On A Clear Day I Can’t See Forever, But On A Clear Night…
This has in many ways--many, many, many ways, been a miserable fucking week. But we did get five straight wildly clear nights in a row, allowing me to see, if…
Another Fresh Astronomy Photo
Early Friday morning, I captured this shot of the Orion Nebula. Drink it in, everybody.
Astronomy Photos For Halloween 2019
Picture saved with settings embedded.Picture saved with settings embedded.Here you see M39 and Caldwell 16, open star clusters in northern skies this fall. Nothing spooky here, I'm afraid, just two…
The Orion Nebula
I had to catch this one early this morning, before the clouds reasserted themselves. 17 1-minute exposures stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, processed in GIMP. Quite possibly the last images…
The Ring Nebula
Conditions weren't perfect last night, but the clouds were scattered enough for me to capture this shot of The Ring Nebula in Lyra.
Two Star Clusters From Last Night
Messier 52
Astronomy Photos of the Week
I'm still processing last week's shots. Here's what I have so far.
Astronomy Photos of The Week.
My God, it's full of stars. These are the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud (top) and the Double Cluster in Perseus (bottom). A little window into the neighboring arms of our…
Astronomy Picture of the Week
I'm still working on the narrowband images for the nebulae I imaged last week. (Higher learning curve with a color camera than I expected. I may need more GIMP plug-ins.)…
Close Encounter
Neil and I set up my telescope in his backyard to catch the conjunction of Jupiter and Venus last night. I must say that taking pictures through a telescope with an…