Sky and Rockets

One of the benefits of having an observatory to house your equipment is the added convenience and protection it offers. With the right senso...

A daytime occultation of the planet Venus occurred at approximately 3:47 PM, when the bright planet was gradually covered by the dark edge o...

A beautiful, sunny but cool, day greeted us on Tuesday. Mike T. arrived early with the additional decking boards. I removed the j-bolt templ...

Today Mike T. and I got a fairly early start, and everything was going to plan. We added the joist hangers around the perimeter and in the c...

Days 4 and 5 - completed the footers and the framing of the deck. Friday the complete frame of the deck was completed. Today the ground cove...

Yesterday was the day to complete the removal of the remaining grass and to travel to three Home Depots to finally get the 16"x48"...

Today marked the official groundbreaking for Night Sky Observatory. The plot was measured and the stakes were set. I chose to align the east...

Jupiter and Venus will be 'doing the dance' for the next couple of weeks. Both planets are in the western sky and visible as soon as...

Sometimes things fall through the cracks. So it was with my imaging run of IC 1396. I had collected the 27 hours of narrowband data back in ...

Yesterday evening I took the photograph (below) of the close pairing of the thin crescent Moon and the planet Venus. Image was taken with th...

  Soldiers Delight Star Party - May 16, 2026 Don't miss the next SD Star Party - this Saturday evening! "From Space-Time to Black H...