Amateur Astronomy Blog | Jeremy Perez
Photograph of Winter Milky Way over Sunset Crater with sketches of deep sky objects in the area. Move mouse over sketch above to see where each deep sky object resides. Click image for larger version. Click here for larger version without call-out…
Orion, Canis Major, and the Winter Milky Way soar over Sunset Crater Click for larger image FEB 13, 2010 – 01:00 AM MST Canon EOS 300D + Kit Lens @ 21 mm • ISO 800 • f/4.5 Composite: 11 x 30 sec.…
Orion and Canis Major setting over Sunset Crater Click for larger image JAN 15, 2010 – 03:00 AM MST Canon EOS 300D + Kit Lens @ 21 mm • ISO 200 • f/4.5 Composite: 5 x 30 sec. aligned and stacked for…
Just 2 days after a great pass on Saturday night, the ISS made another flyover at an even higher altitude (86 degrees). Interestingly, this made it easier to track, since the dob required very little rotating as I followed it up and…
The ISS made a brilliant pass over Flagstaff last night, culminating at 81 degrees. The kids came outside with their friends to watch while I contorted around the Dobsonian shooting photos with the Canon 300D. As before, pivoting around Dobson’s Hole and…
Columbia Scientific Balloon Assembly 20090611
C/2007 N3 (Lulin) 20090220
Observing at Sunset Crater National Monument
Conjunction: Moon, Venus and Jupiter
Eighteen-inch Astrograph Dome at Lowell Observatory