Visible Suns
Astronomy, Light Pollution, the Universe and Us.
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
The Sun and the Moon in Motion and Jupiter too!
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This fall I have been on a sabbatical from my teaching and focusing on lots and lots of backyard astronomy. One of my early observing goal...
Saturday, July 13, 2024
April 8th's 'Smart' Total Solar Eclipse
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This post comes about three months later than it should but, as they say, better late than never. I had an amazing trip to Hamilton, Texas t...
Saturday, February 10, 2024
Disco Sunspots!
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Back in October I posted about using a disco ball to observe a solar eclipse . It turns out that you can also use a disco ball to safely ob...
Friday, November 10, 2023
Jupiter's Moons: Himalia, Elara and Pasiphae Too
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It's no secret that I like to use my Unistellar telescopes to track down obscure things and to create animations of them moving in the s...
Friday, October 20, 2023
Solar Eclipse!
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On October 14, 2023 along a line from Oregon through Texas there was an annular eclipse. The rest of the continental U.S. got to see a nice ...
Saturday, September 23, 2023
Here Comes the Sun
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The most viewed post on my blog from last year was Observing the Sun with an eVscope . Everything about that post is now completely out of d...
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Sunday, August 6, 2023
Saturn With Five Moons
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The Unistellar telescopes are not exactly known for being great telescopes for imaging planets. But that's okay, as they deliver much be...
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