New Years Day – First full moon of 2018
New Years day arrived right at the same time as the temperature warmed, enough for me to take a scope out on the deck and take a picture of the First Full Moon of 2018. I was using the 90mm …
December 2, 2017 Perigee Full Moon
December 2, 2017 Perigee Full Moon Was successful in capturing the Perigee Full Moon this evening from a vantage point in Signal Hill in Calgary. This was taken a few hours before the Moon is full just after sunset in …
Who Inspired me
People that were instrumental in getting me into Astronomy I like to tell the story of my Uncle Evert, my dad’s oldest brother and the role he has played in inspiring me to get into Astronomy. When I was young …
Announcing the 1st re-Launch of my Astronomy BLOG
Launch of my Astronomy BLOG I (Roger) first started a Web Log in 2010 when I moved to using the TheBlueGrid web domain for my work it was created as a work experiment with WordPress. Since that time I have …
Comet PanSTARRS 2011
Search for Comet PanSTARRS in 2013 Grace and I are having a lot of fun with this comet. It appeared in our sky’s over Calgary at the beginning of last week. March 12th was the first evening when a significant …
Cataloging my Digital Photos
Cataloging my Digital Photos In 2008, I converted to taking digital photos as apposed to sketching and drawing for my Log Book. From that point onward, my logbook is mainly a recording of digital Images, I have used a number …
M1 – Crab Nebula; M35 in Gemini and NGC 2158
Went out again tonight, even though the Sky Clouded over still managed a few sky shots, MM1 the Crab Nebula for the M35 Image if you look closely to the lower right you will see NGC 2158 in the background, …
The Little Sombrero NGC 7814 the last NGC Object
The Little Sombrero NGC 7814 the last NGC Object If you look at any list of NGC (New General Catalog) objects you will note that the last one on this list is 7814. On Feb 4th 2013 this one was …
Observing the Herschel 400
Observing the Herschel 400 Update March 18/2013: Closing in on calling it complete. Captured 5 more on March 9th. This leaves 5 more to do hopefully around the new moon in April. Update Feb 19/2013: recently tracked down my original …