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Comet Lovejoy: 2.5 Hours of Time-lapse Video, 640mm Focal Length

The video I threw together after shooting last night includes hours captured at 640 mm effective focal length. I can't…

10 years ago

Comet Lovejoy Last Night

Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy has reached its maximum brightness. This is a photo of it last night, as seen under…

10 years ago

Comet Lovejoy, above and to the right of Orion

If you're familiar with the constellation Orion, shown in this picture, Comet Lovejoy (the blue-green fuzzy dot with faint white…

10 years ago

See Comet Lovejoy in January

This was taken last night, and viewing conditions will remain strong for at least a couple of weeks more: http://www.activesole.blogspot.com/2015/01/photograph-comet-c2014-q2-lovejoy.html…

10 years ago

See Comet Lovejoy Tonight

Here's a quick test image from last night. You can just see the comet's tail to the left, but the…

10 years ago

Geminid Meteor Shower Time-Lapse

I was too busy to travel for the Geminid meteor shower in 2014, so I shot from the front yard…

10 years ago

Bright Green Geminid Meteor Over Topaz Lake

The Geminids are the year's most active meteor shower, but they're not known for producing a lot of fireball meteors.…

10 years ago

Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Today and Tomorrow

The annual Geminid meteor shower is one of the strongest of the year. Here much of the American West is…

10 years ago

Behind-the-Scenes at NASA's Kennedy Space Center

NASA's new Orion spacecraft represents a major step towards manned missions to Mars. For the EFT-1 Exploration Flight Test of…

10 years ago

NASA Orion EFT-1 Launch

NASA Kennedy Space Center Launch: Orion EFT-1 from Jeff Sullivan on Vimeo. The NASA Orion EFT-1 launch as seen from…

10 years ago

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