Lost Pleiad Observatory

Click to enlarge Now this is why amateur astronomers love Southern Arizona...dry climate, crystal clear skies, steady air...just last we...

I am working remotely from my home office today, which provided me an opportunity to grab a quick peek at the Sun while eating some lunch.  ...

The last two nights have brought some remarkable thunderstorm activity to the Lost Pleiad Observatory.  While I do not have a rain gauge, th...

Click to enlarge On Saturday night, I was fortunate to be able to make an observation of the supernova that has developed within the Pin...

Quite the day for solar observing today, with crystal clear skies and slightly lower humidity than we have had these last several weeks.  I ...

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...