The Moon and the Ringed Giant

So tonight (June 18th) the moon and saturn will appear to pass extremely close to one another. Right atfter 10 PM tonight (local times assuming day light savings) the moon will be nearly full and to the upper left will be the ringed giant Saturn. I think I will try and stay up late tonight […]

Triumphant Return

Sorry for the delay in posts. I was experiencing some technical issues however I do have some new pictures to post and to brag about a bit. Again these are taken with my Celestron Nexstar 6SE using the NexImage Monochrome Burst camera. Monday night Jupiter was at opposition. Which is when the gas giant is […]

King of the Planets and the NexStar 6SE

The above picture was taken Sunday night (May 12) using my Celestron NexStar 6SE telescope and the NexImage Monochrome Burst camera. I wanted to share a few things on this for anyone that is looking to get into backyard astronomy or armature astronomy or astrophotography. I really love my NexStar 6SE. I bought it direct […]