Michael A. Phillips' Astro Blog
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...
Thursday, December 25, 2025
M109 in my home built 14" with SBIG8300m
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I really am ready for a full frame upgrade, but have been trying to hone my DSO skills with NINA and my OAG, which makes finding a guide sta...
Sunday, December 21, 2025
3rd Interstellar comet - 3I/Atlas
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I stayed up really late to get this as I am not ready to set alarms for MPC/Comet/Deep sky... no reason other than I get to stay up late! ...
Thursday, December 11, 2025
Arp 285 (an interacting pair), and Arp 1
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I've been using AI to gather the infoblocks in my images and found quite a lot of inconsistencies with these, but the contrast in morph...
Monday, December 8, 2025
More galatic fun! A 3 for...
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