The forecast early this week showed a couple of clear nights so I decided to try some astrophotography with just my camera, a zoom lens and my mount, and without a telescope. The moon was going to be more than half illuminated, but it would get to 10° above the horizon until around midnight or… Read More »
A few years back when my boys were in scouts we’d head up to Many Point Scout Camp with the troop. All the patrols would make their own food and the adult leaders were no exception. We had a lot of great recipes that we used and our meals could often best be referred to as… Read More »
While there are specially designed cameras for astrophotography, a lot of great images are captured with DSLR cameras. A couple of key features of DSLR cameras is the ability to put a t-adapter in place of a lens to attach it to a telescope, and the ability to do really long exposure photos. I bought… Read More »
One of my favorite Hubble photos is the Pillars of Creation, which shows three large columns of dust and gas which is in the process of creating new stars. These lie in the heart of M16, the Eagle Nebula, which is a fairly bright emission nebula in the constellation Serpens. Last Sunday night the skies were… Read More »