Perseid Meteor Shower 2021
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
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Dark Sky Designation Program Passes in Nevada
More good news… Nevada’s “Dark Sky Designation” bill SB52 was signed today! It will encourage recognition and preservation of Nevada’s world-class dark skies. This is… Read More »Dark Sky Designation Program Passes in Nevada
Top 16 New Night Photography Images of 2020
A lot of photographers post their Top10 or Best 9 images of the past year, and I’ve posted a few of my favorite 2020 images… Read More »Top 16 New Night Photography Images of 2020
Comet NEOWISE Photos July 2020
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
Stacking Starry Night Landscapes With Sequator
For quite some time astrophotographers have used a program called Deep Sky Stacker to align and combine multiple starry images and create a better result.… Read More »Stacking Starry Night Landscapes With Sequator
Light Pollution By Mono Lake On Track To Increase
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
Will Low Earth Orbit Satellites Take Over the Night Sky?
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?
Bodie 2021 Calendar Images Selected
The Bodie Foundation has announced the images for their 2021 calendar on their Facebook page. Selected for the September image is this night Milky Way… Read More »Bodie 2021 Calendar Images Selected
The Moon Occults Mars February 18 Before Dawn
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
Top 10 Travel Photos 2019
Some of my favorites on Flickr in 2019: 1. The Sunset That Wouldn’t End, 2. Oak and Granite, 3. Milky Way and Sunrise Light, 4.… Read More »Top 10 Travel Photos 2019