Partial Lunar Eclipse Nov 2021 Taken from my front step with my telescope. That was last night at 2am local time. The skies had nicely cleared off, which was the forecast. And the temperature was around freezing (-4C) with light …
Comet Neowise 2020 F3 This comet showed up and briefly appeared in our skies over the Northern Hemisphere in July 2020. I was fortunate to capture a few images of it. so I thought I would share them here. There …
Aerial Stargazing from the window of a plane at 35,000 ft On a recent non stop Air Canada Flight from New York to Calgary I had this past November I was treated to a window seat for an evening of …
New Years Day – First full moon of 2018 New Years day – First full moon of 2018 arrived right at the same time as the temperature warmed, enough for me to take a scope out on the deck and …
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 or 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. …
re-Launch of my Astronomy Blog Revitalized: My Astronomy Blog Returns I (Roger) first started a Astronomy Web Log in 2010 when I moved to using the TheBlueGrid web domain for my work it was created as a work experiment with …
C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS) Grace and I were having a lot of fun with this comet as it approached Perihelion in March 2013. It appeared in our sky’s over Calgary at the beginning of last week. March 12th was the first …
Cataloging Digital Photos A major development in Cataloging Digital Photos began 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 …