I started an observatory to make this radio telescope accessable by anyone!

This is a passion project started over on r/radioastronomy. Our goal is to purchase this telescope, relocate it, and modernize it’s current analog control system with encoders and drivers. We will then create an online portal where anyone can schedule observing time and automatically receive a data package containing the calibrated data with basic visualizations. […]

HDR Moon and Jupiter’s occultation w/ 4 inch refractor

I can’t believe I managed to resolve Jupiter’s red spot with only 4 inches of aperture! The first image is an extreme crop into my lunar mosaic with separately stacked Jupiter sequences painted in before egress and with egress in-progress. I hope you like them! Gear: ZWO FF107 APO, ZWO ASI715C planetary camera, Celestron CGX […]

Has anyone else been sleeping way too much lately?

Is it because of the Mars retrograde? All week I’ve been extremely exhausted, sleeping 10-11 hours waking up completely out of it, having crazy dreams, feeling more emotional and unmotivated than usual, having little arguments with my boyfriend etc. This morning it happened again. Had such a lucid dream, woke up after sleeping 10 hours […]

Horoscopes for the Aquarius Full Moon on August 9th, 2025 – All 12 Rising Signs

Full Moon Horoscopes by Rising Sign The horoscopes are written with the current transits in relation to your rising sign using the whole sign house system. Keep in mind, these are general readings and are not taking into account your specific chart placements. You could get some additional insight by reading your sun and moon, […]

Horoscopes for the Cancer New Moon on June 25th, 2025 – All 12 Rising Signs

Horoscopes by Rising Sign Though these horoscopes are written for your Rising Sign, you may find additional insight by also reading your Sun and Moon signs, especially through the lens of derivative astrology. Even if specific events are mentioned, take a broader view and consider that this is not a personalized reading. Interpret the themes […]

Milky Way Core rising above strange rock towers in California

Milky Way Rising Over Mono Lake’s Tufa Towers: A Visual Essay on Landscape, Light, and Geological Time On the desolate shores near Mono Lake in California, a delicate drama unfolds each clear night. Between the waterline and the night sky, cream-colored towers rise in silent testimony to a process as ancient as the lake itself: […]