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Husband, father, grandfather (my most important roles), retired minister (not considering myself a Christian, given what that has come to mean), left of center, follower of science and advocate for human rights. Politically outspoken but on hiatus now.
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Well done, Boulder! I got tired of taking pics and I got there as many people were leaving... 5,000? 6,000? A LOT of people🥰

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submitted 11 days ago • 28 comments

🔭This is about the size of the Milky Way, but at 42,000,000 light years away, NGC 5248 appears to be one fourth the size of the full Moon. It crosses the meridian (the imaginary line in the sky running north-south thru the zenith) on or about 10 pm (DST) on June 1. ].

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

🔭 A cache of photons collected on my prior telescope has finally been processed... NGC7822, the largest galaxy of the Deer Lick group. It's about 127,000 light years across.

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

🔭 A bit negligent in my recent image posting

submitted 35 days ago • 2 comments

The Sunflower Galaxy hangs out about 30,000,000 light years and it's overhead at about 10pm at the end of May.

submitted 42 days ago • 2 comments

Near the end of the handle of the Big Dipper, M51 hangs out in our cosmic backyard (if the back fence was 31mly away 😉). At 75% the size of the Milky Way, one might wonder how many civilizations call it home. 🔭

submitted 66 days ago • 1 comment

Medusa, the beautiful Gorgon of Greek mythology, had a brief tryst with the sea god, Poseidon. Athena, enraged by this carnal affair (in a temple dedicated to her), cursed Medusa by transforming what Ovid declared, "her glorious hair, the most wonderful of all her charms" - into a coil of serpents.

submitted 70 days ago • 4 comments

The Tiger's Eye galaxy, NGC2841, hangs out about 46m ly away around 9pm overhead these nights. This is processed in pixinsight with the Foraxx palette. About 15 hours collecting photons with a 1000mm focal length.

submitted 74 days ago • 2 comments

Revisiting an early image with more processing experience. The Cocoon Nebula...

submitted 85 days ago • 2 comments

The latest astroproject was the Leo Triplet, located overhead at about midnight these nights. 35,000,000 light years away, these three galaxies occupy a region about 500,000 light years in diameter. The light left there about half way back to the age of dinosaurs and just dropped into my 5" scope. 🔭

submitted 85 days ago • 2 comments

Among the several cosmic targets I've collected this far, the Crab has been on a "slow simmer". Having collected enough photons, I've now cooked it sufficiently for your consumption... Zoom in for a tasty meal. Metaphoric enough? 😁🔭

submitted 106 days ago • 3 comments

Havin' fun with the nighttime skies again🔭. The Rosette mezmerizes me.... Zoom in and be mezmerizes as well...

submitted 106 days ago • 1 comment