Michael A. Phillips' Astro Blog

Last week I was able to get a rare FOUR nights out with my telescope named  +Akule .  In the prime part of the night Mars and Saturn are ris...

I tried something new that I have not done before and that was to piggy back my 200mm lens with the Canon 60Da camera onto the 14".  I ...

Every year since 2008 I have assembled my own images in a mashup format.  Inspired by  +Mike Salway   ( http://www.mikesalway.com.au/ ) I ha...

My novice eyes notice some interesting clouds on the morning limb around the areas of Tempe and Tharsis.  Just south of the North Polar ...

I took a series of 20 shots of the moon with my DSLR the other night.  Normally I choose the best 'one' and process it.  I have...

Back in mid July of 2015 it was brought to the attention of several amateur astronomers like myself that there are bright spots on the cloud...

This is a very **UNFAIR** comparison of CCD to DSLR!  It's unfair because of the following. Differences Taken on different nights ...