Observing Report: October 23rd, 2025 The Knolls, Salt Lake Desert, Utah

 

 On October 23rd, 2025, the weather was clear and beautiful and it was just two days after New Moon. I made the decision to head out and observe. I decided to go to one of my favorite places, The Knolls.I love going to The Knolls during the week. On most week nights where I go there is no one there and I have the location to myself. I never go here on the weekend because there are always RV's, trailers and ATVers and Motorbikes in the area. Season depends also on whether there are people out there or not. In the summer there can be people out here at night, but if you get away from the area where they camp, you are left alone.

 

 

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The Cat’s Eye Collab: Hubble and Euclid Team Up for a Masterpiece

 

 

 

If you’ve ever looked at a photo of the Cat’s Eye Nebula (NGC 6543), or looked at it through a telescope (see my sketch from 2010 above from a 14" telescope) and thought it looked like something straight out of a sci-fi movie, you aren’t alone. Even NASA describes its structures as "surreal."

This week, we got a brand-new look at this iconic object, but with a twist: for the first time, the Hubble Space Telescope and the Euclid Space Telescope teamed up to give us the ultimate "wide-angle meets macro" view of a dying star.

 

 

For the full text and links to the High Res Image and to see my sketch from 2010 head over to EadsyAstronomy LINK 

Astronomer of the Week: Henrietta Swan Leavitt

 

 

 In the vast, silent reaches of the cosmos, there are few names that should hold as much weight for the backyard observerer or astronomer as Henrietta Swan Leavitt. While we often think of astronomy as a pursuit of great telescopes and high-altitude domes, Leavitt’s revolution happened on glass—thousands of photographic plates that "shattered the bowl of the sky" and turned a flat firmament into a three-dimensional universe.

 

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