Ahh, Victoria...

Last night was so beautiful. I spent the evening down at Clover Point. Not a cloud anywhere near, fairly dark, and lots of stars. I got a satellite or two in one picture. I set my alarm for 6:00 this morning to get up and get a really nice picture of the ISS, the moon , Mars and Saturn. It would have been a good one. Alas, it clouded over over the course of the night and then snowed a little bit...I will try again tomorrow.

Stargazing in the past few days

It has been a good couple of days for photographing the stars. There have been a few evenings where I have managed to sneak in a few photos. If the weather stays the same as it is right now, I looks like I might just be able to grab some photos tonight as well.

Last night was spectacular around 6:00. Venus was high in the sky, Jupiter was shining away, Orion standing proud. There were some clouds off in the distance, but for a while they didnt bother me. The trouble is that to get any sort of definition to the stars, the exposure needs to be several minutes long, and by the time I had taken three photos, the clouds had rolled in, and it started to snow.

I am hopeful that tonight brings some clear weather as the forecast is not looking so great for the next week or so. Lots of rain....