Paul, Author at Computer Looking Up

The Planet Hunter: The Dwarf Planet Ceres

On Thursday night, a few hours after I photographed the Orion Nebula, I searched for the asteroid and dwarf planet known as Ceres.

There were many targets in the sky, but as it was a school night, I decided to focus (no pun intended) on the Orion Nebula.

I had been hoping to take pictures over the course of days to see if changes in its brightness could be detected.

Winter morning over Chicago on January 9th, 2018.

I would like to try a long-exposure exercise through my telescope, pointed at the Andromeda Galaxy, to determine if I can capture any detail.

This format was unintentional at the start, but by Thursday I decided to trek along with the experiment as long as the clouds would stay away.

I caught a great view of a very Waning Moon rising in the East, with a bonus of Jupiter following along.

My location was quite different from where I photographed the Moon last night.

On this very cold but very clear night, the aging Waning Moon shown brightly from the East.

I have wanted to go back to my original wide-field views and…refresh them with this process. Today I bring you an updated Leo the Lion.