Sky and Rockets

Strange title isn't it?  Well, I thought I'd post a picture of our Christmas tree here in Maryland.  After thinking about what might...

Last evening we had a rather nice, clear and crisp night, which would generally be a great time to image nebulae. Only problem - the nearly ...

On the evening of December 7-8, 2022, those of us in the mid and western US will get a great opportunity to view a somewhat rare occultation...

Artemis 1, the first mission of the Artemis program to return astronauts to the moon was launched successfully November 16, 2022, at 01:47:4...

The last total lunar eclipse until March of 2025 is now in the past.  At first, I didn't expect to see it let alone photograph it as the...

The last Total Lunar Eclipse until 2025 will be coming our way on early Tuesday morning, November 8, 2022.  And I mean 'early'. The ...

A new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals a remarkable cosmic sight: at least 17 concentric dust rings emanating from a pai...

Seems like this year has been an interesting one for astrophotography. Either the skies are cloudy, or they are very clear but during the fu...

Certainly not of the level of technology that Captain Kirk discovered on Miramanee's planet, which was ultimately used to save her plane...

Yikes.  It's been almost two months since my last post. Have I been that busy on other things? Why, YES. Work, gardening, my retirement ...

Well here it is. The first full color infrared image released from the James Webb telescope. And it’s awesome! This is a region of the sky ...