Has it been that long?

Wow, nearly a month has pasted since my last post. It hasn't been totally uneventful, either - there was a storm that dumped rain in near epic proportions during MLK weekend, plus the usual (and unusual) goings on of a MAD scientist.

First, there has been the training of Eddie the Izzard, the half-grown bearded lizard ( Read more... )

Solar System Images..

I've been a bit slack in posting new shiny. I *do* have a nice selection though, and here are some images of our cosmic neighbors.

Here's a neat little snowball - Comet Garadd, imaged back on Oct 1, 2011


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Imaging by 7-Zark-7..

After weeks of crappy to poor seeing, clouds and just plain bad luck, I *finally* got some superior images on par with the best imagers. The new camera - Flea II is very small, yet packs a considerable imaging punch. It took several attempts to master the not-all-that-intuitive software, but the results are impressive ( Read more... )

Yeah, it is yet *another* image of Mars...


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So, what happened to the children of Mark Anthony and Cleopatra VII ( Read more... )

The Iceni Tribe of Britain

The Iceni were one of the strongest tribes of Celtic Britain. They were not conquered by the Romans during the invasion of 43 BC, but at first allied with the Empire. But they would soon revolt against the invaders, first in 47 AD and later in 61 AD, led by the warrior queen Boudica. Under her leadership, a massive ( Read more... )

I couldn't sleep last night. Either clowns would eat me, or being consumed by the EVIL photons from Mars!

I found myself still staring at the walls at 3:30 AM, with the prospect of getting up and ready for work at 0530. So I finished processing the Mars run I made earlier that evening and the results were ...stunning.

The Clouds of Elysium


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Doctor style..

It was friggen COLD last night (again), but the winds finally died down and the jet stream's turbulent airflow had finally shifted elsewhere. This is what a GOOD image of Mars should look like - not the crap I've been posting the past month.

The Red Planet during a moment of decent conditions..


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Not much in the way of SHINY these days, however I did get a chance to image Mars in Shemp's C14 setup. The atmosphere wasn't too jumpy that morning, so there is a fair amount of detail seen in the images.

Mars - Morning of November 7, 2009


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Well, a bunch of cirrus. mid-level clouds and even a clingy Ice fog killed most of my SHINY imaging attempts - let alone observing the elusive Quadrantid meteor show. Of course, none of this was even remotely forecast by the weather gurus..

But the atmosphere was very steady at times, allowing for great imaging of Mars.

A Cloud-strewn 'Red Planet ( Read more... )