Author: John A. Blackwell

Director of Phillips Exeter Academy Grainger Observatory, research astronomer, astronomy & education consultant.

James Webb Space Telescope Resources

Each will open in a new browser tab.  Where is Webb? Updates on the project & instrument status and timeline. https://webb.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html NASA's JWST main page: https://jwst.nasa.gov/index.html  JWST Blog with latest and greatest news and updates: https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/ JWST Twitter Feed: https://twitter.com/NASAWebb JWST News Posts: https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/news.html Flickr Account: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasawebbtelescope/ JWST Image Resources: https://webbtelescope.org/resource-gallery/images JWST YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/NASAWebbTelescope... Continue Reading →

Shelyak’s LISA Spectrograph

LISA attached to telescope

It has been a while since a review. Here is a quick writeup of the Shelyak LISA Spectrograph, a product that has been available for some time now, but only within my reach this month. It has been a pleasure working with it, and it's not my first experience with Shelyak Instruments, a company based... Continue Reading →

The Active Sun

The news is, of course, old to those who have been following the Sun’s activity of late: things are getting more exciting. There are more spots, more flares and more CMEs as we approach solar maximum. Solar Cycle 25 is off to a good start, and interestingly, there are websites which post that it will... Continue Reading →

10 June Annular Solar Eclipse

From NH this was a partial eclipse, but we had good weather and the opportunity to watch the sunrise with the eclipse already in progress. The choice location was one of many spots along the NH seacoast. We chose North Beach in Hampton which had easy to reach parking and plenty of locations to settle... Continue Reading →

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