Axiom-1 Mission to ISS
Today at 11:17 am Eastern, SpaceX is scheduled to launch the Axiom-1 Mission to the International Space Station! It’s the first fully private flight to ISS, and a step towards the goal Axiom has of putting up its own space…
Sma's Sky
Bringing a Small Portion of the Sky to Your Screen.
Sma's Sky
Bringing a Small Portion of the Sky to Your Screen.
Remote Focus Motor Project – Part 2 – Continuing Progress
Find out how I handled the mechanics of attaching a stepper motor to my Celestron Nexstar 4SE for the Remote Focus Motor Project!
Remote Focus Motor Project (RFMP) – Part 1 – Great Progress!
As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Links will be marked as an Amazon Affiliate link. After you’re done reading this, here is Part 2 It’s been a while since I’ve posted about the remote focus project. It’s…
Upcoming Solar Eclipse – April 2024
On October 14, 2023, an annular solar eclipse crossed Central, North, and South America. I was in Central Florida for this, and managed to capture about an hour of the eclipse (watch the replay here)! During an annular total eclipse,…
Remote Focuser Project
I had been thinking for a while “It would be nice if there was an electronic remote focuser option for the Nexstar 4SE.” Then recently I saw a post by Astronomy Live on Twitter where he uses an Arduino to…
Crew-5 returns from Space!
On Saturday, March 11, 2023, the 4 member crew blazed a trail of plasma through Earth’s upper atmosphere, safely tucked inside Crew Dragon Endurance. NASA Astronauts, Mission Specialists Nicole Mann, and Pilot Josh Cassada, along with JAXA Astronaut Koichi Wakata…
A Very Large and Timely Gift for Science!
The long awaited launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is finally here! Jointly developed by NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency, JWST is scheduled to launch on board one of the reliable Ariane 5…
Jupiter and Saturn
This past Monday, the 25th, I took some videos of Jupiter (left) and Saturn (right). As I understand it, taking videos works better for planetary imaging as opposed to doing long exposure as you would for DSOs. I haven’t really…
Two moon photos from this week
Check out these two photos of the moon from this week!
A New way of Bringing the Sky to you!
I was finally able to purchase a computerized telescope. Due to things going on in the world the last year or so it’s been tough to find certain products. Most of the vendors I kept checking said they had extended…