Michael A. Phillips' Astro Blog

My 9th annual best photos of planets and solar system bodies for the year of 2016! 2016 gave me 37 nights of imaging for the year.   Being...

I love astronomy that's no secret and one of the reasons why is that there is constantly something new to discover or a first to be had....

Since Mars only makes a good appearance every other year, I tend to get a bit crazy when it comes around.  This season was pretty cloudy and...

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 ...