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Moon on April 5th, 2020

April 5, 2020 Paul 1320 Views 0 Comments DSLR, Moon

The Moon was not my only target. Stay tuned in the coming days for more images from tonight’s session.

As an undergraduate studying computer engineering 24 years ago, I read a book that molded my perspective on science, scientists, and politics.

It has been a while since I looked at the Sun through a telescope.

Venus is still a remarkable and bright experience, in the West sky shortly after Sunset.

For those of you that were able to see it, the Moon and Venus were very close that night.

February 2, 2020 Paul 1284 Views 0 Comments DSLR, Moon

It will be a fun year. Jupiter and Saturn’s oppositions are a mere five months away. Mars returns to opposition this year.

But I figured if you’re going to do it, might as well be done on the shortest daylight day of the year.

Don’t buy the marketing tagline: TRoS is not the end of the Skywalker saga. The true end of the saga, Return of the Jedi, was released in 1983.

Not too early, but early enough. Here was the Quarter Moon rising over Lake Michigan today, early afternoon.

You can see how the lamp design does very little to restrict the light towards its intended targets.