Observing with Street Lights

Observing with Street Lights
Dark sky sites not always necessary to see the Milky Way (This image was taken ouside of a B&B in Julian, CA)

Friday, August 21, 2020

Mars and Jupiter together and Jovian Moons; Building a Galileoscope from a kit; Looking at Jupiter and the Moon with the Galileoscope

 Greetings from Palmia Observatory

Well, the latest Mars rover is now on its way to Mars.  When we look up in the night sky and see Mars and wonder what will be found, we note that Jupiter appears also nearby, but of course it is much further away.

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Hooray, Dragon returns to Earth; Blue Origin New Shepard goes up/down too!; Finally, Hooray, Starship SN5 makes 150 meter hop; Raspberry Shake Earth Monitor

Greetings from Palmia Observatory

Well, this week we have mostly been preoccupied with space events.  First up is the successful performance of the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule that took astronauts to the ISS after launching from KSC and then returning them to Earth a couple of months latter.  Good job everyone!