Lost Pleiad Observatory

Click to enlarge With some time on my hands today, I opened up my observatory at high noon to take a look at the Sun and see what was up...

If you have not yet seen this video, grab yourself a cold drink (a soda...what were you thinking?) and settle in for an amazing 25 minute to...

I first started this blog nearly two years ago, partly inspired by the blog of fellow amateur astronomer Dean Ketelsen and his wife Melind...

With all the excitement regarding the close pass of Asteroid 4179 Toutatis  (see the previous post), I neglected to share that the night bef...

Tonight was a first for the Lost Pleiad Observatory staff (that's me...sole proprietor, operator, custodian and resident trouble maker)....

Tonight I thought I would try something a little easier and I took some pictures of the three Messier open clusters in the constellation of ...

So far this November and December has been unseasonably warm here in Tucson.  It is a bit disconcerting, actually, as the days are still com...