Astronomy Nightly

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…

If you are an astrophotographer that uses a digital SLR, I hope your camera has a live view capability.  It's a game changer for quickly focusing your…

I took a trip to Death Valley National Monument a week ago.  You'd think that August in Death Valley would be suicide - and rightly so.  However, the …

Graeme Devine of Santa Cruz, CA recently posted a gorgeous video made from several hours worth of exposures of the Milky Way.  He took the shots from …

For several years, my Celestron telescope's NexStar hand controller has been getting fussier & fussier.  On my last dark sky trip (many hours from…

Despite being "no-go" for weather until nearly the last minute, Space Shuttle Endeavour launched this morning for STS-130.  Seconds after launch, they…

The DSLR that I use for astrophotography is the Canon EOS 5D Mark II.  It's an amazing daytime camera and it has great low light capabilities.  Canon …

Winter is a wonderful time of year for viewing.  Winter brings air with low absolute humidity and great deep space targets.  If you're into astrophoto…

Astronomy Nightly is on the way.  We've installed our backend software and are in the process of customizing the look & feel of the site.  A forum…