Lagoon (M8) and Trifid (M20) nebulae from Sagittarius. Finally managed to get one hour of exposure through a gap in the treeline. I really like the combination of emission (red), reflection (blue) and dark nebulosity in Trifid.

Hey Bob Iger, you should be ashamed of yourself.

Dropped off my son at JFK. He is on his way to London for a semester abroad at King’s college. He is planning to visit Scotland and many countries in EU while he is out there. What fun?!? I am jealous.

No wonder that “Adolescence” received many Emmy awards. It was a very well made show with a powerful story. I was totally impressed when I watched it.

I just watched Foundation 3x10 “The Darkness” trakt.tv/shows/fou… #trakt

The Crescent nebula (NGC6888) from Cygnus with lots of nebulosity around it.

Total exposure was 2 hours (40x3min) for this image taken with William Optics UltraCat108 attached to ASI2600MC-Duo with Optolong LeNhance dual band filter. Processed using SIRIL and Photoshop.

Why is that a question to ask? You have the money - pay the damned taxes.

Eagle nebula (M16) from last night. 1.5 hours of total exposure time. Love the pillars of creation.

Looks like Covid vaccine will be available in Connecticut to anyone (6 months and older) who wants it. Great news!

It is nice when you find out that people are taking care of their trash.

Shooting Eagle nebula tonight. Seeing is not great. Let’s see how it turns out.

Just heard from a friend who lives in Doha that Israel attacked Qatar today. There were explosions around Doha that shook his apartment building. WTF! I thought all the Gulf emirates were Israel’s friends.

Rode my bike to work this morning. Took longer than usual as I had to stop at every single traffic light.

I just watched Foundation 3x09 “The Paths That Choose Us” trakt.tv/shows/fou… #trakt

I am so confused. Have no idea what’s going on. This is all so different from the books.

Exactly one year ago, we saw Northern lights in Seyðisfjörður, Iceland - first of four wonderful nights of this fantastical display. It got better and better on every subsequent night.

Last night, I watched Foundation 3x08 “Skin in the Game” trakt.tv/shows/fou… #trakt

The Veil nebula from the constellation of Cygnus. This is a 2 frame mosaic with 2 hours of data capture (40x3min) for each frame. Taken with William Optics UltraCat108 attached to ASI2600MC-Duo with Optolong LeXtreme dual band filter. Processed using SIRIL and Photoshop.

Loving this early preview of Fall. I wouldn’t mind if this just continues on without Summer raising its ugly head again before the real Fall season.

It was time for the biannual dentist visit this morning. In the second half of the year I am always afraid that they are going to tell me to get something done to use up the insurance benefit. Surprisingly, the dentist said everything looks good, keep up the good work. phew!

On the trail