There are times when “Wow!” just isn’t enough of a word. Astronomers just released movies made by stitching together 14 years of Hubble Space Telescope images to reveal the beautiful and fascinating movements of stellar gas clouds surrounding newborn stars.
During my trip to the Moab and Canyonlands area, my hope was to capture the Milky Way over both Corona Arch and Mesa Arch while using the moonlight from a waning crescent moon to illuminate the canyon around False Kiva. Due to their locations and the fact that I didn’t know if the alignments would [...]
I read lots of blogs on an occasional basis, but only a few blogs every day. One of my “read it every day” blogs is “BadAstronomy” by Dr. Phil Plait.
About 5 years ago, I captured this image in the morning after a good snow storm. I was alone because no one else was stupid enough to drive all night through the storm to get there. You’ll notice the sun to the far right of the shot (early January).
Earth is about to collide with a stream of particles left behind by comet Swift-Tuttle. These particles, which range in size from sand grains to pebbles, will hit Earth’s upper atmosphere at speeds of 130,000 miles per hour, and vaporize 50 miles above our heads. As they burn up, they produce the slivers of light [...]
Clark Planetarium and Red Butte Garden will be doing a free joint member event about Astrophotography on Friday, September 9, 2011 at Red Butte Garden located at 300 Wakara Way in Salt Lake City from 8 to 10 p.m. Duke Johnson, Clark Planetarium Education Program Manager, will explore the equipment used to do basic [...]
I was wondering why I didn’t want to get in the pool yesterday…
August 1st each year marks a traditional ‘cross-quarter day’ known as the Day of Lammas. It is when the first loaves are baked from the first wheat harvest, and marks the beginning of the harvest season. I don’t grow wheat, but I have [...]
Several weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to attend the Astronomical League Convention in Bryce canyon. The weather was great for observing but I never got to look through a telescope. I wasn’t kept away by any horrible circumstances or conspiracy, but by my own desire to spend a night with what I hope will [...]
…on the outer edge of a spiral galaxy, home to a hundred billion stars…
…a star died.
This was no ordinary star. It was a monster of a star, at least 20 times more massive than our Sun.
Welcome to the first of a series of blogs about getting out under the starry sky. It is something that everyone can do—you just have to drive outside the city. My aim is to instill in you some of the same feelings that I have when I’m out enjoying the night sky.
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