Early morning on Dec. 10, 2006, there were two groupings of celestial objects worth noticing. Jupiter was close (within 1 deg.) to Mars and Mercury. Jupiter and Mercury are clearly visible in the picture above. Click on the link below to see a closeup with longer exposure and legend. This was my … read more

Lately, Saturn has been sitting in the constellation of Cancer. Last night, I took this photo with my 80-300mm zoom lens to capture Saturn and the Beehive cluster, M44 from Cancer. Few days ago, Saturn was even closer to the cluster, but I couldn’t view it due to clouds. Because of its … read more

Have you ever wondered how our own galaxy, Milky Way, looks like? On a dark night, one can make out a swatch of shimmering cloud like Milky Way go across the sky. But, we can’t see the center of the galaxy which is supposedly dense with stars and should be very bright. Our view of the center … read more

It was a beautiful evening sky today. Venus, Moon and Jupiter came together close to create this spectacular view. If you missed it, try again on Wednesday evening. The configuration will be different but, they will still be pretty close to each other. The sky was clear except for the southwest sky … read more

Early morning of Aug. 12th is going to be the peak for 2005 Perseid meteor showers. I missed last year’s show because of cloudy skies and the weather forecast predicts clouds for tonight too. I am still going to wake up early and catch a few shooting stars tomorrow morning. Hope you have clear … read more