Hello #Pluto! We’re at closest approach. Congrats to all! Follow our story & view new images using #PlutoFlyby. pic.twitter.com/8JVlJrcUkY — NASA New Horizons (@NASANewHorizons) July 14, 2015 What an amazing time for astronomy, science, and just basically our knowledge of the universe! Back to feeling small and insignificant in an unfathomably big universe! More at […]
It was a nice clear night with a bright full moon up in the sky, so I hauled out the telescope and camera attachments to try again with photographing the night sky. Â With my setup, it takes patience, that’s for sure. Â I also took advantage, this time, of using my Canon’s RIDICULOUSLY AWESOME feature of […]
Had another try at taking pictures of the moon, but this time via my telescope and an attachment for my camera. Â It’s getting better but I know that I probably should have focused it a bit better for the camera. Â Maybe tomorrow.
Last night, those of us in North America had the chance to witness a total lunar eclipse, which has an end result of our moon getting darkened by the Earth’s shadow and turning kinda red. It’s pretty awesome. So for those on the West Coast, the fireworks started around midnight, but I got set up […]
Really excited to witness tonight’s total lunar eclipse along with a sighting of Mars! Even using my camera’s limited capabilities to take pictures (coming soon!)