Computer Looking Up

My Hunt for Pluto!

August 29, 2017 Paul 841 Views 0 Comments

I wanted to confirm my finding as best as I could, so I started hunting for noticeable star patterns in the area of HIP 94372.

August 22, 2017 Paul 690 Views 0 Comments

The biggest hurdle for me yesterday was dealing with mostly cloudy skies.

August 18, 2017 Paul 686 Views 0 Comments

Will I be disappointed if the weather does not cooperate? Absolutely. Fortunately, there are a few mitigating perspectives.

August 16, 2017 Paul 722 Views 0 Comments

Farmers and early risers will disagree, but I think of the Moon’s waning phases as backwards.

August 15, 2017 Paul 969 Views 0 Comments

Those in the path of totality will have a special treat as the sky should go dark to the point stars appear.

August 13, 2017 Paul 765 Views 0 Comments

Though the sky was mostly clear lest a few stray clouds, the Moon’s brightness was the only unfortunate circumstance compared to last year’s.

August 3, 2017 Paul 606 Views 0 Comments

This was taken with my smartphone, proving again that these devices have some marginal value beyond looking at pictures of Cheerios.

July 27, 2017 Paul 738 Views 0 Comments

About 90 minutes before sunset the Moon’s crescent stood out in front of a paling blue sky through wisping clouds overhead.

July 23, 2017 Paul 690 Views 0 Comments

I had great difficulty locating Saturn that night and it was almost 20 minutes before I locked on.

June 26, 2017 Paul 641 Views 0 Comments

On May 31st I took a good sample set of Jupiter images to attempt an animated GIF.