Michael A. Phillips' Astro Blog

I got burned by lying, hiding clouds a week ago and a week before that was poor seeing.  So it has been 3 weeks since my last good night o...

My dad, brother and his girlfriend all came to the DCWC for some skeet before heading to the beach the next day. Hey, better late than neve...

All my Venus photos in RGB or B&W (no UV or IR yet)

When I 1st saw this I was thinking wow, what a huge comet, I don't remember hearing about this. I grabbed my binoculars from inside an...

It would have been nice to have the seeing hold as Jupiter dropped in altitude towards the time of the Wesley Impact Spot, but it did not. T...

Does it seem like Jupiter season is in full swing yet? :) Thanks to Anthony for discovering the impact strike, which I will faithfully cal...