Tag: Science

  • I Own A Martian Meteorite!

    I Own A Martian Meteorite!

    Its not often I get to post about something geeky and really cool that I own but today is a special occasion because I now own a piece of Mars after winning a French Martian meteorite auction! For years, I have wanted to own pieces of other celestial bodies besides Earth and today my collection…

  • My Latest Astrophoto:  M82 – The Cigar Galaxy

    My Latest Astrophoto: M82 – The Cigar Galaxy

    As I promised in my last post about the recent downtime that GGN has suffered, I do have a couple of new astrophotos to share with all of you!  I’ve decided to attempt a reprocess of one of them because I didn’t like how it turned out so its not quite ready yet but I…

  • My Newest Astrophoto:  NGC-1961

    My Newest Astrophoto: NGC-1961

    Its finally time to show of my favorite shot of my most recent evening spent out in the observatory working on my astrophotography hobby.  Today I bring you the galaxy known as NGC-1961!  It might be one of my favorite galaxy photos I have ever taken! This shot featuring the galaxy NGC-1961, a field of…

  • My Newest Astrophoto:  NGC-2976

    My Newest Astrophoto: NGC-2976

    Thanks to everything falling into place like having free time and finally getting some good weather while not having to fight light pollution from the moon, I finally managed to get to spend some time in the observatory recently.  I got a few shots from my night out and one of them is this new…

  • My Latest Astrophoto: Open Cluster NGC-2281

    My Latest Astrophoto: Open Cluster NGC-2281

    Lately I have finally been feeling better and more like myself so I have managed to get some evenings out in the observatory.  Which means one thing…more astrophotography pictures to share with you guys!  I’ve got more pictures to come but for today’s new astrophoto, I have a shot of the open cluster NGC-2281. Its…

  • Yet Another New Astrophoto, Globular Cluster M72

    Yet Another New Astrophoto, Globular Cluster M72

    Another day, another new astrophoto from my recent evening in my observatory a few weeks ago.  In this case, I might not have the biggest or brightest or even most colorful globular cluster, but its still a cool globular cluster and help show the sort of diversity there is in globular clusters and that they…