Here's something that we won't see again until 2016.... the transit of Mercury across our sun...
Deep Sky Guy took this picture 11/8/2006
Take a close look and you will see the fairly large sunspot - and the little black dot far below that is Mercury...
Makes you realize how BIG our sun is!
moon eclipse
Northern Lights at Deep Sky Ranch November 2004
Who would have thought we could see the aurora borealis in Missouri?
Let's look thru some scopes!
Deep Sky Guy and his Starmaster 14.5
The Celestron 8 inch
You can't get a better view from any other scope- we love STARMASTER scopes!
We haven't met many people who really know what customer service means, but Rick Singmaster,
the founder and maker of Starmaster telescopes, shines above the crowd in customer service
as well as making a most astounding telescope!
Check out his website: http://www.starmastertelescopes.com/
Here are a couple of Deep Sky Guy's quick pics of Jupiter...
This is the Orion Nebula
and a couple a pics of the moon...
Solar Eclipse
This is Deep Sky Guy at SkyWatchers Inn, Arizona
Astronomy Sites in Cyber Space -
Check it out! http://hubblesite.org/
ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/
Another favorite site of ours- to get a chuckle or make you think, is
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the website and blog of astronomer Phil Plait, who debunks pseudoscience and explains science and astronomy at
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Gertie, our Ranch mascot, loves to Stargraze!