Astrometric Measurement of WDS 03117
I am pleased to present this paper that I co-authored with two teachers and submitted to JDSO this year as part of the Boyce Astro program. Hilde van den Bergh1, Chris Olivas2, Jerry Hilburn3 Mentor, BEWiSE, Fleet Science Center, San Diego, California, USA. Ch...
Astrometric Measurements of WDS 20210+1028
I am excited to report the submission of a double star research paper to the Journal of Double Star Observations. I co-authored the paper with a team of College professors in the local San Diego area. This research project was part of an Astronomy Research Se...
New Telescope at Catfish Observatory
There are few places in America where you can go and not have Internet or Cell phone coverage. Today I will embark on a journey to such a place. Texas. Actually, not all of it, just McDonald Observatory near Fort Davis. And of course I will driving across the...
Lagoon and Trifid Wide Field
I shot this on July 4th 2016 with a Canon 6D and a 135mm EF Redline piggy backed to a AVX mount. 3 shots stacked, each 2 minutes long at 800 ISD. First pretty picture I have taken with the new camera. Click Link for Full Size...
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Orion Nebula
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Horsehead Nebula
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Milky Way
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Comet Panstarrs
C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) is a non-periodic comet discovered in June 2011...
Moon Eclipse 2007
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Messier 55
Messier 55 (also known as M55 or NGC 6809 or “The Summer Rose St...