Archive for June, 2006

M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy

Monday, June 26th, 2006

Two clear nights in a row! This is the Pinwheel Galaxy, a face on spiral galaxy located near the handle star of the Big Dipper. It's a very dim object that needs much more exposure to capture more fine details, but it was nice to bag another of my Messier ...

M8 - The Lagoon Nebula

Saturday, June 24th, 2006

I got out last night with the telescope for the first time in a few months. It was nice to spend some time under the stars without freezing to death. It was a rather frustrating night - nothing seemed to go right and I fought equipment all night long, but ...

London

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

I got to spend 5 days in London while at a conference last week. Here's a few photos I took during the little bit of time I had to play tourist. From the River Thames toward the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben

Happy Crappy Father’s Day

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

I've spent all week in London on business. It was a great trip, but let me tell you how much I HATE travelling. Earlier today (Or was it yesterday? It's all a blur), when leaving London, I had to wait almost 3 hours because of mechanical problems with the plane. ...