A Private Astronomical Observatory in Central Florida
This is a sweet little rig. Over the past few weeks I have been working on this astrophotography rig, with the end goal of using it as a grab and go setup. There is a possibility of a trip out west (Colorado, Utah, Arizona) coming up, so I needed a rig that was capable of Read More …
The latest image from Kissimmee Park Observatory is this shot of the massive globular cluster, Messier 3 (M3 or NGC 5272), which is located in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici, just across the border from Bootes, and about 10 degrees above the bright orange beacon Arcturus. Many amateur astronomers consider it one of the finest northern globular clusters, Read More …
This exciting development was discovered when I was reading the article in Sky & Telescope about the impact of a piece of space debris on the Moon during the Lunar Eclipse. When I examined my raw image data I saw the unmistakable flash point of the meteoroid impact on the surface of the moon. It Read More …
We had a very successful imaging run for the Total Lunar Eclipse on the night of 2/20-21. The weather was iffy with a cold front passing through Central Florida the afternoon of the 20th. We had rain and some pretty heavy wind in the wee hours the night before. There were even some clouds floating Read More …
This is a wide field image of Messier 108: The Surfboard Galaxy, and Messier 97: The Owl Nebula, both to the lower right of the bright star Merak in the constellation of Ursa Major. Messier 108 (also known as NGC 3556) is a barred spiral galaxy, and Messier 97 (also known as NGC 3587) is an 8,000 year old Read More …