Lost Pleiad Observatory

As we say, a bad night in Portal is better than a good night most other places.  I just returned from 3 nights camping with friends in Porta...

I think I need to make a T-shirt that says "I am not an astrophotographer" mostly to poke fun at myself.  I have no desire to devo...

A shout out to Lady Galadriel for the reference in my post title.  Tuesday night I was up at the Mount Lemmon SkyCenter (where I am the Dire...

Several years ago my friend Dean Ketelsen carefully scouted the Catalina Highway to identify a location from which he could take a picture o...

Yesterday, observers in North America were treated to a rare celestial alignment as the waning crescent moon passed in front of Venus.  At a...

This past weekend I spent in Portal, AZ for what was again a spectacular 4 nights of observing with great friends.  The skies are wickedly...

By now, there have been many images of the Total Lunar Eclipse this past Sunday circulating around the internet.  I was leading a public ecl...