Being held on September 10-12 for it’s 20th year, CSP-20 is planned to be the best ever!
We will be back under dark skies in Ashford, Connecticut with special guests, Carolyn Shoemaker, and David Levy.
Registration is now open to secure a place to meet and greet these famous astronomers, and hear their presentations.
For more information go to the Astronomical Society of [...]
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Posted in Space, astrophotography on May 17th, 2010
I managed to get out on Friday night and take a shot at imaging the ISS again as it flew close (within 100 miles) to my town of Marlborough, Connecticut. Right on time it appeared in the Northwest as a dim reddish star. Getting brighter by the second the ISS brightened to a magnitude of [...]
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Posted in astrophotography, solar on May 11th, 2010
While going out to my car this afternoon to get some lunch I noticed a great looking, complete solar halo right at noon time. For a bonus, I also noticed a Circumhorizon arc just below it.
At first not knowing the proper name of the arc below the sun I did some quick research online and [...]
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Posted in Science, Space, astrophotography on Apr 26th, 2010
Good timing, great weather, and luck permitted me not only to see STS-131 land at Kennedy Space Center, but to see an Air Force “Top Secret” rocket launch on April 22nd.
A unmanned reusable spaceplane was launched into orbit aboard an 196 foot tall Atlas 5 rocket at 7:52pm under perfect launch conditions.
Built by Boeing Phantom [...]
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Posted in Space, astrophotography on Apr 21st, 2010
Here some pictures that I took of STS-131 landing at Kennedy Space Center yesterday.
It was taken from Space Park in Titusville, Florida. Space Park is directly across from the runway where the shuttle lands.
This shot was the best one out of about 30 images that I captured as the shuttle landed. Taken from seven miles away [...]
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Posted in Space, astrophotography on Apr 20th, 2010
Hello All!
I am writing this quick posting from Titusville, Fl. A little detour today from vacation plans put me within seven miles of STS-131 landing this morning at 9:08am. This images are still in the camera and I plan on getting them up ASAP. If not tonight, tomorrow for sure! It was quite a site [...]
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Posted in Space, astrophotography on Apr 5th, 2010
Tonight was my last attempt to get a shot of Venus and Mercury together.
I had tried for several nights but the weather did not cooperate with me. It looked pretty good tonight so I thought I would give it one last chance.
As in previous nights it was cloudy at my observing location. Tonight was no [...]
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Posted in Science, astrophotography on Mar 20th, 2010
The ISS had another orbit over Connecticut last night (3-19-10). This time passing from Northwest to Southeast just before 8:00pm. The weather did not cooperate like it did the last time. This time we had some high level clouds in the area which hampered the clarity of the image. It was still great to watch it fly [...]
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Posted in Moon, astrophotography on Mar 17th, 2010
It was 58 degrees outside on March 17th. Perfectly clear skies. No reason not to go out and enjoy a nice evening of some simple but elegant astronomy. A 4% Waxing Cresent Moon was setting in the west just after sunset. A perfect time for some moon pictures! Check out what I got in my [...]
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Posted in Astronomy, astrophotography on Mar 9th, 2010
Tonight was a rare clear and comfortable March evening when I decided to go out and capture the planet Venus, the Roman Goddess of love and beauty setting in the western sky. I chose as a foreground, the Riverview Cemetery in East Hampton, Connecticut. Perched on a hill overlooking Lake Pocotopaug. Venus, the second brightest object in the [...]
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