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Moon Falling in Daylight

October 11, 2017 Paul 771 Views 0 Comments

These early Waning phase days are a reminder that astrophotography can be done all day and all night.

October 10, 2017 Paul 711 Views 0 Comments

As you can see, my view was a tad narrow, but you can easily make out the side of Scorpius anchored by Antares.

October 5, 2017 Paul 682 Views 0 Comments

When is the Moon truly full? If you look at my image above from last night, taken with my digital camera, you may believe this is a Full Moon.

It is entirely possible that my filter opinions are just that, and yours may be different.

I have been searching for a way to accentuate the stars based on their brightness, short of manually blowing them up.

The best way I can confirm/reconfirm which dot was Pluto would be to sketch the area around HIP 94372 once Pluto has moved significantly.

The Moon, but not the Moon. Quickly I detached my smartphone from its mount and took several pictures of the phenomenon.

With that telescope, this eyepiece setup magnifies about 333 times!

August 31, 2017 Paul 676 Views 0 Comments

“Ok. Just make sure you produce something fantastic worth both our time.”

August 30, 2017 Paul 818 Views 0 Comments

“Ok, deal, but you’re cooking dinner tonight.”