Michael A. Phillips' Astro Blog

What a Joyful 2012 and best wishes for an awesome 2013! Click image for large view,  Click HERE for a 2560 x 1600 masterpiece desktop w...

One of my tops of this season. Sadly the collimation was off, I think there's some slack in the optical train after the filter wheel th...

In honor of the upcoming "The Hobbit" movies, I am re-watching the "Lord of the Rings" DVDs.  I almost called my telesco...

The montage image: The animation: And the live replay: Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=t79i...

I managed to find the comet in it's early phases on October 12, 2012 around 0430UTC.  It shows a good amount of tail in this 30s x 34 = ...

So I figured out a nice way to script the animation!  I touched this  set of 14 rgb captures VERY minimally during the day today.  From ...

Bad, NOISE and lack of darks killed this images.  A few good things... OAG works flawlessly with some PHD tweaks **AND** stars are clear dow...