Uncle Rod's Astro Blog

How’s one of my favorite telescopes of all time, Charity Hope Valentine, my ETX125 PE Maksutov Cassegrain, doing?

Before we get to the subject(s) of this month’s blog, muchachos, I want to acknowledge an anniversary: This month marks twenty years—yes, twenty—of Uncle Rod’s AstroBlog.

Here we are, muchachos, we have walked through that door into summer.

Well, muchachos, down the Messier Road we go.

Little Debbie's new light shroud/dew shield has made a big difference!

What?

Muchachos, this will be a short one.

Christmas Eve has once again come to Chaos Manor South.

Thomas Wolfe said, among many other things, “You can’t go home again.”

Before we hit the leading edge of the autumn Messiers, muchachos, let’s get one thing out of the way: Yes, I did see comet Lemon (c/2025 A6).

What’s ol' Unk goin’ on about now?

Muchachos, down here on the borders of the Great Possum Swamp it sure has been that proverbial long, hot summer.

“Well, I made it and made it before July ran out.

I’ll fess up right from the get- go, muchachos...

What’s been going on here at good old Chaos Manor South out on the borders of the Great Possum Swamp?

Near-about a year down the line, this is something I haven’t had much to say about, muchachos.

I know, Muchachos, I know, thisun was ostensibly going to be about me getting my 6-inch refractor, Big Ethel, and my Losmandy GEM into the backyard.

Project Burnham, wherein I plan to visit all the deep sky objects highlighted by Robert Burnham in his famous handbook, will continue, muchachos.

M3 with Intelligent Denoise and cropping...

Last season's SeeStar shot...

We preempt your regularly scheduled program… Originally, thisun was gonna be about me, your Old Uncle, turning my SeeStar S50, Suzie, and 10-inch Dob, Zelda, loose on the fall globulars chapter in UAG (“The Urban Astronomer’s Guide,” for the uninitiated).

Well, well, well, muchachos… November is almost here, and it looks as if we in Possum Swamp may have dodged a bullet hurricane-wise this season.

What’s up this month, muchachos?

I had just finished last month’s AstroBlog, muchachos, when I was moved to begin the next one.

Chalk up another one, muchachos.