At the end of December, I attempted to capture the International Space Station as it crossed the face the sun (aka a transit). Well, I failed. However, it was still a valuable experience in all the researching and testing I performed. Here are some the resources I used: http://www.calsky.com (they Read more
The fall of 2018 will not be remember for good astronomy by people in the Mid-Atlantic states. Hurricanes Florence and Michael made a mess of things in September and October for North Carolina and the surrounding areas. ECVAR was very poorly attended and all attendees except for myself and fellow Read more
On July 2, 2018 the star Deneb Algedi (a.k.a Delta Capricornus) was occulted by the moon. From a location in Cary, NC, this event could be viewed as a Grazing On July 2, 2018 the star Deneb Algedi (a.k.a Delta Capricornus) was occulted by the moon. From a location in Read more
After a long summer of lots of solar observing as well as some forced downtime of my larger scope the CPC1100 due to me shorting out one of the circuit boards, poor weather and hectic work schedule, I was finally able to get some video astronomy in at my clubs Read more
Like millions of Americans, I traveled to the Path of Totality to view the view the Great American Solar Eclipse on August 21st, 2017. It was an awesome event that I shared with my youngest son and two other Raleigh Astronomy Club members are their respective families as well as Read more
It was another enjoyable successful SRSP this spring. I got to see some old friends and make some new ones. I arrived later than I wanted on Wednesday, the first night of the Spring SRSP after waiting for some last minute equipment to arrive in the mail. This star party Read more
On the evening of Feb 5th, 2017 (after the Super Bowl), I met up with other members of the Raleigh Astronomy to try to capture a really cool phenomenon, a Grazing Lunar Occultation – where the limb of the moon barely obscures a star in the back ground. While the Read more
I attended another great star party in October, this month it was the 2016 Fall Staunton River Star Party. I believe this year’s fall event was the largest to date with over 160 registered attendees! I attended all 6 nights of the event. While we experienced quite a bit of Read more
This was my first ECVAR and it definitely did not disappoint! ECVAR is not your standard star party. Yes, it’s about observing, but it’s about observing with a video camera and not with eyepieces. The view thru the telescope is fed to a computer or monitor for all to see. Read more
I have recently begun to do more solar observing as well as outreach activities during the day. Additionally next year the United State will be treated to a full solar eclipse such that the path of totality will only be a several hour drive from where I live. These factors Read more