M13-Great Globular Cluster in Hercules on 9/12/10
I got 5 good frames of M13 in before my camera’s battery died (I actually had 2 bad frames, first of the night - they weren’t horrible, just a little bit of movement). It...
Jay “Jammer” Scott lays out the facts related to the recent and ongoing mayoral recall battle. Those—on either side—who may have struggled with the legal, temporal, and numerical details would be well served to read his excellent rundown. Here is...
M20-Trifid Nebula on 9/12/10
Here’s an hour’s worth of the Trifid Nebula. I need to figure out a way to do flat frames with this scope because I believe with a flat frame, this would look way better. I really had...
We were really excited to have the opportunity to work with Naomi and Phil as they anticipated the arrival of their son, Isaac. SURPRISE!!!!And a couple months later... little IsaacThanks so much, Naomi and Phil and Isaac, for letting me...
The Moon on 9/12/10
I’m outside tonight and it’s wonderful. It’s cool out and the skies are as clear as can be. Just a wonderful night for imaging. To test out my setup (including a new focal reducer) I took some...
Stephen Shirley, a columnist for the Murfreesboro Daily News-Journal says that the Democratic nominee in the Sixth Congressional District race is just about as good a candidate as anyone could hope for, but has one major flaw working against him:...
it is now sunday night. i feel like this weekend is worthy of at least a little post. other than the fact that it was an absolutely fabulous weekend, i'd have to say seeing this beautiful rainbow stretched...
I recently finished reading my first book for graduate school, called "Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach". It wasn't explicitly related to any Kingdom work, but it had lots of good ideas about how we teach adults and learn together. I...
We are sisters.
Two of us have traveled far from home to be storytellers this week, painting masterpieces with heart and soul-wrenched words punctuated in hope-drizzled tears. These two have been voice-givers to the silenced, love-bearers to ragamuffins, gospel-livers to the...
I’m a geek. I know this. And it is because of this that I want things like “virtual” graph paper. And I want it online. And in a browser. So, after impatiently shrugging off the...
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