Flintstone Stargazing

September 20, 2012

M13 – Great Globular Cluster in Hercules on 9/20/12

This is the other Messier Object I imaged this evening.

M27 – Dumbbell Nebula Widefield on 9/20/12

Filed under: astronomy, Astrophotography, Messier Objects, Observation Journal — Tags: — Ed @ 11:11 pm

This is one of the widefield Messier Objects I imaged tonight.

The Moon on 9/20/12

Filed under: astronomy, Astrophotography, Moon, Observation Journal — Ed @ 9:01 pm

I haven’t been blogging much – I’ve been busy and the weather hasn’t cooperated. Tonight is quite nice, however and I’m imaging a couple things – this is the Moon. :)

August 21, 2012

M20-The Trifid Nebula on 8/20/12

Filed under: Observation Journal — Ed @ 7:49 am

It was a nice night last night – I had a chance to share Saturn, Mars and M13 with some neighbors and afterward took this image of M20, the Trifid Nebula.

August 12, 2012

Perseid Meteor through Cygnus

Filed under: Observation Journal — Ed @ 8:57 am

Last night at Cloudland Canyon, the Barnard Astronomical Society had a star party/meteor watch. I took 3 of my boys and we watched the meteor shower. Overall, we saw 20 or 30 meteors total – not a lot – but it was neat anyway. The shot above is the only one of a meteor that I got. It’s in the upper left corner.

June 5, 2012

Venus Transit

At this point, Venus is completely in front of the Sun.

Venus Transit Teardrop

At a certain point, because of the atmosphere of Venus, there’s a kind of teardrop shape as it completely enters the Sun – this is at that moment.

The Transit of Venus has begun

This image is from the start of the Transit. More images soon.

April 19, 2012

Mars on 4/19/12

Filed under: astronomy, Astrophotography, Mars, Observation Journal, Planets — Ed @ 10:34 pm

Mars is shrinking quickly in the telescope, but I was still able to make out some detail and the camera was able to capture it. It’s about half the size it was a month ago.

March 25, 2012

Mars on 3/25/12

Filed under: astronomy, Astrophotography, Mars, Observation Journal, Planets — Ed @ 10:45 pm

I’m not willing to stay up until past 2 to try to image the recent Mars “anomaly”. (Which is probably just a high altitude storm) I did take this quick shot this evening, though.

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