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I had the opportunity to tour the John F. Kennedy Space Center outside Orlando, Florida last Sunday.  I took the “Ultimate Experience” tour that included the “Lunch with an Astronaut” (John Blaha who flew five shuttle missions and spent four months on Mir) and … Continue reading →

I just posted some of my latest images of widefield galaxy shots.  There are also a few posted several weeks ago.  I’m kind of working backwards and have quite a few images where I’m still not satisfied with the processing.  Look … Continue reading →

Wow, this blog post never got posted.  Bit late now, but you might want to check out the full lunar eclipse from last December!

Saturday night turned out pretty good, so I managed to get a few more pictures.  I captured the Christmas Tree Cluster and the surrounding Cone Nebula just in time for Christmas!  With the moon moving towards full, this was the … Continue reading →

The last couple of weekends have been pretty productive and I’m making some progress on the list of images I have to stack and process.  I’ve finally posted the new Andromeda Galaxy from the end of October, as well as … Continue reading →

A bit late with this post, but I had a pretty good weekend a week ago and managed to get four new objects (Pleiades, Sculptor Galaxy, Butterfly Nebula, and Heart Nebula), two on Friday and two on Saturday, switching objects … Continue reading →

After literally MONTHS of clouds, rain, and infavorable moon phases, we finally had some beautiful clear skies in Central Texas. I took that opportunity to test out my new and improved camera cooler by taking some shots of the Bubble Nebula (NGC … Continue reading →

I’m happy to announce that we’ve just added the neighboring 10 acres to Orion Ranch, nearly doubling the size. Now I have to decide if the current location for the observatory is really where I want to keep it! Michael

Well, it’s the weekend with a favorable moon phase and of course the clouds have rolled in! Not totally socked in, but not clear enough for good AP.

Well, I’ve added a new browser bar to the gallery (thanks to Uli (hukoeth)) for fixing some of the last issues with the module(s). I’ve enhanced the link module quite a bit too. Michael