Transit of Venus Jun. 5, 2012 The greenhouse heated planetary neighbor of ours, Venus, slid between us and our shared sun today for the last time until the year 2117 -- and I wasn't expecting...
That's a spicy eclipse Jun. 10, 2002 At right is an animation I put together from tonight's annular solar eclipse. I along with Sarah and my buddy Matt Turner spent two hours gazing up at the...
Eclipse today Jul. 30, 2000 Not often does an event this interesting and somewhat rare come along. Tonight at about 8:10pm PST approximately 30% of the Sun will be covered by the New Moon....
Moon-Mars Conjunction Through Cloudy Seattle Skies Jan. 13, 2025 It was touch-and-go for a bit as I wasn’t sure the event would be visible for us tonight. Yesterday, at the last minute, I restored a used Meade ETX...
Sunspot Regions 4296, 4294, and 4298 Dec. 6, 2025 Some rather large sunspot regions rotated into view on the Sun this week. Here are a couple photos I was able to capture amongst the typical December clouds in...
Art from the Arch Oct. 30, 2025 After a few days of work trip meetings and events, I had a morning to get away while still in St. Louis. I e-motored into downtown and enjoyed strolling...
Jun. 23 Meteor Fireball Over Seattle Jun. 23, 2025 Caught this lengthy meteor fireball in the late summer evening light to the north/northeast of Seattle....
Time-Lapse of Seattle Fog Rolling In Mar. 25, 2025 What started out as gentle fog over nearby Elliot Bay became our completely socked in morning here in West Seattle....