October 31, 2006
No house burning, but . . .
As I've said before, "The Star Splitter" by Robert Frost is a favorite poem of mine and many amateur astronomers, not only because it captures the wonder of starry nights, but because it captures the obsession and the pressure...The Holy Grail - or at least The Horsehead
Well sort of. , , I'll be the first to admit, this view of the Horsehead is not overhwelming. But, it is there - honest - take a close look. Seeing the Horsehead has been one of my main goals,...Messier, mystery, and SWAN and Halloween
Updates: Double-trouble Mystery solved!?! Comet SWAN, toodling through Hercules on its way back out from the sun, presented a wonderful opportunity for education but then it got zapped by space aliens! Well, maybe not aliens, but help me out...October 27, 2006
Lessons learned from Orion's sword
One of the more enlightening moments I had last year was when a visitor to Driftway Observatory peered into the 15-inch and asked me if the three stars in a row she saw were Orion's Belt. It was a good...October 26, 2006
Two swans and a new "zoom" lens
Hey, the great attraction last night was Comet SWAN but I did capture the above image of the well-known constellation Cygnus the Swan with my new zoom lens as it (the heavenly swan) plunged into my trees to...October 18, 2006
Hooked on Video
My days as a dedicated visual-only observer are over - in the past week, with wonderfully clear skies, I've gotten more than 15 hours in using my new Color Hyper MallinCam with the 8-inch LX90 and 15-inch Obsession. Anyone want...Now THAT'S a pier!
My idea for a new observing pier was simple get a metal pipe and sink it in some concrete. Mark Gibson, of ClearVue Optics, however, had better ideas. He took my simplistic approach and fabricated a still simple,...
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