Geminid Meteor Shower 2023
The Geminids are the most active meteor shower of the year, and in recent years it has been in creasing in strength. So December 2023… Read More »Geminid Meteor Shower 2023
The Geminids are the most active meteor shower of the year, and in recent years it has been in creasing in strength. So December 2023… Read More »Geminid Meteor Shower 2023
The summer of 2021 will be remembered for drought, fires, and smoke, and definitely not for great night sky viewing. In the days ahead of… Read More »Perseid Meteor Shower 2021
Comet NEOWISE was discovered on March 27, 2020. By early July it was visible to the naked eye to the Northeast in the pre-dawn sky… Read More »Comet NEOWISE Photos July 2020
Light pollution is increasingly confirmed as negatively affecting human health, the health of various animal, insect and plant species, and the science of astronomy. It… Read More »Light Pollution By Mono Lake On Track To Increase
In March 2020 I was out a couple of nights doing my normal thing shooting night photography and time-lapse sequences. On these two nights I… Read More »Will Low Earth Orbit Satellites Take Over the Night Sky?
I’ve been reading reports that the moon will approach and cover Mars for about an hour and a half early tomorrow morning. EarthSky quotes the… Read More »The Moon Occults Mars February 18 Before Dawn
Many photographers are taking up night photography, but with increasing population and development comes more light pollution. Truly dark nights, and dark places, are becoming… Read More »Dark Night Skies: Endangered Resource?
My first four Bodie dates are approved for 2018: two with over 3X the shooting time as prior years: 3 days, 3 nights in the Mono… Read More »Bodie Night Photography Workshops with Eastern Sierra 2018
The Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks this morning, Sunday, May 6. A detail in the Starweek+ app caught my eye: “It’s usually the best shower… Read More »Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower Peaks This Morning, May 6
On the evening of March 28, Uranus will be very close to Venus, appearing to be less than 1/10th moon width apart (which makes my… Read More »Astrophotography Opportunites March 28 – April 2, 2018