Sky and Rockets

With a clear sky and full moon I decided to spend the majority of the early evening on Dec 29th to get the remaining software device drivers...

Merry Christmas to all. I trust you all had a wonderful Christmas.  With the Great Conjunction now over (I'm still a little bummed that ...

No images for me - the weather just would not cooperate, at least for imaging.  Tried again on the 22nd but no luck.  Some friends dropped b...

You know, rare astronomical events events occur whether we can see them or not!  Yeah, profound statement (well, maybe not too profound).  B...

Jupiter and Saturn Conjunction - Dec 21, 2020 Just after sunset on Monday, December 21, 2020, our two largest planets will come closer to ea...

The best opposition of Mars until 2035 has just passed with the best times to view and image the red planet between late September and mid O...

Not much happening in my astrophotography endeavors, other than I'm busy processing the data I captured from the 5 straight nights of cl...

In just a few weeks, October 13, 2020,  Mars will be the closest to earth since July 27, 2018. And, it won't be closer until 2035!  Back...

In my previous post on the  The Magic of Image Processing - Part 1 , I discussed the capturing of the data and the initial calibration and s...

Arecibo Observatory Damaged A broken cable caused severe damage at Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory, causing a suspension of operations...

One of the issues with the EdgeHD telescopes (actually, most SCTs) is that they are notoriously difficult to focus especially when trying to...