16% – It’s worth the trip!

August 12, 2026. If you’ve ever seen a total solar eclipse, today wasn’t it. But 16% is better than nothing. Beautiful weather for a quick jaunt to the Petersham town common with solar viewing glasses and my 8″ aperture telescope. Right up the street? Sure, it was still worth the trip.

Titan’s Transit

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.

A new location – a new comet

Moving isn’t any fun, but seeing a new comet is! Check out my 1st astrophoto from my new location.

Red Sky By Night?

Red sky by night may be a sailors delight…or maybe just a smokey sky.

Eclipse Video!

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…

More auroras

Geomagnetic alerts all over the place on May 10th, and with the NOAA website lit up like a Christmas tree…

May Auroras

Just a quick entry to show one aurora photo from the wee hours of May 11, 2024.

Eclipse! April 8, 2024

We lucked out for the April 8th total solar eclipse! Here’s a preview.

2023 Annular Eclipse

75% 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.

GPS Redux – The Light Pipe Update

Time 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!