Paul Cézanne's Astronomy Observing Reports

I’ll say I got lucky on this one. I noticed what compass point the moon would rise it, saw where I wolud need to be on the road in the dunes to see the moonrise and the Pilgrim Monument (yes, the Pilgrims land in Provincetown before moving onto Plymouth!) and then I headed out since [...]

There are many amazing things in the sky, some are wonderful challenges, some are just beautiful, and some just take your breath away and make you say, “Oh!”
There is a small list of usual suspects that make you say “Oh” when you first see them. You never forget your first rings of Saturn or the [...]

Two schooners in town for the Provincetown Schooner Regatta. Sorry for the poor quality, this is a cell phone photo.

I headed out to MacMillian Pier to do some public astronomy with the Burgess. Yeah, pretty strange with a brand new scope at home, but the tourist season is almost over and I wanted to get another night of that in. I need to build up my P-town “character” rep, right?
Anyway, I get there and [...]

“Come see the Moon!”
Ok, I really didn’t say that. I’m not sure why, that’s what one is supposed to say, right? Last Saturday night I set up my 5″ refractor, a Burgess 1278, on MacMillan Wharf in Provincetown, Massachusetts to do some sidewalk astronomy. I was still setting up when I had my first pair [...]

In preparation for the Messier Marathon at Larry’s house, I wanted to run a practice one, too see what setup is like, to see how long it takes to get align from when the first stars come out until you get your first slew.
I setup on the 3rd floor deck at the apartment in Provincetown. [...]