Paul Cézanne's Astronomy Observing Reports

Last night I almost made it completely through the Virgo Cluster with my Canon 15×50IS binoculars. I posted my experiences in the Cloudy Nights binoculars forum where I asked, “Just how difficult is M91 anyway?” More than one person reported making the find, but all assured me that it was a hard one, probably the [...]

I came across this posting on the iOptron yahoo groups list. I was writing up the reply when I figured I could get a blog posting out of it for those not on that list. (And you should join, it is a good list.) But anyway, a list member asked:
I’m new to these mounts. I’ve [...]

Most astrophotographers don’t take pictures of the Full Moon, quite frankly because the partial moons have such interesting shadows along the terminator. But after I shot the moon rising over the Pilgrim Monument I set up the telescope to both observe Saturn and shoot the Full Moon once it got higher in the sky.