-I love this picture. Many people wonder when shown an image of our own Milky Way galaxy, how someone can take the picture in the first place?! How did they get outside of the galaxy? I think this picture shows exactly what’s going on when someone takes an image of our galaxy: they’re not taking […]
2014-03-15 / 22:35 Local Time (Columbus, Ohio) Astro-Tech 6″ AT6RC Canon T3 @ 1/800s, 200iso Single frame, no stacking… minimal processing – a little brightness/contrast (in Photoshop) but that’s it. I tried to get the most ‘pure’ picture as possible. There’s no cropping whatsoever… That is the complete, full frame I took… I used BackyardEOS to do […]
I finally decided to build a rover. It turned out to be one of the best projects I’ve ever pursued. It’s been so much fun! I’m seriously amazed at how much I’ve learned about applied mechanics, electronics, and just the design process in general. The most rewarding part so far though has to be actually […]
Well, since we’re going on four or so months of one of the worst winters I can remember, I’ve had to take on other small projects to keep my mind stimulated while I wait for human-tolerable weather conditions so I can start observing again! I made an intercom system from the house to the observatory […]
Remember your first kiss? Your heart was pounding, your palms were sweaty, your mind was racing… How exciting?! Oh man, what a rush. After thinking about it, every time you kiss someone new the feeling was probably very similar. I think the excitement lies in uncertainty. You don’t know what’s going to happen! Are you […]
It has been a while since I’ve updated the site so I thought I’d quickly spell out what has been happening over the last few weeks… (months?) WEATHER! Weather has been happening! This winter has been a complete inverse of last winter. I think we had maybe one or two days of snow last year? […]
This is what you look like from space… Seriously. This is actual video of Earth from a spacecraft (MESSENGER) heading towards Mercury… Look how little we are. Doesn’t the Earth look so fragile and alone? I think it’s kinda creepy… almost sad.
One of my favorite memories as a child is laying down under the Christmas tree at night while the rest of the house is dark and still, looking up through the brightly lit branches and gazing at the brilliant reflections from the ornaments. I would imagine tiny inhabitants of this tree city. This tree world. […]
Saw someone post this link to reddit and just had to share… too cool!
11:46:00 12/22/13 Today, I’m doing a little spring cleaning. But wait, it’s December 22 you say? And you haven’t even been able to go out to the observatory in weeks because of weather? Sub-zero temperatures, overcast skies, downpours, snowstorms… and now you’re telling me you’re doing some ‘Spring Cleaning’ three days before Christmas?! One day […]