ISS Travels Through The Big Dipper, and By The North Star
The Summer of tracking the ISS continued tonight, this time with a fly-through of The Big Dipper, and an extremely close encounter with Polaris.
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The Summer of tracking the ISS continued tonight, this time with a fly-through of The Big Dipper, and an extremely close encounter with Polaris.
Read MoreThe International Space Station made not one but two appearance on this warm, July Summer evening, both easily visible. One South and one North.
Read MoreAfter a week of bad cloudy skies, today was clear, a wonderful opportunity to observe and photograph the very bright 75% illuminated Moon.
Read MoreToday’s image is from a few days ago, when I attempted to capture prairie cloud shadows. I was only partially successful.
Read MoreMy prior article featured a wide sky view of the early Moon, one of two camera setups. This article’s Moon image is from the latter setup.
Read MoreWelcome to July. Tonight’s sky observation presented a remarkably clear view of the 5% illuminated Moon about a half hour after Sunset.
Read MoreI once thought of the dwindling daylight as depressing and bad. But now, I look forward to observing the earlier darkening sky.
Read MoreI stayed up to 3 a.m. to see the Moon as well as planets Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, and Venus. Mercury, starting to rise, was obstructed by trees.
Read MoreWant to learn how to take stunning photographs of the Moon? This article is for you! Here is my step-by-step guide to image the Moon like I do.
Read MoreSome days are too opportune to pass on taking them in, and today was one of them. Here are a couple of pictures from my walk.
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