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Category Archives: Amateur Astronomy
Three Hickson Galaxy Groups
Despite all the clouds, rain, thunderstorms, and tornados, I did observe three more Hickson compact galaxy groups over the past month. They have been entered onto the Galaxy Groups and Clusters page. Hickson 36 is pretty dim and I could … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
Dance of the Planets
Over the last several days the bright planets Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury have put on a lovely ballet low in the western sky a little after sunset. In spite of mostly cloudy weather, I managed to get a couple of shots of this … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
A Couple of Galaxy Trios and Public Outreach
Here are a couple of galaxy trios observed in the last three weeks or so. Trio 15 (NGC 2513, 2510, and 2511) was pretty easy with 2513 being a direct vision galaxy and the other two held steady with averted … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
Chiefland and Tellus
The last week in March, Melissa and I took a trip to visit our son and his wife in northern Florida. They have just moved to a new place and, as it turns out, it is about thirty-nine miles from … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy, Other Nature Studies
Spotting The Pup
The evening of 13 March was very clear so I thought I would go out and observe some more on the Astronomical League’s Galaxy Groups and Clusters list. While I was using Procyon to zero in the finder scope, I noted … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
Comet C/2011 L4 PanSTARRS
A few days ago, on the evening of 12 March 2013, I helped with a public event in Jackson, TN, to observe Comet C/2011 L4 PanSTARRS. We even had a reporter from the local TV station WBBJ (channel 7) in attendance. Two … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Galaxy Groups & Clusters
Whatever you do, don’t panic. I inadvertently left out Galaxy Trio #9 from my last post, so here it is. Some of the galaxies from Trio #10 are visible in the same wide field of view. Here also is Trio … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
Galaxy Groups & Clusters and the Zodical Light
Here are some GG&C observations I did a couple of weeks ago as well as a couple from over five years ago. The first is Astronomical League Trio #10, except that I could not see one member of the trio … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
How to Become a Better Observer
Charlie Warren, editor of Amateur Astronomy magazine, just sent me a split out of my article How to Become a Better Observer which appears in the newest issue (#77 – Winter 2013). In it, I talk about the various physical and … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
Waxing Gibbous Moon Caught Flirting with Jupiter AGAIN!
Why was this not on Entertainment Tonight? On the afternoon of 21 January 2013, I tried a couple of times to spot Jupiter naked eye in dayight a little ways east of the Moon but had no success. Even the … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
Swarms of Stars & Comet Dust
This blog entry has gotten delayed due to a very busy holiday schedule at work, but better late than never…. The skies were exceptionally clear Thursday before last (12/13/12) and the night was not as cold as it had been … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
Moon Flirts with Jupiter
As I was driving home from work Wednesday evening (28 November) heading east on Interstate 40, the full moon rose directly out of the trees ahead of me with Jupiter about 2 ½ moon diameters to its upper left. The moon … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
