Hey diddle diddle, the moon jumped over the bull. |
Once again, Bob Johnson at Blackholes and Astrostuff clued me in to a way cool celestial event. Tonight the moon was due for a conjunction and even an occultation with/of the Pleiades. Woot! Thank ...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:34:00 GMT |
Help me pick two of these photos for a contest, please! |
I joined an Amateur Photography Contest on Facebook. You can check out their past winners ON BLOGGER. Each week there is a new theme. This week's theme is "arches." Scoring is based on the qualit...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:24:00 GMT |
Zoom Bump |
Fortunately I read enough reviews on the Canon TC-DC58B 1.5x converter lens (think zoom lens) not to get my hopes up too high. I knew it would be little more than a "bump" for my camera's 12x zoom ca...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:24:00 GMT |
Horses, Cows, and the 2009 Lunar Perigee |
Above: The horses aren't ours but they hang out on our place. They are Jumper and Stetson and I hardly know them. They're very skittish but they stick somewhat close to the cows. They came runni...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:16:00 GMT |
Oasis Conjunction |
Happy New Year!I was at the Oasis Outback this evening buying Wes some broadhead blade replacements. There's only four more days left in the season for him to shoot a buck, wish him luck! Oasis' par...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:58:00 GMT |
Morning Fog |
Click images to enlarge.I was up all night and probably would have gone to bed around dawn but I saw that it was foggy. I wanted to try and take advantage of the dawn light through the fog. 200 phot...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:01:00 GMT |
New Year’s Eve |
At 11:30 or so last night I went to where my husband's band was playing so I could give him a kiss at midnight. Thus began my New Year.After ringing in the New Year with kisses and many hugs, I ...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:59:00 GMT |
Planetary Gathering |
According to Bob, tonight was the night to see Venus (high and bright!), Neptune, The Moon, Jupiter, and Mercury all together in the sky at the same time. I saw them all! I saw Mercury only briefly ...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:58:00 GMT |
Lunar Perigee |
Images enlarge with a click. And some are even worth the trouble.Thanks yet again to Blackholes and Astrostuff because while I'd have probably popped out tonight to peek at the full moon and have bee...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Dec 2008 07:15:00 GMT |
Moon, Venus, Jupiter Conjunction--Next showing, 2052 |
Before I get to the conjunction, I just want to mention that I've been out of town since last Wednesday. I had a fantastic visit with family and am only just now catching up with email. I stopped re...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:29:00 GMT |
