La Pine Observatory

Sorry I have had no updates here to post since late October, 2014. We have had more rain, snow, and cloud cover in the past month plus than...

Yes, I said, a VERY partial solar eclipse... for, you see, a 5,000 mile long storm is SLOWLY making its way through central Oregon here... ...

Got out to the observatory about 2:10 am, Wednesday, October 8 and the Moon had already begun to slide behind the earth's shadow. I us...

The weather wasn't the clearest (lots of smoke and unstable air) but was enjoying the late views of the moon before it went full a...

Though the skies have cleared the viewing is so poor that i didn't bother breaking out the cameras. I did test my video setup on the Moo...

I have always struggled with trying to image reddish nebula...never could get enough red to make it look natural. Of course there is a reas...

Ah, the wonders of hindsight! After nearly a year in my observatory it came time to make some more adjustments to the concrete pier that my...