Astronomy Nightly

25 Aug 2012

Wink At The Moon – Neil Armstrong 1930 – 2012

Neil Armstrong passed away today. In honor of him, his family's request was: For those who may ask what they can do to honor Neil, we have a simple r…

5 Aug 2012

Curiosity on Mars

Congrats to the team who got Curiosity this far. Here's the first image from Curiosity. Taken just minutes after touching down on Mars.…

5 Jun 2012

Venus Transit – June 2012

Venus is currently transiting the sun. This will be the last time until 2117. Here are some shots of the transit sized to 2048x2048 pixels. Enjoy! …

21 May 2012

Solar Eclipse Photographs – May 20, 2012

I shot the solar eclipse from the south part of Las Vegas, NV. I set up my old Celestron 80ED refractor (600mm f/7.5) on my CGEM mount. I shot throu…

20 May 2012

May 20, 2012 Solar Eclipse – Teaser!

I'm still digging through the 1500 photos I took today of the eclipse. Here's a teaser image... This image was taken by Bryan Duke from Henderson, NV…

2 Apr 2012

Make Az Adjustments Smoother On An Equatorial Mount

Pete Mumbower has an outstanding idea for making a Celestron CGEM mount easier to polar align. He adds "Slick Strips" to the top of the tripod where t…

31 Mar 2012

Explore Scientific 127ED First Light

My old C8 is gone and I have a new Explore Scientific 127ED in its place. Here's the new scope on my CGEM. A simple moon shot was the first photo tar…

1 Sep 2011

Milky Way Time Lapse from Death Valley

During the trip last weekend to Mahogany Flat Campground, a good friend of mine, Jason Dotter, shot this time lapse sequence of the Milky Way. http://…

Supernova 2011fe (PTF11kly or PSN J14030581+5416254)

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30 Aug 2011

Supernova 2011fe (PTF11kly or PSN J14030581+5416254)

I just got back from a dark-sky trip to Mahogany Flat Campground in Death Valley National Monument. I captured this image of the recently discovered s…

21 Aug 2011

OS X Lion – The Missing Galaxy

For full disclosure, I need to share that I had a photo in the running for the Lion background image. The photo that has that honor is way better than…