The air was cool and relatively dry with little or no wind. Seeing was fairly good. Started with Saturn with 25mm then switched to 18mm ortho with 2x barlow. Titan and two smaller moons Dione and Rhea… more →
The View Through The Eyepiecewrote 1 month ago: Today’s birthday is Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Von Struve. That’s quite an impressive name … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Leo-Skymap Latest Constellation Naked-Eye Discovery. Leo, easier to find late evening, Easter Sunday … more →
wrote 4 months ago: How do you get a panda to sit still? With lots of honey. This is what I learned while visitin … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Previously on the Hugo Project…WHITE MALE BRILLIANCE. I’ve decided I’m just crazy enough to tr … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Why are all the wonderful teachers leaving! At the end of astro session yesterday, Mr Lommen suddenl … more →
wrote 8 months ago: With the school year beginning, and having recently returned to my teaching duties and all that goes … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Did two of these on this dude’s chest. … more →
wrote 8 months ago: The four brightest stars of Cassiopeia are all brighter than the third magnitude. Alpha Cassiopeia, … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Albireo is arguably the most beautiful double star; the standard to which all other double stars are … more →
wrote 1 year ago: The Double Star Teabag Fold or Kaleidoscope Origami is quick and easy to make, but really pretty. I … more →
wrote 1 year ago: (Mayberrie’ series) . Usually in the hills she found her peace but now the crows were clamorin … more →
wrote 1 year ago: What is it that separates fiction from speculative fiction? It would appear that the setting is very … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Double Star (1956) by Robert Heinlein is a parable on civics set in the near future. A reworking of … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Well I titled this ‘part 1′ because I have realized this is going to be just as daunting … more →
wrote 1 year ago: This is a DSC-60 Project observation - for project details go here. Splitting Tools for Mintaka: Yi … more →
wrote 1 year ago: This is a DSC-60 Project observation - for project details go here. from Double Star Club list [ ] … more →
wrote 1 year ago: The years listed are the years the books were first published, not the years these editions came out … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Observed on Thursday, August 18, approximately 11:00 CDT This is the third and final post about my f … more →
wrote 1 year ago: This is a DSC-60 Project observation - for project details go here. Stats from the Double Star Club … more →