Computer Looking Up

Moon and Venus Together, May 2018

May 18, 2018 Paul 657 Views 0 Comments

If you look closely above and to the left of the Moon, you can see stars. They were not visible to me at the time I took this picture.

May 8, 2018 Paul 758 Views 0 Comments

For the Spring Triangle, you are seeing the complete and full dimensions of the source image.

May 1, 2018 Paul 667 Views 0 Comments

I will say this for cloudy weekdays – at least I don’t have to make up excuses for not taking my telescope and camera out on a “school night.”

April 30, 2018 Paul 542 Views 0 Comments

Just one problem, though – the Moon was approaching Full and washed much of the sky out. So I settled for looking at the Moon, mostly.

April 19, 2018 Paul 701 Views 0 Comments

The Moon is now significant higher than Venus after Sunset, and fuller. So I took my digital camera and tripod outside to take the above picture.

April 17, 2018 Paul 643 Views 0 Comments

Despite the unseasonably cold chill (the reason I have not posted anything for several weeks), I set up my camera to take this photograph.

March 31, 2018 Paul 663 Views 0 Comments

The beaming Moon, contrasted to the blurry haze of last night’s, was too tempting a target not to get my camera and tripod out.

March 15, 2018 Paul 704 Views 0 Comments

Auriga is in an interesting part of the sky for another reason, as the boundary between the surrounding star activity.

March 13, 2018 Paul 743 Views 0 Comments

With an excellent view towards the Western horizon on Sunday night, Venus and Mercury were easy to see.

March 8, 2018 Paul 809 Views 0 Comments

The thing about Gemini is that there is no obvious outline to the constellation.