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.
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Computer Looking Up
Astronomy, and Computer Technology
Month: April 2020
The Orion Nebula via DSLR Camera
I took a number of images of the nebula, playing around with the exposure and ISO settings.
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Venus and the Pleiades in April 2020
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.
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Moon on April 5th, 2020
The Moon was not my only target. Stay tuned in the coming days for more images from tonight’s session.
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Astropolitics and the “Lost Focus” of The Hubble Space Telescope
As an undergraduate studying computer engineering 24 years ago, I read a book that molded my perspective on science, scientists, and politics.
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Sun in April, 2020
It has been a while since I looked at the Sun through a telescope.
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