Sky and Rockets

After about 2 weeks of setting up, configuring software and testing, the new Astro-Physics AP 1100GTO mount is now fully operational.  The...

Taking advantage of the nice day yesterday, I continued with testing the new mount.  I need to route new cables but the cables and power dis...

On April 2, 2020 I finally decided to 'pull the trigger' and acquire a new, observatory grade mount to replace my ailing CGEM -- the...

Apparently, breaking up is not hard to do (sorry Neil), at least not when it comes to comets. With the hopes that Comet ATLAS would be the ...

As reported in my previous blog entry, I have been imaging a new comet, C/2019 Y4 ATLAS for the last few evenings, and have been following t...

Wow, I can't believe I haven't posted anything here in a long while.  Well, not too surprised as I've been really busy at work, ...

Betelgeuse and Antares are the two nearest red supergiant stars that are characterized as core-collapse Type-II supernova (SN II) progenito...

No, Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is not disintegrating, physicist claims Earlier this year, several amateur astronomers spotted an unusual ano...

The Bubble Nebula in SHO NGC 7635 (The Bubble Nebula) GT102 f/5.5 APO with ASI1600mm Pro Camera 7.5 hrs total integration time NGC ...

Well the day has finally arrived - the day of Mercury's transit across the sun. Weather forecast was for 100% high cloud on Monday, th...

As reported in CNN Space+Science ... For a little over a year, a tiny unmanned Japanese spacecraft has been sampling the surface of the ne...