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On the morning of the equinox, as I was fruitlessly attempting to capture an image of Mars near the waning crescent moon, I did manage to create a small mystery for myself with the digiscoped image of that crescent moon: This is Day 25 of the lunar cycle, which means there are only 4 days [...] [...] 
Having a five-week old in the house guarantees that if you need to be awake at night to do something, say, take pictures of the full moon, you’ve got a pretty good chance. Of being awake, that is. Staying awake long enough to put the baby to sleep, get downstairs and outside with your camera [...] [...] 
A rare celestial event occurred early this morning, so I thought I’d try my hand at capturing some images. I spent about an hour making sure my telescope mount was as close to polar aligned as I could make it. I balanced the heavy scope on the tube and aligned the spotting scope, the one [...] [...] The moon goes by many different names. Here are the moon names for August according to MoonPhase, one of my favorite lunar apps for my iPod (and iPad, but I’m consulting the iPod version because Someone Who Shall Remain Nameless drained the battery last night and didn’t plug it in so it’s recharging from the [...] [...] It’s been said so often, and not just by those who dabble in astronomy, but perhaps especially often among those who do: patience is a virtue. After waiting up two hours past my normal bedtime for the summer moon to come out from behind the clouds, she finally did: Last night’s insurance photo, all warm [...] [...] This morning at 2 a.m. it was still over 80 degrees outside, and, it being 2 a.m. and all, I found it hard to focus. Not just mentally. Literally. See the picture below if you doubt me. What we have here is a fuzzy shot of the Summer Moon, taken on a warm and sleepless [...] [...] Friday night/Saturday morning, I decided to put my 2 a.m. wakeup call* to good use and get a shot of the moon at close to full. Backyard astronomy at its best! The house is nice and cool these days, thanks to the a/c man and my suddenly light bank account, and the contrast between the [...] [...] Here at long last is last month’s shot of the near full moon. Time, weather, and energy permitting, I’m still committed to posting at least one shot of each month’s full moon in 2010. Depending on your browser, you can either click on the image, or mouse over the area to the right of the [...] [...] Jet lag from a recent trip to India combined with a cloudy night to make the blurry shot below the best one I could get of the full moon closest to the March equinox. Oh, well. Here, for the record, is the full moon from March 30, 2010, at 2:52 a.m.: now, to compare it [...] [...] No, I’m not taking up drinking under the full moon (although that sounds like a nice idea!). I’ve got a new backyard astronomy project. Fresh off my foolhardy attempt to capture every day’s stage of the Winter moon (and having missed only two!), I’ve decided that now I’ll shoot for all the full moons of [...] [...] |
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