Northeast US Blizzard of 2010

We've had a blizzard here in the NYC area and in the northeast US from Philadelphia to Boston. Here's some photos from outside our front door.

Total Lunar Eclipse of Dec 21 2010

Scroll down for the eclipse photos taken by my Canon XS on tripod. Slightly blurry, hard to focus as the eclipsed moon was (of course) dim. Click on each photo to enlarge Cropped close-up at http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?showtopic=6860 and at the Sky and Telescope photo gallery. Both show wonderful photos from other observers in Europe and the …

Young moon

Composite of three photos: 8-inch dobsonian via 2x barlow and Canon XS at prime focus with camera/telescope adapter. 1/40 sec exposure 1600 ISO. Click to see the full size image.

Jupiter

Jupiter and its moons. Eight-inch dobsonian with a Canon XS attached and a 2x Barlow. These photos are cropped to pick out just the part with Jupiter. Shorter, various exposure shots of Jupiter and its cloud bands <a <a href="https://bkellysky.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/img_2351.jpg">href="https://bkellysky.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/img_2350.jpg">

Heads UP! for December 2010

Sorry for being a few days late! But some of you saw the Moon and a very bright star early on Thursday morning – that bright star was Venus. The fainter star nearby was the star Spica and the next brightest star above them is the planet Saturn. Venus, Spica and Saturn will hang out …

Venus and Saturn

Here's a photo of Venus and Saturn in the morning of Nov. 29th. The electric wires point out the two planets. Venus is the brighter object on the lowest wire. The next brightest object, on one of the upper wires, is Saturn. Click on the photo to enlarge.