Telescopic Triumphs: Unveiling the Cosmos Through Your Telescope’s Lens!
Navigating the Cosmic Seas with Telescopes and Equatorial Mounts … Continue readingTelescopic Triumphs: Unveiling the Cosmos Through Your Telescope’s Lens!
DSLR Delights: Capturing Cosmic Spectacles with Your Digital Sidekick!
Elevate Your Astrophotography Game with a DSLR Camera and Telephoto Lens Greetings, fellow time travellers and aspiring Potamuses! In this celestial guide, we’re embarking on a journey to uncover the mesmerizing world of DSLR astrophotography. Armed with your trusty DSLR camera and a telephoto lens, you’re about to unveil the universe’s hidden wonders in stunning detail. Get ready to capture the cosmos like a seasoned pro and leave stargazers everywhere in awe of your magnificent creations. Unveiling the Power of
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Astrophotography Unleashed: Capturing Stars Without the Paparazzi!
From Smartphone Snaps to Hubble-Worthy Shots – Mastering Astrophotography for Fun and Cosmic Fame … Continue readingAstrophotography Unleashed: Capturing Stars Without the Paparazzi!
Parallax Arc Seconds
British astronomer Herbert Hall Turner combined the words “parallax” and “second” in 1913 and created the term “parsec.” But what is it and how distant is something 1 parsec away? … Continue readingParallax Arc Seconds
Conjunctions and Parsecs
Conjunction Junction, what’s your function?Hookin’ up words and phrases and clauses. Bob Dorough (Schoolhouse Rock) Conjunctions in grammar are small words that connect phrases or clauses, just like the lyrics of Conjunction Junction say, above. So sentences like “I like apples but I don’t like apple pie” can make sense because of the word “but.” In astronomy, conjunctions are when two objects in the sky are visually close to each other. There is no hard and fast rule of how
Once in a Lifetime
The International Space Station, Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), and the Big Dipper all appeared in the northern sky at the same time for about 90 seconds … Continue readingOnce in a Lifetime
The Milky Way
Almost everything you can see with your naked eye, including you, lives in the Milky Way galaxy … Continue readingThe Milky Way
2017 Eclipse, Part 2
Speaking of time machines, it’s been quite a while since I’ve posted anything. Almost two years, in fact. Time to correct that. Since I mentioned I wasn’t really planning on taking photographs of the 2017 Great North American Eclipse, it was happenstance that I managed to capture some really good snaps through the camera that I did set up. It was placed on a tripod with a tracking mount, set to follow the sun, and take automatic exposures every 5
The Great Eclipse of 2017
August 21, 2017 has come and gone, and WOW what and entrance (and exit) it made! The Great Eclipse of 2017, viewed by people in 14 states, from an airplane, and on boats at sea, this Eclipse Across America was likely the largest viewed, photographed, and media covered single national event that wasn’t man-made. Of course, I had to get in on the action. We raveled to Hopkinsville, KY where two minutes and forty seconds of totality awaited us at
Super Moon 2014
What is a Super Moon? Coined in 1979 in an astrology magazine, the “Super Moon” is simply the full moon (or new moon) that occurs within 90% or closer of its closest possible approach to the Earth during a given orbit. It’s also a lot easier to say than its astronomical term, perigee-syzygy Moon. Today at 2pm Eastren, the full moon will reach perigee just a hair under 220,000 miles from the Earth. It will appear as much as 14%