Looks like seeing was good last night. Nice capture! It will be cool to see what OIII is out there. Jason

I went out there to watch the Perseid meteor shower, between Salvo and Avon, and I can attest to the darkness of the location. The Milky Way was unmistakable and the light pollution domes for those tw

Just saw this! Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge will be open all night on Friday for the Perseid meteor shower. Guests have to arrive prior to 10 pm with no admittance beyond that time. They are

Very nice! I like the colors. Was the camera piggybacked on your mount or do you have a star tracker of some kind? Jason

Thanks! Indeed it was cool enough for a long sleeve shirt and even better, no bugs!

Hi everyone, Here are a couple of images from my astrophotography adventure to Shenandoah National Park earlier this month. Man, I love the mountains! http://jasontackett-astrophotography.blogspot.com

Here's the view of the Iridium flare from York County. Surely not as spectacular as what you guys saw! http://jasontackett-astrophotography.blogspot.com/2016/07/iridium-flare-2016-jul-29.html Jason

Ah! I see now. It looks like the peak magnitude under the ground track is magnitude -8 whereas it will only reach magnitude -1 from the peninsula near the Grundland Astronomy Park. That's quite a diff

Thanks for the heads-up, George. I notice on the Heavens-Above website that there is a map showing the flare center over the Earth's surface. Do you need to be along that path to see the flare or is i

Wow! -10C must be nice. My camera would easily reach 38C or more in these ambient temperatures. Last summer I started to capture the Ring Nebula in similar temperatures using an H-alpha filter on my D

Man, are you using liquid nitrogen to cool your camera? I think mine would melt in this heat! That's a really interesting PN. The bipolar structure makes it look a little like a football. It would be

Wow! I really like the spiral arms on NGC 5905. That's a nice two-for-one FOV! Jason

Cool. I'll give it a shot!

Looks good! Anyone know if M71 is a good binocular object? Might be a fun challenge. Jason

Thanks Ian! That is an excellent idea, George. I will put something together. Jason

Indeed, the planets have put on a great show this year. Glad you got to take in the sights during a rare somewhat cloud-free night. Yikes! Observing the lunar/Neptune occultation sounds incredibly dif

Thanks a lot, guys! Glad you enjoyed!

Hey folks, I captured a panorama of the Milky Way over Rockfish Valley from the Blue Ridge Parkway two weeks ago. Had to drive all the way across the state to find mostly clear skies, but it was total

Thanks, Stu! Yeah, longer focal length images in this area are endlessly amazing. Is your mosaic posted on your website?

Here is my latest image featuring the Antares region with Saturn as a guest"star", captured on the one pristine clear night we had in early June. I found a dark location off Highway 58 with minimal li