Updated on August 23rd, 2025.
The Dragon Bravo Fire is now over 60% contained per InciWeb. One of the worst wildfires in Arizona history responsible for the loss of a lot of historic structures on the North Rim of Grand Canyon. Wildfire | InciWeb
I have spent many years looking for a comet from my home observatory. While I have found quite a few doing survey work for Catalina Sky Survey, nailing that "home" comet was still a high priority item for me. I finally found one on Sept. 30, 2024. This was a marginally bright comet moving through the Milky Way that I just beat ATLAS to. After running precovery searches in CSS data, it quickly became clear that this comet had recently gone from undetectable to an outburst within a short period of time, days or a week.
Yeah baby, it is that time again. An eclipse just happened! They are amazing astronomical events to witness without a doubt and I highly encourage people to go view them and take snaps! It also brings out a lot of the professional photographers who wish to show off their amazing skills. Photoshop skills that is. Of course, they definitely let you know just how fake the images are when they describe the image as a "composite image" for their fans.
