April 2020 - Computer Looking Up

Unidentified flying objects in night sky? What were these?

I knew I had to act quickly to photograph them, as they were moving fast and I didn’t know how long they would be visible or if more were coming.

I took a number of images of the nebula, playing around with the exposure and ISO settings.

Inspired by other blogs such as Heads UP! taking cool pictures of Venus near the Pleiades, I knew I had to get in on the action myself.

The Moon was not my only target. Stay tuned in the coming days for more images from tonight’s session.

As an undergraduate studying computer engineering 24 years ago, I read a book that molded my perspective on science, scientists, and politics.

It has been a while since I looked at the Sun through a telescope.