Venus, the Moon (and the clouds!)

I managed to capture Venus and the Moon in their close conjunction tonight...just before the clouds rolled in and ended the show.....

VENUS IN DAYLIGHT!

Venus, in broad daylight! Taken on Friday, February 27, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. PST. I used a Meade ETX-125 (5" Cassegrain telescope), and my Astrovid PlanetCam color CCD video camera...Enjoy!!

Tuesday Night Skies

...a time-lapse video looking north from Meadowcreek Park Observatory between 9:30 pm Tuesday and 6:00 a.m. Wednesday (8 1/2 hours in 60 seconds!). When the aurora season kicks in again, this is the camera used to capture the Northern Lights!

Monday Skies

This view was taken from the all-sky camera here at Meadowcreek Park Observatory. This is the same camera which is used for meteor detection. As you can see, this sequence runs from early morning until around 5 p.m.

SUNDAY SKIES

Taken from my webcam, facing north-northeast.

My Other Ride

Last year, Everett Transit arranged with Matchbox to produce several thousand replicas of our buses. This is a one-time production, and no more of the really cool toy buses will be made. Boy, this is sure a fun place to work! (They even let me play with my very own full-sized toy bus)