Solar System

I tried an observation only since the sky had some patches of openness towards the Northwest.

Of all the views I have seen myself so far of Neowise, the simple view from the Dob has been...

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...