Lost Pleiad Observatory

I have the kind of job where I frequently look around and have to remind myself I am getting paid to do this work.  Serving as Director of t...

This week I traveled to McCall, Idaho to spend time visiting with the faculty and staff of the McCall Outdoor Science School (MOSS).  MOSS ...

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...