Enthralled by OutOfMemory's Astro Photography, incredible results.
To anyone interested in learning Astronomy, you don't need a telescope to get started.
Most astronomy is simple observation and a paper star Map or one one your phone to help you navigate.
Up early today busy day ahead, was hoping to view the Perseids meteor shower, sadly it is cloudy here and it will be getting light soon.
I'll try again early tomorrow morning, look to the NNE preferably after midnight when the radiant position is higher in the sky. If you are in the southern hemisphere at the latitude of Darwin the radiant position is very low in the sky and in Sydney will be below the horizon.
Another run at $25k, will it break through today?
A good day to everyone, whatever you are up to.
I have Skyview Lite on my iphone. it is pretty incredible. Jupiter on the horizon at the moment, Mercury to the east.
I studied astronomy for 2 years but quickly found out there is hardly any (direct) work in that arena. Still it is fascinating and pretty much overrides all the BS I've been told from other sources; notably religion which I was mostly able to avoid since childhood.