Lost Pleiad Observatory

I really do have a great job-  I always tell folks that somehow I married a great hobby with a lot of administrative experience at the Unive...

For amateur astronomers, spring may be galaxy observing season, yet summer provides the opportunity to observe most of the globular clusters...

Tonight I thought I would try something a little easier and I took some pictures of the three Messier open clusters in the constellation of ...

Happy Fathers Day to all my friends, family and faithful readers who happen to be dads.  We are a fortunate bunch-  In my case, being a Dad ...

A week has passed since the Transit of Venus, or I as have affectionately begun to refer to it, the TofV.  While I purchased a new Canon T2i...

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 ...

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...

I tend to get a little stir crazy during the summer monsoon as far as astronomy goes- I am spoiled living in the desert southwest with many ...

It has been awhile since I last posted any of my night time observations.  Despite the lack of blogging about the night sky, the Lost Pleiad...