Michael A. Phillips' Astro Blog
Friday, September 18, 2026
Saturn with spokes, Rhea, Tethys, and Enceladus
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Monday, September 14, 2026
Getting into narrowband!
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All around great purchase getting a 3" coma, full frame mono and LRGB+SHO filters! Loving the heck out of my new equipment and nina w...
Saturday, August 22, 2026
Saturnian spokes!
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I had a bit of clear skies, they're hard to come by lately and tried out the QHY200M on Saturn. Little did I expect to see SPOKES in m...
Saturday, June 13, 2026
My "OMG I GOT A NEW CAMERA" catchup!
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Going from the old SBIG8300 to the IMX455 Zeus camera or really just getting a new camera forced me to rethink how long I sit on old stacks...
Saturday, February 14, 2026
Finally got average seeing, AND and Io transit, AND on a non work night!
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I have been under 1/5 and 2/5 seeing forecasts for so long I was excited to see 3/5 on the forecast, especially with clear skies AND on a Fr...
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
My winter galactic fun
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I always love the longer winter nights, they're cold and there's tons of my favorite DSO to observe. Galaxies to me are all so uni...
Sunday, January 25, 2026
NGC 3359-2026-01--19-20-21-L
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I need a new camera, my SBIG8300M is dying and causing issues staying connected all night and now that it's 14years old I'm looking...
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