Lost Pleiad Observatory

Last Thursday we witnessed a partial solar eclipse of the Sun- and for some reason this particular eclipse did not grab the attention of the...

I spent the better part of this weekend in Denver, Colorado and it seems that while I was gone Tucson went from the humidity of monsoon seas...

Spending this weekend at home, catching up on all the wonderful responsibilities and tasks that accompany being a husband, father and law ab...

When it comes to active regions (AR) on the Sun, this one is big...how big?  By my estimation, AR11944 is larger than Jupiter.  Click on t...

Today marks not only the New Year, but also the fourth anniversary of this blog...and most importantly my 18th wedding anniversary!  Life ha...

The weather the past few days has been frustrating here at my observatory...very clear skies day and night, with winds gusting on and off to...

Inspired by several time lapse videos that I have seen of astronomical events, ( including this one by Dean Ketelsen  made last week) I piec...

The previous post detailed an annual trip to photograph the Sun setting behind Kitt Peak National Observatory as seen from the Catalina Hig...

It has been a few weeks since I had a window of opportunity to image the Sun.  I have had a few visual moments the last few weeks but just e...