At Holst’s ‘The Planets’ with Jessie at the Tucson Symphony. Obviously wearing my Mars MoonWatch and Mars Nike Air Max 90s 😂

Getting to grips with ASI Air polar alignment plate solving; and a mono camera.

And Saturn brings the set up to five!

Off to Austin for another elusive Omega moon watch… The Sun joins Mars, Jupiter and Pluto in the collection. Really want a Mercury/Moon and Neptune!

Absolutely worth a 1TB SD card, a new Schmidt Cassegrain telescope and a fifteen hour drive each way to Texas! #Eclipse2024

Some breaks in the cloud…

New EdgeHD for the eclipse joins the RASA and little C6! Off on my road trip to meet Neill from Go Stargazing in Texas.

XTool M1 laser/blade cutter arrived. Cutting some disks of Ilford dark room paper under red lights. Any idea what I’m up to?!

Oooof. At least this one didn’t need blowing up to move I guess.

It’s snowing. In April. In the Sonoran desert. Near the Mexican border.

Two good ones tonight!

Sad to hear about about astrophotographer and YouTuber Alyn Wallace’s death, and at such a young age. I was just watching one of his videos the other day and looking to see how I could get a copy of his book in the US.

Look who came to visit!

Picked up a 95mm diameter (eek!) ND100000 filter for the Sigma 600mm lens for the solar eclipse. Whilst the Canon 6D/ZWO 6200 runs automated with CaptureEclipse connected to my Mac, I can double up with the APS-C camera and lens at an effective 960mm focal length for redundancy.

Casino Del Sol Jessie

An A-Mountain/Sentinel Peak 2500ft hike and steak night

Humming bird on the balcony

St. Patrick’s day pickleball

9 years ago today, operating the largest telescope in the world and aligning a spectrograph slit for a spectrum of a supernova.

Sous viding a topside (or eye round if you’re American) for dinner. Another great success for the meat jacuzzi..: