Astronomy Adventure – Three Lunar Mountain Ranges
The photo below show three lunar mountain ranges. Starting way down on the lower left is the crater Eratosthenes and the...
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Astronomy Adventure – Finding Neptune
Even at the highest magnifications that I can realistically get with 4.5 inch telescope, the planet Neptune is virtually indistinguishable from...
Astrophotography Adventure – Two Fall Globular Clusters
Messier 2 is a globular cluster in Aquarius. Under good seeing conditions, it is barely visible with the naked eye. Messier...
Astronomy Adventure – Messier 57, The Ring Nebula
The Ring Nebula is a planetary nebula that was created by the release of ionized gas by a red giant star...
Astronomy Adventure – DSLR Astrophotography
The whole point of my astrophotography effort has been to show that you could get some decent photos with a minimum...
Astronomy Adventure – Tycho Crater
Starting at the top along the terminator, you can see the crater Curtius with what looks like a central peak; below...
Natural Weekends – Total Eclipse
It’s not too late for some more eclipse pictures, is it? Note the sunspots before and after totality and the Sun...
Natural Weekends – Total Solar Eclipse
I went out West to catch the solar eclipse on Monday. While I had chosen a couple of potential locations depending...
Astronomy Adventure – Nebula
Photos of Messier 8… and Messier 17
Astronomy Adventure – Globular Clusters
Photos of globular clusters Messier 22… And Messier 11….