Solar Eclipsed
You can prepare all you want. You can practice until you can do it in your sleep. You can have the best equipment and gear, …
Here Comes the Sun!
Well unless you live in a cave, you’ve probably heard that there is a total solar eclipse coming on August 21, 2017 and it’s going …
The Sky-Watcher Mak First Impressions
So, first a disclaimer, I mean it when I say first impressions; this is not a full product review. I will do one, but usually …
A Fathers Take on Fathers Day
If you will forgive a departure from topics astronomical and more… human. We are all human after all, and hey, it’s MY blog! I tend …
A Lesson in Patience
One of the most important lessons to learn early in astrophotography is patience. Once a certain level of competence is achieved, our first impulse is …
Don’t be hate’n on the Moon!
It think it’s high time I came out of the closet and disclosed something to my fellow astrophotographers. Most of my friends know me as …
What does science tell us?
So often I see the phrase “According to science…”, or “Science tells us that…”, followed by a context that leads me to believe the author …
Okie-Tex Star Party
The Okie-Tex star party is held every September around new new moon at camp Billy Joe in the Oklahoma panhandle. Friends have told me that the …
Do-it-yourself RH-200 Focuser Upgrades
Victoria, as she is called, is my Officina Stellare RH-200 astrograph, or the Veloce. Eight inches of aperture at f/3 (3.46 corrected T/value) she is …
The ARP Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies
Any avid astrophotographer will tell you that at some point you have to ask yourself, “How many times can I shoot M42”? I derive a …