Paul, Author at Computer Looking Up

ISS Under the Dipper

In hindsight, this may have been a nice long-exposure NightCap image.

A comet and two planets, not too bad for one night.

Tonight was the first time I ever saw a comet. I missed Halley’s as a kid in 1986.

July 5, 2020 Paul 660 Views 0 Comments Nature

The picture may fool a bit, as this scene of a descending Sun overshadowed by incoming Western clouds gives no indication of how hot the day was.

My favorite part of his autobiography has nothing to do with America or any of the latter events of the late 18th century.

I am under no illusion that seeing galaxies is possible from my location on Earth.

June 25, 2020 Paul 786 Views 0 Comments Moon

Today’s story begins on the prior night, when the Moon was an even thinner crescent.

June 20, 2020 Paul 759 Views 0 Comments Moon, Nature

Still going backwards and catching up on items from the past weeks. Last Sunday I took a walk and found the early Waning Crescent Moon.

Here is what I hope will be the return of an observation technique I have not done for a while – sketching.

You can also see sloping towards the right some of the brighter stars in the constellation Sagittarius.