No Comet Seen Tonight

February 10, 2023 Timothy Price42 Comments

The comet was supposed to be close to Mars tonight. Using three different cameras, various exposures, and binoculars, I did not see a comet near Mars.

The above image was from the live sky on SkySafariWeb. The image below is from Celestron’s website. I’m in MST, which was 7:00 PM when the above photos were taken.

The night sky with whispy clouds from a couple of nights ago.

We got a dusting of snow on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.

Clouds over the Sandias before sunset on Wednesday afternoon.

Sunset on Wednesday evening.

Birds & Stars

January 30, 2023 Timothy Price55 Comments

Tommy

An attempt to photograph the Green Comet. It was near Polaris last night.

Lonely

Moon and Mars

Jack

Jupiter and moons

Nutty

Eastern sky. Mars to the left of the moon in the moon’s glow.

A second Jack

A Bright Idea

December 18, 2022 Timothy Price35 Comments

I’m starting my Christmas vacation tomorrow. I had a bright idea to take a vacation from blogging as well.

Clouds Of Dune

December 16, 2022 Timothy Price44 Comments

Twas before sunset
Clouds hung like inverted dunes
Disturbed by the wind

An ActionKu

December 12, 2022 Timothy Price35 Comments

Sights on Jupiter
Incoming! Duck the blow! Duck!
Close call. A near miss

Ripples & Folds

December 3, 2022 Timothy Price34 Comments

Jupiter tows Moon across the sky
Rippling the fabric of space and time
Jupiter lost in a fold

Mars hangs above Resa’s tree
Kiss Flying-V points to two
The Pleiades questions tenebrous
Capella looks at ten
Uranus sits dimly on one

Cottonball Dawn

November 27, 2022 Timothy Price58 Comments

Sandhill Cranes

Sandhill cranes in a flying-V

Mystery bird

The Pleiades is at the middle left. Mars is in between the light streak and Resa’s tree on the lower left. Jupiter is at the top right.

Marble & Flowers

October 25, 2022 Timothy Price48 Comments

The northern sky at 5:30 in the morning, 26ºF (-3.33ºF) outside. Polaris is on the left and the Big Dipper is on the right.

Flying V

October 13, 2022 Timothy Price44 Comments

The Kiss Constellation

Balloons Balloons Balloons

October 7, 2022 Timothy Price61 Comments

Proto-dawn sky with clouds and stars Sirius is in line with Orian’s Belt.

Pre-dawn the clouds had gathered, and I surprised a skunk. I thought he might have got me a little, but when I asked our office manager if I smelled like a skunk, she said no. Although, another staff member came in a bit skunked after her dog got sprayed.