July 2022 - Computer Looking Up

More ISS, with Annotated Constellations

For this evening’s ISS photo session, I used nova.astrometry.net to map the surrounding constellations.

The Summer of tracking the ISS continued tonight, this time with a fly-through of The Big Dipper, and an extremely close encounter with Polaris.

The International Space Station made not one but two appearance on this warm, July Summer evening, both easily visible. One South and one North.

After a week of bad cloudy skies, today was clear, a wonderful opportunity to observe and photograph the very bright 75% illuminated Moon.

Today’s image is from a few days ago, when I attempted to capture prairie cloud shadows. I was only partially successful.

On this American Independence Day, I reflect on the life work of the “proto” American and a key Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin.

My prior article featured a wide sky view of the early Moon, one of two camera setups. This article’s Moon image is from the latter setup.

Welcome to July. Tonight’s sky observation presented a remarkably clear view of the 5% illuminated Moon about a half hour after Sunset.