First shot at Horsehead w/ my Hyperstar / Atik 414EX-Color combo. The yellowish glow in the middle is from all the moisture that was in the air last night, coupled with some glow from Benson, AZ. Click for a close-up.
Resident Tesla nut and polymath. Raised in eastern Kentucky, joined the US Navy at 19 to operate a Nuclear Reactor on a Fast-Attack submarine. After finishing his enlistment, Michael has continued to follow his passions in technology, astronomy, and of course, traveling the country.
3 Comments
Mel
· 2015-03-21 at 16:29
That is really nice. I saw it before I even enlarged the photo. Thanks for sharing!
Carol
· 2015-05-24 at 22:01
Zowie!
Chris Cole
· 2015-06-16 at 21:21
Nice to see your astro posts. I thought I would finally comment here. I am VERY envious of your nomadic lifestyle now. If you ever hit it big, get an Airstream and pull it by a vehicle that gets ridiculous gas mileage. Also, to counteract the fossil fuel guzzler, put a Tesla at the end of the Airstream.
Our winter was… an adventure… Nevada After taking delivery of our Rivian and having our normal polish, wrap, ceramic coat applied, we decided to make a trip to Kentucky to surprise my (Michael’s) family for Read more…
We’d been watching the Rivian company for a while.. We’d seen the R1T (the truck) and the R1S (the SUV) in pictures and videos online. There was a lot of interest in Rivian, Amazon and Read more…
You may remember that about 4 years ago, we built a remote observatory – we lovingly call the AstroShed. In the 3 years, through a combination of poor timing and poor weather ( for astronomy Read more…
3 Comments
Mel · 2015-03-21 at 16:29
That is really nice. I saw it before I even enlarged the photo. Thanks for sharing!
Carol · 2015-05-24 at 22:01
Zowie!
Chris Cole · 2015-06-16 at 21:21
Nice to see your astro posts. I thought I would finally comment here. I am VERY envious of your nomadic lifestyle now. If you ever hit it big, get an Airstream and pull it by a vehicle that gets ridiculous gas mileage. Also, to counteract the fossil fuel guzzler, put a Tesla at the end of the Airstream.
I have bought a Lunt scope myself now too.
Chris Cole
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