Paul, Author at Computer Looking Up

The Orion Nebula via DSLR Camera

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.

April 5, 2020 Paul 767 Views 0 Comments Moon

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.

April 2, 2020 Paul 784 Views 0 Comments Sun

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

March 5, 2020 Paul 820 Views 0 Comments Venus

Venus is still a remarkable and bright experience, in the West sky shortly after Sunset.

For those of you that were able to see it, the Moon and Venus were very close that night.

It will be a fun year. Jupiter and Saturn’s oppositions are a mere five months away. Mars returns to opposition this year.

But I figured if you’re going to do it, might as well be done on the shortest daylight day of the year.

Don’t buy the marketing tagline: TRoS is not the end of the Skywalker saga. The true end of the saga, Return of the Jedi, was released in 1983.