Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Another quickie of the Sun this morning!

 Another quickie of the two southern sunspot groups that I imaged when 5th and 6th graders from Veritas Christian School this morning at Patterson Observatory here in Sierra Vista. Great group of kids! Thanks for coming! (Click image for a larger view)



Thursday, September 15, 2022

The Lagoon Nebula

 It has been a while since I was able to do some astro-imaging due to the long monsoon season.

Here is my image of the Lagoon Nebula taken with a Meade 8" telescope and a Canon T3i camera with a UHC filter taken last week.

Be sure to click the image for a larger view!



The Copernicus Region of the Moon

The Copernicus region of the Moon has many interesting features. What unusual or unexpected features do you see? Image taken February 6, 202...