Light seen in the NorthEast Sky from Peoria Arizona

I took this shot from my backyard on the morning of 02/25/15 at exactly 6am. Just found out this was due to military testing.  Reports starting to appear in the news.

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My First image of Jupiter

This is my first try at imaging Jupiter. The seeing conditions were not very good so this was the best that I could do.

HDR images Orion's Belt and the Moon

It was a clear night and the moon was full so I decided to just use my canon PowerShot SX20IS to take 3 different exposures and create an HDR photo. I used PaintShop Pro X7 to merge the images and create it. The following are the results of taking 3 different sets, 2 of the moon and 1 of Orion's Belt.

Image Taken with Cell Phone

I took these photos with my cell phone in October. I was kind of anxious to take a photo. My next photos I will be using the NexImage 5 web cam.

Sky viewing UPDATE

I'm still trying to configure the NexImage 5mp on my laptop. I am very impressed with the telescope. Really nice views of Jupiter and the Moon. Does not take long to get it set-up. I was going to go with a 10 inch but I think the 8 inch is the sweet spot. Well the first photo's I take I'll post soon.

First Post

This blog will be made up of photo's I will be taking of the night sky. The Telescope I will be using is a Celestron Nexstar 8SE. I finally received the order on August 16th 2014. The scope was bundled with:

NexImage 5mp
Celestron Power Tank
Zhumell 1.25" High Performance Urban Sky Filter
Celestron Eyepiece and Filter Kit
4mm
6mm
9mm
15mm
32mm
2x 1.25 Barlow lens
(Lunar & Planetary) Filters - 1.25#8221; #8212; Included are Kodak Wratten #12, #21, #25, #56, #58A, and #80A.
Moon Filter - 1.25 #8221, #8212