Sky and Rockets

“Unlocking the Cosmic Secrets: The James Webb Space Telescope” NOTE:  Due to unforeseen circumstances, the September 21st event (same topic)...

“Unlocking the Cosmic Secrets: The James Webb Space Telescope” Join us on a captivating journey beyond the visible spectrum! The JWST, human...

What's Up for the rest of September After a great run of clear nights here in Maryland (and I took advantage of that by imaging three ne...

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), first discovered in early 2023, has been zooming towards the inner solar system ever since. Earlier thi...

Green Flash by Nikita Misiura © nekitmm Nikita Misiura, a member of Astrobin , the service that hosts my Astro photos, has published an awes...

The Perseid meteor shower is one of the most spectacular annual celestial events! This year, the Perseids will peak around the night of Augu...

Saturday, I reported a situation with my telescope mount controller. It appeared to be dead-in-the-water and I was set to return it to the m...

The Cosmic Distance Scale: A Journey Across the Universe Ever wondered how astronomers determine the distances to the planets, stars and gal...

Back on June 21, 2024, I setup the telescope and powered everything up ready to do some visual astronomy for a change. The sky was quite cle...

As reported by EarthSky this week it looks as though Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas may be in the process of disintegrating. Discovered in early 20...

 Hosted by    Westminster Astronomical Society Looking for something to do this Saturday night? Have an interest in astronomy? Then why not ...