"Professor Goddard does not know the relation between action and reaction and the need to have something better than a vacuum against which to react. He seems to lack the basic knowledge ladled out daily in high schools."
--1921 New York Times editorial about Robert Goddard's revolutionary rocket work.

"Correction: It is now definitely established that a rocket can function in a vacuum. The 'Times' regrets the error."
NY Times, July 1969.

— New York Times

Astrophotography

The dark side of photography. Deep space and planetary imaging. Occasionally some day light pictures of the Sun.

Bubble Nebula

By ebfaulkner6a at Thu, 01/01/2009 - 2:57pm

Taken from Whiting, NJ, combined 40 - one min images, Orion 80ed

Bubble Nebula

New Year's Eve Conjuction of Venus and the moon

By marzulloj at Wed, 12/31/2008 - 10:40pm

Just finished shoveling snow, 6:40 pm New Years Eve 2008, 18F and 30 miles an hour wind gusts. Brrrr...... Cold here on Earth, but cool show in the heavens.

New Year's Eve Conjuction of Venus and the moon

New Year's Eve conjunction

By marzulloj at Wed, 12/31/2008 - 10:35pm

New Years eve 2008 Venus and Luna 7:00pm

New Year's Eve conjunction

NGC-2244

By marzulloj at Fri, 12/26/2008 - 2:17pm

NGC-2244 the cluster in the center of the Rosette Nebula taken last evening.
The Rosette is a big object. I could only fit the core at FL-800. 

NGC-2244

NGC 2264

By dtrapani at Tue, 12/23/2008 - 6:36pm

124 X 60 seconds
LX200 14 @ F/2
QHY8 camera
Astronomik LPS

NGC 2264

NGC 7635 The Bubble Nebula

By dtrapani at Sun, 12/21/2008 - 11:25pm

96 X 60 seconds = 1.5 hours
Camera: QHY8
LPS Filter
Scope:  LX200 14 GPS @ F/2
 

NGC 7635 The Bubble Nebula

Horse Head Region

By dtrapani at Sun, 12/21/2008 - 11:22pm

148 X 60 seconds = 2.5 hours
Camera: QHY8
LPS filter
Scope: LX200 14 inch @ F/2

Horse Head Region

Elephant trunk

By marzulloj at Sun, 12/21/2008 - 10:18pm

1.8 hour exposure through tak 102s & starlight Xpress camera H alpha

Elephant trunk

December 1, 2008, Moon, Jupiter and Venus

By JohnMiksits at Sun, 12/07/2008 - 10:43pm

I don't remember the settings. I setup the digital camera on a tripod, shutoff the flash, and turned on the selftimer. This one the ISO was probably set at 100.

December 1, 2008, Moon, Jupiter and Venus

Conjunction

By marzulloj at Sat, 12/06/2008 - 9:03pm

Caught sight of last Monday December first conjunction of the Moon, Venus and Jupiter at dusk.
It was a pretty sight and even my neighbor went "Coool !".
I could not have agreed with him more.

Conjunction