2023 Aug 30 Super Blue Moon

On Wednesday Aug. 30, 2023, we had a clear night for one of the biggest and brightest moons of the year.  This full moon is referred to as a Super Blue Moon.  This shot was taken from Waukesha Wisconsin (about 20 miles west of Milwaukee) at 10:45pm.  The camera set up was: Mounted on a … Read more

Milky Way, Jupiter, Saturn

Milky Way, Jupiter, Saturn: On July 4, 2021, after watching fireworks at Gills Rock (northern tip of the Door Peninsula in Door County, Wisconsin), we went to Newport State Park near Ellison Bay, Wisconsin.  With 11 miles of protected shoreline on Lake Michigan, Newport is Wisconsin’s only wilderness-designated state park; in 2017, the International Dark-Sky Association named Newport a … Read more