Solar System

Between my first sighting of C/2020 F3 on the 13th of July to my second sighting on the 16th was...

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.

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

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

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

I have been guessing, and I think correctly, that most people do not realize the Moon is visible in morning...

This early morning view was simply too good to miss, so yes, I stayed up to at least see it...

I tried to get the overall sharpness, contrast, and brightness as close to the image from two nights ago as...

Here is another “by chance” image. I was outside early evening to photograph the rising Moon with my Canon EOS,...