5 New editions were added to the #CSOG collection:
- Lacaille Binocular edition
- Texas Star Party 2025: Regular Observing Program
- Texas Star Party Binocular Observing Program
- Texas Star Party Advanced Binocular Program
- Texas Star Party Binocular Program from "Hell"
1 Updated edition:
- Messier Binocular edition
New CSOG edition - Observing program: Texas Star Party 2025
https://clearskies.eu/csog/downloads/observingprograms/#tsp2025
Tour files and an AstroPlanner planfile are included.
This edition is free for all - no registration required - for the duration of the TSP.
in case you want to go stargazing, try out this handy light pollution map. But don't even consider searching for darkness anywhere around Tokyo, that supernova of megacities. www.lightpollutionmap.info #lightpollution #stargazing #darkness #tokyo #supernova #metropolis
Some photos from this weekend when my partner and I saw a fully analog 1968 Carl Zeiss Mark VI star projector In action at the planetarium:
https://reillyspitzfaden.com/notes/2025/04/photoblog-stars-with-carl/
Thanks to @amin, I'm now aware of the #xkcd #StarGazing series that had it's fourth comic come out yesterday:
#1 https://xkcd.com/1644/
#2 https://xkcd.com/2017/
#3 https://xkcd.com/2274/
#4 https://xkcd.com/3072/
Last night we were treated to the Waxing Crescent Moon cozying up to the Pleiades star cluster just after sunset.
A low cloud was kind enough to pass in front of the moon when I took this photo, dimming its glow and revealing the line of craters while the unobscured stars were still shining brightly.
(You may need to click to see the full vertical image and the Pleiades)
Night Sky Almanac 2025 by Radmila Topalovic & Storm Dunlop & Wil Tirion
A beautiful gift for anyone interested in the night sky. Follow the progress of constellations throughout the seasons with this beautiful companion to the night sky from Astronomy experts Collins.
The ultimate trip in America isn't a city, nor a beach, nor even a mountain; no, it's the clear shimmering window into eternity that is Badwater Basin at night, set in the sublime landscape of Death Valley, the "True Sky".
What beachgoers need to know about poisoned sea lions
#SeaLions #wildlife #poisoning #DomoicAcid #AlgaeBloom #stargazing #LosAngeles https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2025-03-25/sea-lions-poisoned-san-pedro-dolphins-essential-california
Sharp, Clear, and Out of This World
Welcome my new lens :
Canon RF 100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM
Post processing : mininmal sharpening to enhance crater shadows, denoise, but no AI
