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I had taken it upon myself to go out as often as possible for this apparition.  As long as it was clear, I was out imaging.  Most nights w...

Main site This was night 4 of 4 and the current longest consecutive stretch of nights in a row.  I set out to capture Io emerging from tran...

BE SURE TO CLICK EACH PHOTO FOR HIGH-RES views!!! Two nights of decent to above average seeing and a nice double transit weekend before la...

Nothing special

I'm still struggling on how to process the comet against a static, but separately processed stellar field.  Here's a cool effect, 2...

Seeing was good initially, poorer later, but I'm still sorting out the captures. And another from later, where you can see Europa a bi...

Don't forget to click the image for a larger view!  This is from night 3 of 4 and the seeing wasn't quite as good as the night befo...

We were relocating a lizard from our unfinished storage to the creek near the main road and found not only tadpoles, but also small fish (no...

Seeing might have been best on night 2/4 last weekend.  Too bad it's the boring side, but I really could stare at this shot and let it...

  Make sure you click image titles for a larger view.  They're fitted for the web.com main page rss feed!                  B...

You decide if I got elusive Miranda or not.  I found some Flea3 tips from Anthony Wesley that might help me net out a better set, includ...

Happy belated 4th. These are all from a neighbors display. a variety of exposures, from 15-30s on a tripod.

Best we've had in sometime! Even the kids are getting out of bed, Jake my 6YO helped with this one and found 3 of the moons, two of whic...

1st image from my 2nd of the early season.  I really wanted sleep, but more good seeing in the SE USA and some clear skies for a change got ...

SEB seems gone at start of season. First opposition with the Flea3

Rescaled 2x using the 2.5x PM and the new(ish) Flea3! Anyone know what that bright spot in the blue channel is near Arabia Terra? Earlier...

"Hey dad, guess what?" "Chicken Butt?" No Jacob's 6 years old today! Left to Right: Top: Birth, 5/14/2004 - 1YO 2...

4 years old today. Here is the mash up, birth to recent and all birthdays in between.