North America and Pelican Nebulae
Another break in the weather! My son and I went out to the Dominey Observatory in mid-June to visit and do some imaging. This night's target was a twofer: the…
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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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Small Problems
The weather was mostly cloudy and rainy for three weeks after my first series of imaging sessions with the Dwarf 3. However, I did manage to get in a short…
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Reprocessed Images
Astrophotography, in my experience, is one of those things where the quality of the results is often proportional to the expense. And by "expense," I mean in both time and…
Read MoreComet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS C/2023 A3, Part II
October 13 - 15, 2024 Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS C/2023 A3 finally made its way around to the other side of the sun and put on a spectacular show. Many people have…
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Aurora Borealis
October 10, 2024 The Aurora Borealis made a rare appearance in East Texas tonight! I went out to the Sam Houston State University Observatory to see the spectacle and visit…
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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS C/2023 A3
We have been blessed with some clear skies lately, just in time for comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS C/2023 A3 as it completed its trip around the Sun on its way back out…
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