Author Archives: Michael Foegelle

Unprocessed and not deBayered, but here was totality!  Watch for updates in the coming week or two!

It’s still not looking great for Monday, but we’re so borderline it’s painful.  The Clear Sky Chart is showing a tiny gap right around the start of the eclipse and clouding back up after totality.  However, this morning vs. last … Continue reading →

After weeks of prep and quite a few days/evenings of cleaning, the observatory is cleaner than it’s been in years and I have both piers set up for solar observing and photography.  Test runs of photos with my QHY247C on … Continue reading →

I’m not normally outspoken about my faith, especially online, but when people ask, I’ll tell them that I can’t look at the wonders and majesty of this universe and the elegance of the physics that we’ve discovered and believe that … Continue reading →

Well, over the weekend, weather.com started showing the long term forecast for April 8th, and unfortunately it’s not looking good.  That said, given that they haven’t been able to accurately predict our weather here eight hours ahead of time, I’m … Continue reading →

Historic predictions from the National Weather Service, as well as my own recollection and records of April weather give us a 50/50 chance of having clear skies here in Central Texas and the rest of the state.  As we’re sitting … Continue reading →

Never look at the sun without eye protection! The next great total solar eclipse is now less than a year away, with a path from Mexico, up through Texas and much of the Eastern United States, leaving through northern New … Continue reading →

My all sky camera had been out of operation for a year or more due to a flakey USB interface.  I’m not sure how much of that was related to my observatory PC as other USB devices give me problems … Continue reading →

Well, after about two years of being shut down and occupied with the construction of our new house, I’ve finally started taking some time to get back into astrophotography.  On Black Friday we started looking at solar scopes and H-Alpha … Continue reading →

Ok, after lots of research and experimentation, I’ve completed my Arduino Nano based GPS for replacing the NexStar GPS modules.  I’m going to give a detailed walk through of everything here so that it’s well documented, although it may take … Continue reading →