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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…

4 years ago

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.…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower Peaks This Morning, May 6

The Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks this morning, Sunday, May 6. A detail in the Starweek+ app caught my eye:…

7 years ago

Breakdown of a Lunar Eclipse Shoot

The planning started weeks in advance, looking at the timing of the eclipse, the direction of the moon, and at…

7 years ago

Jupiter Mars Conjunction January 6-7, 2018

The planets in our solar system orbit the sun in a plane, the "ecliptic plane".  Seen from the side within…

7 years ago

Geminid Meteor Shower 2017

The Geminid meteor shower is generally acknowledged to be the most active meteor shower of the year with rates of…

7 years ago

Watch the Moon Rise at Sunset Tonight, October 4, 2017

See and photograph the nearly-full moon rising at sunset tonight. Then tomorrow before dawn, Venus and Mars will be within…

7 years ago

Photograph the Moon Rise at Sunset

As I write this, the moon will rise shortly before sunset tonight October 4, 2017, providing a perfect opportunity to…

7 years ago

Bodie’s 193 earthquakes over 1.5 Magnitude This Week

The shaking in Bodie continues! When I search the USGS site for earthquakes 1.5 and over, it shows 193 in…

8 years ago

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