Messier 92
Clouds, rain, and excessive humidity. That's life in East Texas, especially during the spring and early summer. Soon enough it will probably be hot, dry, and dusty. But for now,…
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Messier 13
It's been raining a lot lately, but one night I was able to take advantage of a short window of clear sky before the humidity got too high. Here are…
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Antares Nebula
Amid the continuing spring storms, the sky cleared up for a few hours one Saturday night/Sunday morning. I went to the Dominey Observatory to visit a friend and do some…
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First Success
I purchased a Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro mount a few years ago, but it has mostly sat unused for reasons that I won’t go into here. Its performance on the few…
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