Here are some more attempts to photograph the Moon using my Meade 90 ETX and my cellphone using an adapter. Not the best images but still fun to do. Notice that unlike in the Blood Moon photos, Aristarchus is now at the top of the photos as opposed to the bottom. (Aristarchus is the lone […]
Read more "Strawberry Moon"Here’s an interesting video where someone is attempting to measure the force of gravity in a lab environment. To me, it lends credence to the varysium material found in my AlCent Sagas novel series, as well as in the novel Seed of Aldebaran. In these stories, varysium is an ultra dense material found only on […]
Read more "Measuring Gravity in a Lab"Whoo-hoo! Merry Christmas to me! I was just told that a space had become available and now I’m going to the 2024 MarsCon in Virginia Beach, Virginia! I’m so excited! This will be the first conference where I will be signing my newly released novel AlCent Sagas Book One: Formation! It will also be the […]
Read more "I’ll be at the 2024 MarsCon in Virginia Beach!"This is one of my earlier attempts at astrophotography using my Meade 90 ETX. I caught it just before dawn as the Moon was setting and I’m still trying to juggle light balance and focus. The color came in nicely, though, especially once the clouds started to obscure the Moon. You can clearly see the […]
Read more "Blood Moon with the Meade 90 ETX"My wife and I had a rare and excellent opportunity a few months ago to see the SpaceX Dragon capsule reenter the Earth’s atmosphere as it headed for splashdown off the Florida coast near Jacksonville. It came almost directly over the house as it sped by from southwest over the Gulf of Mexico to northeast […]
Read more "Dragon Capsule reentry right over our house!"As some of you already know, I’ve spent the last two years writing the 325,000 word epic novel series AlCent Sagas. It sounds like a lot of work, but I’m at my happiest when I’m writing! The main character is Lt. Commander James Van Wert of the novel “Seed of Aldebaran.” Here is the description […]
Read more "Now released! AlCent Sagas Book One: Formation"Mariner Valley By James Crawford Copyright 2012 By James Crawford All rights reserved. I think that most of the people of this country do not understand the enormous opportunities that are now at hand with the establishment of the settlements at Chryse Planitia, Sacra Fossa, Candor Chasma and the other small research sites. What we […]
Read more "Excerpt 1 of “Mariner Valley”"Last February I found myself getting up nearly every morning before dawn to find the comet ZTF with my 10×50 binoculars. I did eventually find it, and was able to show it to my wife once it had become visible in the evening sky, but afterward found myself wanting a telescope again. I had a […]
Read more "My Return to Astronomy"Great news! Mariner Valley is now available in an audio format on Audible! Read by the incomparable Lyle Blaker, this Old West styled man hunt on the surface of colonial Mars comes to life in a new way and is available to be enjoyed while driving, doing projects, or just working around the house. Many […]
Read more "Mariner Valley now available on Audible!"In today’s post I would like to show you the cover art for the first novel of the AlCent Sagas series, which is set in the same time and location as Seed of Aldebaran. This is the great ship ISS Malabar, a combination heavy freighter and luxury passenger liner that operates between the planetary systems […]
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