Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Me and my 13 lb. Konjac in bloom. Taken today..., 1 by tommyr2006

tommyr2006 wrote:
tucsonplumeriaz,
It's been cloudy here EVERY DAMN EVENING so no, I haven't seen PanStarrs yet live. That scope is my Meade 2045, i use it for Solar observing. I bought that scope in the mid 80's for Halley's comet.

I recorded sunspot data for the AAVSO solar division for 8 years. I also have a Celestron Nexstar 5. I HAD a Coulter optical 13" dob years ago during the Shoemaker-Levy 9 days.

Here's a shot I took of Comet Hyakutake: