Thursday, February 22, 2018

Update: Super Blue Blood Moon photos and such

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 I submitted this photo to the local TV station and was pleased that they made it the top image on their Facebook page the next day! T...
Friday, February 16, 2018

A Test That Turns Into A 2 Hour Imaging Session!

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I headed out to the obs with only the thought of breaking out my old Canon XS camera body that I had modded a few years back but was never...
Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Another try at Barnard's Loop in Orion WITH a guide camera!

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Another clear evening (that's two in a row!) Out to the obs for some more tests with a new guide camera my wife got me for Christmas, a...
Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Barnard's Loop in Orion

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Clear skies in La Pine, and you know what that means: astrophotography! The region around the constellation Orion was my focus last night. ...
Monday, January 29, 2018

More Preparation for Wednesday's Total Lunar Eclipse

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I needed clear skies to take two more test images of the full Moon in preparation for Wednesday, January 31, 2018 total eclipse of the Moo...

Preparing for the Blue-Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse...

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This Wednesday's full moon is unusual: First, it is the SECOND full moon in the month of January, 2018. As such it is commonly referr...
Saturday, January 13, 2018

Surprised by mostly clear skies... A Comet and a Nebula

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The Flame Nebula (aka NGC 2024 & Sh2-277) located just to the left of the left hand star (Alnitak) in Orion's Belt. Mead...