Lost Pleiad Observatory

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 ...

Recently I acquired a longer focal length achromat, an Astro-telescopes 102mm f/11 refractor.  It is a fairly inexpensive telescope given th...

The predicted high temperature for today at the Lost Pleiad Observatory is 108 Degrees F, and we are well on our way with temperatures hover...

Work has been all too stressful these last couple weeks, and with the monsoon weather pattern retaining its death grip on Tucson I am really...

In preparing to lead a program tonight at the Mount Lemmon SkyCenter , my colleague Adam Block shared this video with me.  It is an animate...

While Ian and I were traveling through Colorado this summer, we saw an incredible number of wildflowers- many more than on our previous trip...

 I've been thinking about the blog a bit lately, but have not really had a chance to post.  Currently I am in the midst of a 2.5 week c...