8/19/25: Starlink Group 10-29 train above Derby Fire glow
Happened to catch Group 1o-29 Starlink satellites rising above the glow of the Derby wildfire, and it was again a set of the new v2 Optimized spacecraft that reflect a…
Happened to catch Group 1o-29 Starlink satellites rising above the glow of the Derby wildfire, and it was again a set of the new v2 Optimized spacecraft that reflect a…
SpaceX has recently begun to launch an updated version of their v2 Mini satellite, termed V2 Optimized by SpaceX. Little information was released prior to a SpaceX notification that the…
The image above shows both the 43° and 53° inclination shells of the Starlink Satellite Constellation flaring above 14,429' Mt. Massive, with Mt. Elbert (the highest peak in Colorado) on…
This second day I decided to move from Hurrah Pass toward Hanksville to try and get a different foreground/perspective on both the comet and the flare zone. The Hanksville area…
On 10/21/24 I drove through the tail end of the clearing storm to again reach Hurrah Pass prior to dusk, and now the waning moon remained well beneath the horizon…
As Comet Tsuchinsan-Atlas [C/2023 A3] first became visible in the northern hemisphere under a full moon, on 10/15/24 I drove out to Utah to try and ensure clear skies for…
The aurora forecast did not disappoint, and I arrived on top of Loveland Pass at 7:22 PM, the second car to park (two hours later it was like a city…
Although I'm sure we've all seen enough aurora images from the October 10, 2024 Kp8 aurora event that was witnessed well south into the mid-latitudes, I've got one more [cough!].…
Having first captured intense flaring from certain orbital inclinations of the Starlink satellite constellation back in April 2023, I have since spent considerable effort to gather additional data in the…
I've often said that if you don't look, you won't see. For the second time in 4 days, I've seen something that I'd never seen before, and I spend a…