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It will be a fun year. Jupiter and Saturn’s oppositions are a mere five months away. Mars returns to opposition this year.
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It will be a fun year. Jupiter and Saturn’s oppositions are a mere five months away. Mars returns to opposition this year.
Read MoreNot too early, but early enough. Here was the Quarter Moon rising over Lake Michigan today, early afternoon.
Read MoreThis is a very exciting post, at least for me. It’s the first time on my blog that I have a picture of Jupiter and Saturn together!
Read MorePlanetary (as well as deep sky) imaging requires stacking multiple picture frames, either actual still images or the frames from a video.
Read MoreAnother benefit, I believe, of the new camera is that I can finally process a Drizzle in Autostakkert.
Read MoreBut then I thought, what if I chose only two of the videos instead of the full three?
Read MoreMars may be gone for now, but it is not forgotten to me.
Read MoreAs I had not filmed Saturn since last year, I was very worried that the results would not be good.
Read MoreWhen I talk to people about astronomy, they sometimes mistake it as astrology. But astronomy and astrology are diametrically opposed. In this article we review our connection to the sky through history and in our lives, and why astronomy is the key to understanding the cosmos.
Read MoreMy astrophotography journal came in very handy this week as I put my telescope and camera and lenses back into full service.
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