Lost Pleiad Observatory

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

January 30th, 2011 I have received a few emails and messages from folks over the past year asking about how I make my sketches of the sun...

Invitation to 1st Birthday! Busy day today, but nothing compared to 12 years ago...on January 29th 1999, Ian finally arrived!  I say fina...

This morning's observation of the sun was quite a treat.  Not only are there two attractive Active Regions (AR) near the center of the S...

Being off work today I had a chance to get out mid day and observe and sketch the Sun.  While not extremely active, there are several intere...

It seems that over the past week time has slowed to a crawl, here in Tucson.  Finally this morning, I was able to enjoy my coffee and observ...

Sweet Home Arizona - NYTimes.com I try not to get political on my blog, but the events this past week have certainly been painful for every...