Lost Pleiad Observatory

I have two telescopes that I use at the Lost Pleiad Observatory: a 140mm apochromatic triplet refractor (my 40th birthday present to myself)...

I just returned from Portal, AZ where I spent two nights with very good friends observing under some of the darkest skies in the western U.S...

Yesterday saw the passing of an American icon, Neil Armstrong- While I am not old enough to remember his footsteps on the moon (apparently I...

Today was a strange day at work...too many people not getting along with each other; a colleague who had a death in the family; and our depa...

Tonight was the third clear night in a row here at the Lost Pleiad Observatory, and unfortunately, the last night of this extended Thanksgiv...

William Herschel Well, night number two of the official Herschel 400 observation program was more relaxed than the aggressive pace of ni...

Often when observing at night, I tend to follow a familiar pattern.  I will observe any planets that are in the sky, I make sketches of any ...

Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona We continue to be completely clouded out here in the Old Pueblo (Tucson), prohib...

I just returned home from a quick two night trip to Portal, Arizona where I had two excellent nights with my good friends Jerry Farrar and B...

The title says it all...dark skies, my lovely family, good friends and great telescopes.  Life my faithful readers, is good.  Despite my t...

Last night I returned home from Ian's little league game at 9:40, ate some dinner, and at 10:15 PM  took a look outside.  I noticed tha...

Without a doubt almost any observer will tell you that the Great Orion Nebula is the finest deep sky object in the northern hemisphere.  ...

Been awhile since the last post!  Mid-October through mid-Novermber was a busy month on the astronomy front for me- I attended the All Ari...