Computer Looking Up

Interpretive Moon

July 25, 2020 Paul 831 Views 0 Comments Moon

Its early crescent was already low when dark fully settled, trapped within my western treeline.

July 23, 2020 Paul 823 Views 0 Comments Nature

A small break from the comet and stars and planets.

July 23, 2020 Paul 1278 Views 0 Comments Comets

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

July 20, 2020 Paul 1139 Views 0 Comments Comets

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

July 18, 2020 Paul 1095 Views 0 Comments Comets

Between my first sighting of C/2020 F3 on the 13th of July to my second sighting on the 16th was a period of unusable cloud cover.

In hindsight, this may have been a nice long-exposure NightCap image.

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.

July 5, 2020 Paul 832 Views 0 Comments Nature

The picture may fool a bit, as this scene of a descending Sun overshadowed by incoming Western clouds gives no indication of how hot the day was.

My favorite part of his autobiography has nothing to do with America or any of the latter events of the late 18th century.