greeting fellow earthlings,

I did a little calculating, using an online big number calculator.
I wondered how tall, I and the average earthling...

1-17-2025 TSS Visual Report of the Day.
by helicon

Observing Report for 27 March 2019 - an inspiring evening from six years ago Today's featured...

January #astronomy blog updated with shots of the moon, Jupiter and Venus and Saturn close together.

Looking for people opinions, I have read that guiding in IR can help with poor seeing and cut through the turbulence somewhat, and with the newer...

1-16-2025 TSS Visual Report of the Day.
by helicon

Planet Parade, January 10, 2025 Today's featured report goes to Bigzmey (Andrey) and his wife...

1-15-2025 TSS Visual Report of the Day.
by helicon

Re: Bigzmey's report on the Mars Occultation by Moon, January 13, 2025 Today's featured...

I snapped the moon and Venus with my phone camera at default settings in daylight.

My January blog contains photos of the moon with planets, Venus, the sun and moon.

1-14-2025 TSS Visual Report of the Day.
by helicon

Moon and Mars Occultation Today we feature an outstanding report from RitcheyPark centered on...

Conditions were somewhat hazy but I was able to do a shoot with my phone camera.
This was the Moon, Jupiter and Mars at default settings.

1-13-2025 TSS Astrophotography Photo of the Day.
by Gordon

On The Auriga Targus Border . Today our TSS APOD comes from member Jockinireland...

A bit of a bargain here for some one in the UK. A very good scope back in the day. I had two of them.

Conditions were somewhat hazy but I was able to do a shoot with my phone camera.
The first was Venus with Saturn at default settings but a zoom of...

Astronomy blog updated with shots of the moon with Jupiter and a detailed photo of the sun.

1-11-2025 TSS Visual Report of the Day.
by helicon

November and December 2024 Today's featured report is a selection of observations and...

The new season is still a couple months away, but we might as well have a new thread now

1/10/2025 TSS Astrophotography Photo of the Day.
by Gordon

The Orion Nebula .

Today our TSS APOD comes from co-admin Graeme1858 (Graeme).

With...

1-8-2025 TSS Visual Report of the Day.
by helicon

Leo Galaxy Cluster Once again dealing with mount issues at his observatory, nonetheless...

I bin scanned the Sun through moving cloud and saw two sunspots.

1-7-2025 TSS Astrophotography Photo of the Day.
by Gordon

First go at Jupiter with a 3x barlow!!! Blew me away:) Today our TSS APOD comes from...

Hi Everyone,

Over the past few years I have been recording my EAA observations in AstroPlanner, and realised I had enough objects to submit them for...

I took some Venus shots with my Mak and DSLR at 1.54m focal length. ISO 100 and 1/125 second exposure. These were the same settings as for the moon.

1-4-2025 TSS Visual Report of the Day.
by helicon

First Session of 2025 Today's featured report is courtesy of Bigzmey (Andrey) who overcame...

The sky was still clear at dusk. Venus and the moon were close. I took some Moon shots with my Mak and DSLR at 1.54m focal length. ISO 100 and 1/125...

1-3-2025 TSS Astrophotography Photo of the Day.
by Gordon

Soul Nebula.

Today our TSS APOD comes from member MariusD69 (Marius).

With just...