Members Star Party Report June 14 2026

[Richard Ren]

Despite the uncertain weather forecast, about 12 members showed up last night. 

The patchy thin cloud after sunset allowed us to watch Jupitor and Venus (the mercury is behind a wall of horizontal cloud). I could see Arcturus and Vega as well. However, Polaris was only visible through telescopic view. The condition continuously deteriorated till the sky was 90% clouded out by 10 pm.

 

We started to wrap up around 10:30 pm. Wayne kindly offered to lock the gate.

Clear skies,

Richard

[Jose Urias]

We were also able to image the beautiful and elusive “Moth Nabula”.

Here is one sub frame and you can also see the “Wayne’s Hand” nabula as well!

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[Ken E.]

Richard!

Thank you for keeping Alpha Ridge open so late despite the lackluster skies.

The evening wasn't a total bust.  Meeting new people always is worth the effort.  I was also able to image Mercury and Venus before sunset and get a decent image of The Ring through the clouds.

Ken