Observing with Street Lights

Observing with Street Lights
Dark sky sites not always necessary to see the Milky Way (This image was taken ouside of a B&B in Julian, CA)

Saturday, March 14, 2026

Greetings on Pi Day; Looking into Gravitational Waves and trying Grok; Black Hole Wind; Infalling matter and radiation efficiency

 Greetings from Palmia Observatory,

It's been a while and what better day to start off again like Pi Day.  Also let's talk about black hole wind and matter falling into black holes and asking Grok to comment.

Monday, December 8, 2025

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Some background on binary star systems and mergers; Almost full moon; Visitors on the observatory patio?

 Greetings from Palmia Observatory

Well, this week I attended the CSULB physics colloquium and had interesting presentation on binary system evolution and mergers by Professor Margaret Lazzarini, CSULA.

Saturday, October 25, 2025

Searching for Comet Lemmon in city lights viewing in Orange County

 Greetings from Palmia Observatory

Well, there has been a lot of talk about Comet Lemmon and how it is sort of naked eyeball visible, so I had to get out of my easy chair and take the flimsy tripod and DSLR outside and take a look.

Saturday, July 12, 2025

Trying out Google AI Search Overview; Can the multiverse concept now be tested? How does AI do with witches? Finally, its the full moon!

 Greetings from Palmia Observatory,

Well, this week we had some fun with Google AI searches and watched good multiverse discussion video and finished with a peek outside of the full moon.