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Check Out Mars As It Makes Its Close Approach
Note: I originally posted this article on www.kopernikastro.org on 2/20/2012 Coming up: check out the view of Mars, the reddish-orange object, just below the constellation Leo. Mars will be making its...
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My Planning for the 2012 Messier Marathon
Planning is underway for the 2012 KAS Messier Marathon. This is a great opportunity to view all the objects catalogued by Charles Messier 1771 – 1773 that took him 24 years to observe. Messier...
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2012 Venus Transit – What Great Luck!
NOTE: this is a cross posted article I wrote for kopernikastro.org. Of the worst ways to start an astronomical visual observing blog entry is with, “It was a cold and rainy evening.” I was the primary...
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2013 KAS Trip To NEAF
On April 20th – 21st, The Northeast Astronomy Forum and Telescope Show will be held. There is a lot of buzz going around related to the event. So far, about 10 KAS members have committed to going....
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First Time In A Long Time
This winter has been fairly tough on the amateur astronomers of upstate-NY. It has been cold, and I mean the “near dangerous to be observing” kind of cold. With that in mind, not much of my gear has...
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Stellafane 2014 Report
What a great weekend at Stellafane 2014. Just four weeks before, I attended a fantastic Cherry Springs Star Party, and was fortunate enough to get 3 solid nights of observing put in. The forecast...
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2015 Harvest Moon Lunar Eclipse Shot
OK a week later, I’m done licking my wounds, BUT I TRIED! So I was on my way home from family vacation, and I was all ready to go. I had my camera, I had my cool lenses, I had my tripod, and I couldn’t...
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Trip To Cherry Springs State Park’s Dark Skies
Ok lots of good stuff to share after an awesome night at Cherry Springs State Park in PA on 10/11/2015. Fantastic! A gathering of hardcore astronomers. Great clear skies. The temps went down to 40F …...
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Fun With Jupiter – Learning To Fly!
Spent some time with my Jupiter data from last night. Scope: Explore Scientific 127mm APO Camera: ZWO ASI224MC Mount: Losmandy G-11 Accessory: Televue 2x Powermate Let me know if you want my camera...
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Firing Astronomy Back Up!
Firing Things Back Up Again! With the recent zoo spinning up over at Twitter, I began to find myself longing for the Internet as it was in the early days of Twitter. I made so many lifelong friends...
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