Solar System

If there was a theme to my early morning observations this year, it was "space junk." Effectively ideal conditions were...

I had hoped to capture a 'red' Moon tonight like I saw yesterday, through the Canadian fire smoke, but this...

Here is Venus through my homemade Dobsonian telescope, on a clear and warm late Spring evening in June, about 50...

There is a repeating theme this week – clear and calm temperatures, with every clear night revealing more of the...

This week's lunar trek continues with another evening of clear sky and an easier target.

Another clear night, another clear shot at May's Waxing Crescent Moon in the evening sky after Sunset. Taken with my...

A clear sky showed the prime event of the week - Venus and the Moon in proximity after Sunset. Photographed...

After nearly a month of waiting through overcast and wildfire smoke haze, I had a chance to see and photograph...

Very clear skies this early morning offered a prime opportunity to observe and photograph a nearly Full Moon.

Despite the colder temperatures and increasing wind, I used my homemade Dobsonian telescope tonight to photograph the Moon approaching Full.