Author Archives: aknudson

It’s Triplets!

Three new photos; two of the Leo Triplets, and one of M98, which needed a better shot. Continue reading

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A Few Good Spring Nights in Seattle

More space photos from my back porch, including the Sombrero, Southern Pinwheel, and Antenna galaxies (plus NGC 2403), and the Owl and North American nebulae. Continue reading

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Wait, There Are Two Whirlpool Galaxies?

I get a few pictures on the first clear night in a while (yay Seattle in the winter). I did get a few old favorites, but the prize of the night was M83, the Southern Whirlpool Galaxy. Unfortunately, since it’s so low in the sky, there’s a TON of haze. Continue reading

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Poppy was the best

Where I say goodbye to our family doggie. Continue reading

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Diversity is a virtuous cycle

Quick note (posted first on LinkedIn) about how diversity is a virtuous cycle. Continue reading

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A Bat, a Horse, and an Eye Walk Into a Bar…

More pictures from my eVscope2, including the Cosmic Bat nebula, the Horsehead nebula, the Flame nebula, the Iris nebula, and M66 (a galaxy). Continue reading

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First Clear Night in 2 months

More pictures from my back porch, using an eVscope 2 telescope. Continue reading

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The City of Akri

In which I show and discuss the map of the City of Akri, from my book, The Tale of Twoshirts. Continue reading

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How Twoshirts All Began

Where I discuss how Twoshirts came about. I talk about playing and DMing role playing games, and how that led to finding the little goblin boy named Twoshirts. Twoshirts then asked to be written, and now I’m trying to see if I can get the book published. Continue reading

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New Thanksgiving Space Photos!

New observations of the Pleiades cluster, M74 and M77 galaxies, NGC 6888 (the Crescent nebula), and a revisit to the Orion nebula. Continue reading

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