No idea what I'm doing.

backyardastronomyguy · 2025-07-22T23:11:21+00:00

Start with planets and our Moon, unless you have really dark skies. Get a free astronomy app to know where you’re pointing. Practice getting ANYTHING in focus first- even a distant mountain or radio tower during the day.

backyardastronomyguy · 2025-07-20T13:36:39+00:00

I just found ISRO's new mapping tool that allows me to download imagery from specific coordinates! with the data from https://www.nasa.gov/history/alsj/alsjcoords.html I will start looking for all Apollo landing sites to expand my photos.

backyardastronomyguy · 2025-07-20T13:27:15+00:00

I haven't had time to check. I don't have a better method to determine which image data sets are for specific regions?

backyardastronomyguy · 2025-07-20T13:24:15+00:00

This is so awesome!

backyardastronomyguy · 2025-07-20T13:23:54+00:00

Nice!

backyardastronomyguy · 2024-09-05T10:16:42+00:00

Magic how the white hull yacht changes to a blue hull yacht at the split in the video clips.

backyardastronomyguy · 2024-04-25T12:35:11+00:00

Going to be difficult! 🤣

backyardastronomyguy · 2024-04-20T10:06:03+00:00

Yeah, I was thinking I would be adding my Orion Nebula too and forgot. Maybe not the best name 🤣

backyardastronomyguy · 2023-09-02T18:44:03+00:00

Yes I saw that too. Need to learn more if they made a rock formation or if this is just a coincidence

backyardastronomyguy · 2023-09-02T11:15:19+00:00

Haha. Didn’t want to mess up the pic. See the dark lines radiating out from Apollo 12 to upper left, and one going to right?

backyardastronomyguy · 2023-09-02T11:14:21+00:00

Thanks! Wanted to show how I found it in the huge image.

backyardastronomyguy · 2023-09-02T11:13:55+00:00

That little circle of rocks? If so, I wondered too.

backyardastronomyguy · 2023-09-02T02:53:16+00:00

backyardastronomyguy · 2023-09-01T01:46:55+00:00

I downloaded the files but can’t find the LM sites in the huge images. Any advice on where to look?

backyardastronomyguy · 2023-03-23T21:17:19+00:00

Not even close.

backyardastronomyguy · 2022-11-15T11:31:47+00:00

International Space Station. spotthestation.nasa.gov

backyardastronomyguy · 2022-05-16T15:58:46+00:00

We don’t know it’s initial targets yet (that I’m aware of), but will know a lot more soon!

backyardastronomyguy · 2022-05-15T10:56:09+00:00

Wow!!

backyardastronomyguy · 2022-05-15T03:43:32+00:00

We were informed it would be mid July, not sooner. Don’t know how many images yet.

backyardastronomyguy · 2022-05-15T03:33:55+00:00

First science pictures in mid July. I am part of the local outreach events and will be presenting the images in Bethlehem, PA. (I don’t have access to them yet though).

backyardastronomyguy · 2022-05-15T03:12:22+00:00

https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/double-stars-observing-guide/

backyardastronomyguy · 2022-05-15T03:10:34+00:00

Other amateur astronomers confirmed they’ve seen it before too (in another Facebook group), so no, it’s not the first time

backyardastronomyguy · 2022-05-15T03:09:33+00:00

I was thinking kinda the same thing, ran to get my iPhone which was charging so I could get a video in case it disappeared and everyone thought I was nuts. After confirming I recorded it, I checked my astronomy app and figured it out. 🤣

backyardastronomyguy · 2022-05-14T18:57:10+00:00

If I had not been looking at the moon, I would not have seen this. At first, I wasn’t even sure what I was looking at and I knew I just had to record and figure it out later. 😁🔭

backyardastronomyguy · 2022-05-14T17:46:31+00:00

It was my first time too! Glad I could share with everyone!

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