Tagged: Astronomy

In addition to the new 6.3mm lens, my wonderful wife also provided me with a solar filter. So I took it...

Last night was one of the best “seeing” nights we’ve had around here in a long time. I live just within...

There is a fascinating story in the Science section of the New York Times about the origins of complex life. A...

Just a few minutes before midnight last night, the signal finally came back from the Juno spacecraft indicating that the 35...

The latest space probe to investigate Jupiter will hopefully slow down enough to be pulled into orbit by the giant planet...

I’m still trying to get better images of Mars and Saturn which really just involves more trial and mostly error. These...

When I was a child living about 40 minutes outside of New York City, it was still possible to see the...

In my prior astronomy post, I described my latest attempts at imaging Saturn and was able to produce at least one...

In the prior Adventure, truly disappointing pictures of Saturn sent me back to the drawing board.  But, after another adjustment, I...