronomy 210L students from San Luis Obispo campus pointing to the waxing gibbous moon during a North County campus star party. Photo by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.

Sights seen:
Jupiter
Waxing gibbous moon

Cuesta College North County campus star party

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Cuesta College Astronomy 210L students and guests during a North County campus star party. Photo by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.

Sights seen:
Jupiter
Epsilon Lyrae (The "Double-Double")
Alberio (Beta Cygni)
Vega

Astronomy in the marketplace: star party beer!

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Stargazer India Pale Ale bottle, BevMo!, San Luis Obispo, CA. Photo by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len, with a Nokia e71 smartphone.

Cuesta College star parties (San Luis Obispo campus, North County campus)

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Waxing crescent Moon, taken with a Nokia e71 smartphone through the 14" reflector at the Bowen Obsevatory atop the Building 2400 Science Forum, on campus at Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA. Photo by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.


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Waxing crescent Moon, taken with a handheld Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ8 through a 10" Newtonian reflector at a Cuesta College North County Campus star party, Paso Robles, CA. Photo by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.


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Cuesta College Physical Sciences division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len (L), and Astronomy 210L students and guests from both North County and San Luis Obispo campuses during the end-of-semester North County campus star party.

Cuesta College North County campus star party

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Cuesta College Astronomy 210L students and guests from both North County and San Luis Obispo campuses during a North County campus star party. The SLO campus students made the inevitable In-n-Out Burger stop on the way back down the Cuesta grade.

Sights seen:
M57 (Ring Nebula)
M31 (Andromeda Galaxy)
M45 (Pleiades)
Epsilon Lyrae (The "Double-Double")
Aldebaran
Vega

Cuesta College North County campus star party

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Cuesta College Astronomy 210L students Nadia and Mary use digital cameras to take pictures through the eyepiece of one of the North County campus 8" reflectors during a North County campus star party.


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First quarter Moon (inverted), November 6, 2008, photographed with a hand-held Panasonic Lumix LZ-8 through a Meade LX200 8" reflector at Cuesta College North County campus, Paso Robles, CA.


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Cuesta College Astronomy 210L students and guests (aka "Starry Night Gangstas") during a North County campus star party.

Sights seen:
M57 (Ring Nebula)
M31 (Andromeda Galaxy)
M45 (Pleiades)
Epsilon Lyrae (The "Double-Double")
Alberio (Beta Cygni)
Vega
First quarter Moon