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I captured the near-earth asteroid 2004 BL86 in a 5-minutes
I captured the near-earth asteroid 2004 BL86 in a 5-minutes exposure using a 9.25-inch f/6.3 telescope from Swisher. The asteroid flew quickly past t...

This is a composite image of comet Lovejoy C/2014 Q2. I took a
This is a composite image of comet Lovejoy C/2014 Q2. I took a series of 1-minute exposures early this morning while the comet was hovering above the...

Heres a chart showing the 11th-magnitude star (circled) within the
Heres a chart showing the 11th-magnitude star (circled) within the Pleiades cluster ( = Messier 45 = The Seven Sisters) that will be occulted by the a...

To be sure, this isnt a world-class image of our Milky Way galaxys
To be sure, this isnt a world-class image of our Milky Way galaxys sister galaxy; the Great Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31). It cant compete with images...