Lost Pleiad Observatory

Comet C/2104 Q2 Lovejoy has been putting on quite a show for observers in the northern hemisphere for the last month, and as the moon begins...

Nearly New Years and I am finally writing another blog post!  Shortly after the eclipse which was the subject of my last post, Tucson hosted...

I have always enjoyed observing comets and have sketched several nice ones over the last decade.  More recently with my foray into the world...

Comet C/2011 L4 Pan-STARRS has been all the talk among the amateur astronomy crowd these last few months.  While mostly putting on a show fo...

Comets are engaging objects to observe, particularly as the come through the inner solar system nearer the Earth and Sun. They can be quite ...

This is the second of three posts that relate to my work at the University of Arizona's Mount Lemmon SkyCenter .  In an earlier post I m...

Most of you know that I work with the Mount Lemmon Skycenter at the University of Arizona, and this week we had a significant first!  A come...

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 I heard reports that Comet 168P/Hergenrother had made a sudden brightening, with some observers estimating the comet to be around ...

The wonderful thing about having a small home based observatory is that there is virtually no set-up or preparation involved in observing. ...

Click to enlarge Comet C/2009 P1 Garradd is back.  Not that it really went anywhere, of course, but I had stopped following this comet w...

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...

Price Ranch and Perseus intersection "Eat more chicken" This past Saturday night, the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Associatio...

As a follow up to the previous post on white light observing with the 4 inch f/11 achromat, I observed and sketched Comet C/2009 P1 Garradd ...

This past weekend I went down to Portal, AZ to do some new moon observing with my good friend Jerry.  If you have read my previous posts reg...

Cometary update! I had a chance to get out last night and take a look at this comet again (see the previous post).  It seems to be slightly ...

In November of this year,  the EPOXI mission spacecraft will make a close flyby of comet Hartley 2, also known as 103/P Hartley .  The EPOX...