It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other.

— Plato

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TELESCOPE NIGHT

TELESCOPE NIGHT

Infinite Dreams

I hope you all like this picture.  It looked yellow when I saw it but I don't see yellow in the pic.  When the moon was appearing over the rooftops it looked bigger and like I was looking through a soap bubble.  Weird.  I hope this file is not too big or redundant.  I thought it was interesting.   I seem to be taking a lot of moon pics lately.  By the time I got the camera out the buble effect disappeared.  I set the cam to manual exposure and manual focus.  Now that I think some more...

Infinite Dreams

SKYLINE AND CLOUDS

SKYLINE AND CLOUDS

OBSERVATORY

OBSERVATORY

MOON SEEN THROUGH REFRACTOR

MOON SEEN THROUGH REFRACTOR

MOON AIRLINES

MOON AIRLINES

NATURE CENTER, WEST PATERSON,NJ (GARRET MTN)

HAND HELD TELEPHOTO PIC TAKEN FROM LOCATION NEAR 155 ON GARDEN STATE PARKWAY.

NATURE CENTER, WEST PATERSON,NJ (GARRET MTN)

FULL MOON

HAND HELD PIC USING NEW CAM.

FULL MOON