Paul, Author at Computer Looking Up

On Nights Like These, There is Only One Target in the Sky

March 16, 2022 Paul 773 Views 0 Comments Moon

When the Moon approaches Full, for better or worse, it becomes the only practical night sky object to photograph.

March 14, 2022 Paul 1139 Views 0 Comments Moon

Weather conditions and my availability aligned perfectly tonight to take this picture of the Moon from my telescope.

As part of my series on how I created my website, this article focuses on why I went with self-hosting over a hosting service.

I wanted to print locally in Linux Ubuntu from a remote Windows machine via Citrix. This article explains how I got printing working.

After photographing both the Sun and Moon with the same equipment, I compared the images side-by-side. Is an eclipse possible?

February 8, 2022 Paul 731 Views 0 Comments Moon, Sun

After I photographed the Sun the day prior, I used the same equipment to image the Moon. In this article I compare the setups.

February 5, 2022 Paul 989 Views 0 Comments Sun

What’s it like to photograph the Sun in the middle of Winter? I decided to try with my #telescope on this very cold Saturday morning.

I decided to self host my own blog. But why, and why not go with an established hosting service? In this article I explain my key reasons.

My observations after watching the six seasons of “The Expanse” on Amazon Prime, with an emphasis and angle on how the Solar System is portrayed.

This is the outline of topics of how I created my own website and blog. I will fill in the outline by linking articles as they are written.