One of the projects for this year is to image all of the IAU recognized Dwarf Planets - Pluto, Ceres, Eris, Makemake, and Haumea. I thought this was going to be a bit of a challenge, as all but Ceres are in the Kuiper Belt. But I had identified some 17+ Magnitude galaxies in previous astro photos, so at least the IAU Dwarfs might be in reach. Since all of these objects are unresolved and star-like, the only way to confirm the sighting would be to "blink" two successive images. A quick bit of calculation showed that objects in the Kuiper Belt would be easily "blink-able" on two successive nights.…

I've mostly been using the blog as just a website, with pages for observatory construction and the 2017 eclipse. With the observatory construction complete and observations going active, thought I'd start using this as more of a blog. Just added a page for the 2020 Messier Marathon, and plan to add a page for the 2019 total eclipse in Chile. Have a couple of projects in the works that I'll be reporting on here.

One of the projects for this year is to image all of the IAU recognized Dwarf Planets - Pluto, Ceres, Eris, Makemake, and Haumea. I thought this was going to be a bit of a challenge, as all but Ceres are in the Kuiper Belt. But I had identified some 17+ Magnitude galaxies in previous astro photos, so at least the IAU Dwarfs might be in reach. Since all of these objects are unresolved and star-like, the only way to confirm the sighting would be to "blink" two successive images. A quick bit of calculation showed that objects in the Kuiper Belt would be easily "blink-able" on two successive nights.…

I've mostly been using the blog as just a website, with pages for observatory construction and the 2017 eclipse. With the observatory construction complete and observations going active, thought I'd start using this as more of a blog. Just added a page for the 2020 Messier Marathon, and plan to add a page for the 2019 total eclipse in Chile. Have a couple of projects in the works that I'll be reporting on here.