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Last night I managed to get some decent shots of the M16, the Eagle nebula. I hadn’t posted last year’s effort yet because it really wasn’t up to snuff, but this one turned out pretty good despite numerous problems imaging. … Continue reading →

Well, the skies actually cleared (more or less) last night and I managed to get some halfways decent images. Guiding wasn’t perfect and I didn’t get very many good exposures, but I managed to make something of it. The Pelican … Continue reading →

Here’s hoping everyone had a Happy 4th of July Holiday (for those of us in the States). I had some family visiting and after shooting off a bunch of fireworks, the skies cleared just enough after all the storms that … Continue reading →

I’ve completed uploading the observatory construction progress to date, as well as adding some pictures of my redesigned camera cooler box that will allow me to take decent astrophotos during the summer months.  Here’s hoping the weather will be suitable … Continue reading →

The first two months of work on the observatory have been posted, showing the progress through the first of November last year. I’ll add more descriptions, etc. some other time.  You can see them here. Michael

Well, unless you skipped the front page coming here (doubtful) you’ll see I now have the latest blog post and the about page linked into the front page. Of course this post is more to test the feature than to … Continue reading →

Welcome to Orion Ranch Observatory’s new web log.  I’ve just recently moved my hosting from the HORRIBLE hosting at Go Daddy over to the quite excellent service at Host Monster.  As usual, I should have done some homework prior to … Continue reading →