A glimpse of the Eye of God, 650 light years away

By on    AstroDad: Our Universe by Max Corneau, Guest columns, Heath, Rockwall  

(March 25, 2013) It’s that time of the year, when the trees explode in the skies above Rockwall and our school children in just about all grades begin studying the wonders of our Universe. Chances are better than 50/50 that if one of your children passed through the Rockwall ISD in the past decade, they […]

AstroDad invents new image processing technique

By on    AstroDad: Our Universe by Max Corneau, Guest columns, Rockwall  

…and we are the first to see the results  From 22-25 November, 2012 I took advantage of time off from work and a spate of extremely clear, unusually cold night skies to image the Orion Nebula, also known as M42. During late November this iconic deep space phenomenon does not rise above the horizon until […]