On May 9th Mercury made a transit across the Sun, meaning it passed between the Sun and the Earth. This only happens about 13 times a century, with the next transit on November 11th, 2019. Typically this takes several hours and we were fortunate to have clear skies for the first few hours. Mercury is… Read More »
All this spring Jupiter has been high in the night sky, appearing just below the constellation Leo. With it being the largest of the planets in our solar system, it’s a lot of fun to observe through a telescope. It’s great to see the cloud bands and especially the Great Red Spot which is a giant… Read More »
The sky ended up very clear tonight and the temps were still in the mid-30’s so I made my first attempt at taking a widefield photo of the Andromeda galaxy. I set up my homemade barndoor tracker on my deck and tried to align the hinge line with Polaris, but my neighbor’s trees were blocking… Read More »