I cover image processing in the second half of my book, yet I wanted to know whether it was possible to edit an image without installing any software. Although I have readers use free...
Planning Ahead: Figuring Out When An Object Is In The Sky
In another post I discussed Andromeda’s Parachute – a quadruple lensed quasar. From the post we found that the coordinates are RA 01:47:09 and Declination is 46:30:37. So now you know where it is...
Researching Numbered Objects
Sometimes you’ll come across an object that doesn’t have a name or designation yet want to know more about it, or perhaps even image it. This post discusses how you can find more information...
Forthcoming Book: Table of Contents
I have been working on my new book quite a bit and I thought I’d share the table of contents with you to give you an idea of what it covers. This book is...
Converting Redshift to Distance
When researching an object to observe, or when you want to find out more about an object, there’s often a Wikipedia page about it which gives you a lot of good information about it....
Understanding Simbad
I mentioned Simbad just once in my book, Remote Astrophotography Using Slooh.com (which you can download for free here). But what is Simbad and how can you use it? What Is Simbad? Simbad is...
Working on a new book
Update: The book is now complete – Introduction To The Cosmos! I’m working on a new book about astronomy! This book is about 2/3 complete and is about the study of astronomy. I cover...
What’s With All The Catalogs – Is There Anything Left To Discover?
As a beginner in astronomy, I was taken aback by all the catalogs I came across. It turns out that just about everything you can see in the sky is in some catalog. There’s...
Slooh Solar Cam
Slooh.com offers its members eight telescopes to use to image the sky. Among the telescopes is the Slooh.com Solar telescope located in the Canary Islands. This image was taken on February 6, 2019 using...
Jupiter
This is Jupiter as imaged using the Slooh.com Canary Four Solar System telescope in July 2018. This image is right from the telescope and I haven’t modified it in any way. Jupiter is the...