Star Gazing in the Adirondack High Peaks
A rare shadow-casting transit of Titan almost eluded this neophyte astronomer.
A transit happens when one object passes in front of another, and in this case it’s a dance between Titan and Saturn, with Titan’s orbit and inclination just right to cast a large shadow on Saturn’s cloud tops.
Read More Titan’s TransitMoving isn’t any fun, but seeing a new comet is! Check out my 1st astrophoto from my new location.
Read More A new location – a new cometRed sky by night may be a sailors delight…or maybe just a smokey sky.
Read More Red Sky By Night?As exciting as the eclipse on April 8, 2024 was, it’s been a long road sorting through the thousands of images that I collected on that day. And I mean thousands. One of my goals was to collect enough images to end up with a better time-lapse movie than the one I made of the 2017 eclipse. So here it is…
Read More Eclipse Video!Geomagnetic alerts all over the place on May 10th, and with the NOAA website lit up like a Christmas tree…
Read More More aurorasJust a quick entry to show one aurora photo from the wee hours of May 11, 2024.
Read More May AurorasWe lucked out for the April 8th total solar eclipse! Here’s a preview.
Read More Eclipse! April 8, 202475% probability of clouds – it wasn’t looking good for this annular eclipse on October 14th. But a family outing and dubious camera lens saved the day.
Read More 2023 Annular EclipseTime for another equipment update. The GPS receiver flipped out again and I had to reset it. Seems like a good time to add a light pipe!
Read More GPS Redux – The Light Pipe UpdateA screen shot form George’s computer, showing the path of the asteroid occultation.
Read More An asteroid and meeting new friends
The Neophyte Astronomer 