Dunsink SolarFest Restrospective
While checking the memory card on my camera, I found a photos I took out in Dunsink on June 20th (2009) that I’d forgotten about. SolarFest,…
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Apollo 11 Reminiscences
July 20th, 1969, 8:30pm: As an 8-year old, I was packed off to bed. My folks knew I was very interested in the upcoming Moon Landing,…
Read the article →Celebrating Apollo 11’s 40th Anniversary
40 years on from the Apollo 11 Moon Landing in 1969, we’re still no closer to returning to the moon than we were when Apollo 17…
Read the article →Getting Back Into Astrophotography
I built a roll-off roof observatory about 10 years ago to house a Vixen VC200L 8″ reflector to cut down on the setup time for the…
Read the article →Welcome to My Personal Astronomy Blog
Thanks for stopping by! I’ve been running the Night Sky Observer site since 1997 but this sub-blog is intended primarily to document my progress in getting…
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