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Author Archives: Bob Vickers
Eagle Viewing Trip to Reelfoot Lake, TN
Last Friday, I drove to Reelfoot Lake State Park in the northwest corner of Tennessee. It was an 80 mile drive from home and took about an hour and forty-five minutes. The lake was frozen all around the edges and … Continue reading
Posted in Other Nature Studies
Sunrise, Sunset
On my way to work yesterday morning I saw this nice Sun pillar about 5 minutes before sunrise. It reached a good 20-25 degrees above the horizon. Sun pillars are caused by sunlight reflecting off ice crystals in the atmosphere … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
Catch-Up Post #2
The following Galaxy Groups and Clusters observations are from late summer through early fall 2014. The first, Additional Group #41 (aka the NGC 6211 Group), is from September. This group showed four galaxies in an 11′ long chain, more or … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
Catch-Up Post #1
Autumn into early winter is the busiest time of the year for me, so I have fallen behind on my posting. However, I have done some more observing of Galaxy Groups and Clusters during this time. This will be the … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
New Book Page and Articles
I have added a new book page with a link to my Kindle book, available on Amazon. You can get to it either by clicking on My Book in the header or clicking on the image of the book cover at the … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
Return To Pennyrile
Two years ago this spring Melissa and I took a long weekend getaway to Pennyrile State Park in Kentucky. (See my post on 13 May 2012.) This is where the West Kentucky Amateur Astronomers (of which I am the current … Continue reading
Posted in Other Nature Studies
Long Overdue GG&C Post
Here are a couple of Galaxy Trios and a couple of Hicksons observed over the past month or so. The first is Galaxy Trio 21 or the NGC 3128 Trio in Hydra. These three very elongated galaxies form a nearly … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
February Hicksons
Believe it or not, there were a few clear nights in February. Although very cold (think polar vortex!), the transparency was excellent and I managed to view a few more Hickson Compact Galaxy Groups. Many of the individual galaxies in … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
My New Book
For anyone who is interested, I have written a short book which is now available on Amazon. It has been a long time coming (several years) but I have finally declared it to be finished. It is basically a memoir … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy, Other Nature Studies
More Abells, Hicksons, and Trios of Galaxies
As with most Abells it seems, Abell 2589 (GG&C #46) offered only a fraction of the total number in the cluster that were bright enough for me to see at all. I saw two out of the fifteen plotted galaxies, … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
Himalia
The skies last Saturday night turned out to be much better than I thought they would. Daytime clouds dissipated and the evening stars appeared. After checking on the new supernova (SN2014J) in M82, which was quite easy to see, I … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
Venus in Daylight
Back on 26 February 2012, I used the Moon to find the planet Venus in daylight and posted a pic and description. During the last couple of weeks Venus has been about as bright as it ever gets and with … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
