Ray's Notebook

Rocket launch & chemical release from Black Brant rocket launch, Wallops Island, Virginia. As seen from East Point, New Jersey Septembe...

On May 19, 2009 at 7:55 PM a 4 stage Air Force Minotaur I rocket carrying the Air Force Research Laboratory’s TacSat-3 satellite was launche...

In this view taken February 25th comet Lulin is directly opposite the Sun in the sky and out all night long. The gas tail points away from E...

I took this photo of comet Lulin on February 20, 2009 as the comet neared it's closest pass with Earth February 23rd. The reddish dust t...

Comet Lulin passes near the Earth on February 23, 2009 at the same time that it appears to pass 2 degrees south of Saturn. I first observed...

 Soon after I got my Orion Star Shoot camera one of my goals was to image 13.8 magnitude Pluto with my little 4.5" telescope. Th...

Compare the size of comet Holmes in the above photo I took Saturday night, December 1, to the photo on top taken November 16. The magnificat...