So it is 2017

Hi Everyone!

So it is 2017, and it has been a while since I have updated the blog. A few things have happened, I finally finished the Messier pin and got my award in the mail. I have also finished the Binocular Double Star pin and will be mailing it off soon (like next week). I finally got to observe comet 2P/Encke, which is a comet I have wanted to see for a while (like years!). I am one comet away from mailing my observations in to get the Comet Observer pin and certificate (silver level).

So while the blog has been really quiet, I have been getting some sky time. I started the Binocular Variable Star pin late last year and am about 70% done with it. We had good weather in the fall here in Alabama.

So that is all I really have. I am really going to try and update the blog more since I also got a new iMac! My old 2009 MacBook Pro was getting old and slow but I am still planning on using it for observing though.

Happy Near Year 2016!

Well I am sorry I didn't get to updating the blog since July, I was shooting for once a month last year, and well... yeah didn't happen.

However lots of good observing news is coming your way.

I am about half way through the Messier list, doing it by star hopping. Once I finish later this year, I am going to post my observing notes on that.

Also last year I took trip to Missouri and stopped by the hometown of Edwin Hubble and got pictures of the city square with the model HST and painting. So that is coming! Also I have resumed the Bino Double Star program, so I am going to get some thoughts on paper for y'all on that.

So lots of news and stuff coming. So stay tuned, and sorry for the big hiatus!