Asteroid TB145 Movie
Friday night I started calibration and testing of the imaging system at 8PM. By 10pm I was ready to start taking data on the Halloween Asteroid. When I first moved the scope into position and started shooting I tried a series of 60 second shots, then 30 second...
2015 TB145 – Big Rock Screams Past Earth Friday Night
I love a spectacle, or more precisely the high energy motion of a fast moving rock. Join me Friday night at TDS as we attempt to shoot asteroid TB145  as it screams past earth beginning at 10pm. The asteroid will appear just below the moon near Orion moving...
Robotic Observatory Operational at TDS
We have been working hard to bring a robotic telescope to fully operational status for the last 5 months. This project originally started as a collaboration with at NASA Ames which we started 9 years ago, but 4 years ago a lighting strike took out the equipme...
Now Playing – The Stars – The Moon – And 9 Planets!
Astrophotos
Orion Nebula
The Orion Nebula is a diffuse nebula situated south of Orion’s Belt...
Horsehead Nebula
The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33 in emission nebula IC 4...
Milky Way
The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our Solar System. Its name â...
Comet Panstarrs
C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) is a non-periodic comet discovered in June 2011...
Moon Eclipse 2007
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes directly behind the Earth...
Messier 55
Messier 55 (also known as M55 or NGC 6809 or “The Summer Rose St...