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Mars on October 5th, 04:30ut. Haze of Orographic clouds at the limbs, Schiaparelli, Syrtis Major Planum, Hellas Planitia and Scylla Scopulus regions.

Mars and the Moon conjunction as seen from Puerto Rico. Inset afterwards when taken. (ED80 APO, LX200ACF 305mm, ASI290mm Cmos, PowerMate Barlows, Astronomik RGB.)

The Sun with Prominences and decaying Sunspot AR2770 approaching the limb on August 14th, 17:21ut. ( ED80 APO, Moded Lunt LS50THa, ASI290mm Cmos, Cemax 2x Barlows.

Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE on July 27th, 00:37ut. Tracking on the comets nucleus. (ED 80 APO, ST2000xm Ccd, CFW9, Astronomik LRGB filters.)

Asteroid (52768) 1998 OR2 on April 29th, 02:32ut. Several hours before its closest approach to Earth.

Comet C/2019 Y4 on April 10th, 02:43ut - 03:42ut. Possible fragmentation and dimmer difuse core compared to my sessions several days ago.

Venus on March 19th, 22:36ut. ( LX200ACF 305mm OTA, CGE Mount, ASI290mm Cmos, TeleVue 3x Barlows, IR,G, UV filters. )

Venus on March 7th. In UltraViolet and RGB filters.

Venus on February 22nd, 22:51ut. (LX200ACF 305mm, CGE Mount, ASI290mm Cmos, TeleVue 3x Barlows, UltaViolet 350un, IR685un, G,B Filters.)

Venus on February 18th, 23:21ut. LX200ACF 305mm, ASI290mm Cmos, TeleVue 3x Barlows, UV, RGB filters.

Mars and Moon Occultation event. Unfortunately could not complete session due to rising sun sky brightness. on February 18th, 10:03ut inset - (Mars), 11:49ut. (Mars,Moon). ( ES ED80 APO, LX200ACF 305mm. ASI290 Cmos, TeleVue 3x Barlows, Custom Scientific RGB filters.)

Comet C/2017 T2 (Top-Left) approaching close to the double star cluster on January 27th, 00:47ut. The Double Cluster, or Caldwell 14, is the name for two open clusters – NGC 869 and NGC 884 – located close together in Perseus constellation.

NGC 2237 on December 23rd, 04:55ut. The Rosette Nebula (also known as Caldwell 49) is a large spherical H II region (circular in appearance) located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy.( ES ED80 APO, ST2000xm Ccd, AO8, CF9, Ha, OIII, SII filters.)

The California Nebula (NGC 1499) is an emission nebula located in the constellation Perseus. It is so named because it appears to resemble the outline of the US State of California on long exposure photographs. ( ES ED80 APO, ST2000xm Ccd, AO8, CF9, Ha, OIII, SII Narrow Band Filters )

Comet C/2017 T2 PANSTARRS to the left Open Star Cluster NGC1496 on December 20th, 02:37ut. ( LX200ACF 305mm OTA, CGE Mount, ST2000xm Ccd, AO8, CF9, Astronomik LRGB filter set.)

M45 on December 8th, 02:59ut. ( ES 80 APO, ST2000xm Ccd, AO8, CF9, Astronomik LRGB filter set.) The Pleiades also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, are an open star cluster containing middle-aged, hot B-type stars located in the constellation of Taurus. It is among the nearest star clusters...

Comet C/2017 T2 PANSTARRS on December 6th, 04:15ut. (LX200ACF 305mm OTA, F6.3, CGE Mount, ST2000xm Ccd, AO8, CF9, Astronomil Lum. filer.)

Messier 79 (NGC 1904) on December 4th, 04:44ut. M79 is a globular cluster in the constellation Lepus. Its about 42,000 light years away from Earth and 60,000 light years away from the Galactic Center. (LX200ACF 305mm OTA, F6.3, CGE Mount, ST2000xm Ccd, AO8, CF9, Astronomik LRGB filter set.)

The star Merope on December 3rd, 03:26ut. Merope is a blue-white B-type subgiant with a mean apparent magnitude of +4.14. It has a luminosity of 630 times that of the Sun and a surface temperature of 14,000 kelvins. Merope's mass is roughly 4.5 solar masses and has a radius more than 4 times as grea...

Mercury Transit exiting now at egress on November 11th, 17:21ut.

Sun - Mercury Transit exiting now egress (last contact) on November 11th, 18:03ut.

A quick session of the Sun - Mercury Transit on November 11th, 12:51ut ( 08:51a.m.). Unfortuntely forest canopy prevented first contact at by 15 minutes.

Orion's The Flame Nebula (NGC2024), The Star Anitak and The Horse Head nebula (B33). (Equipment: ES ED80APO, CGE Mount, ST2000xm Ccd, AO8, CF9, Astronomik Ha, LRGB filter set.)

The core of M33 on October 20th. Spiral galaxy M33 is located in the triangle-shaped constellation Triangulum, earning it the nickname the Triangulum galaxy. About half the size of our Milky Way galaxy, M33 is the third-largest member of our Local Group of galaxies following the Andromeda galaxy (M3...

Up-Close of the Andromeda's Core. On October 17th. ( LX200ACF 305mm F6.3 OTA, CGE Mount, ST2000xm Ccd, AO8, CF9, Astronomik LRGB filter set.) The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224 and originally the Andromeda Nebula is a spiral galaxy approximately 780 kiloparsecs (2.5 mill...