#Comet C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) in early morning twilight, 17 April ... as seen from the mountains of southern New Mexico at 9,400 feet.

This was taken on a fixed tripod. No star tracker. It's a stack of 50 4-second exposures, 85mm lens, APS-C camera.

Compare it to yesterday's image with a 135mm lens:
https://universeodon.com/@KrajciTom/116414374303219680

Scattered cirrus clouds were present this morning, giving the sky a slightly uneven and streaked appearance in the image stack.

The comet is moving lower in the sky day by day, about 1.5 to 2 degrees at a time. In only a few days it'll be too low to observe in the morning sky. Several days later it will be visible in the evening sky and well placed for southern hemisphere observers.

#NewMexico #Photography #Astrophotography #Mountains #Trees #Twilight #Morning #Cirrus

Still truckin' west from the #EU in my #Xplane #flightsim #Cirrus SF50 Vision jet. I have three days to kill before I head to the left coast, so I picked Martha's Vineyard (KMVY), I hear it is quaint. And expensive. I'm told to try the cod.

Was taxiing to parking when a fuel truck and a Jetranger had a "deal" as ATC calls them. I do not think this is going to buff out for the helicopter.

Also, lots of company here on the ramp. Must be a popular place?

#avgeeks #aviation #flying #travel

Made a second hop tonight from Greenland's southern tip over to Gander Int'l in Newfoundland in my #Xplane #flightsim #Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet, coming back to the west coast from the EU.

Five airliners (2 747s and three twin-engine wide bodies, maybe 777s?) had to line up and wait for me to lollygag in at 90 kts on final. I think one was honking his horn.

RON tonight here. Going to take the Courtesy Yak into town and take a Gander...

#avgeeks #aviation

Still working my way west from the EU to the Left Coast via Iceland, Greenland, Nova Scotia in my #Xplane #flightsim #Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet.

Just landed at Narsarsauq, Greenland, at the far southern tip. First thing I did was put on my "Trump is an idiot" hat so the line guys would sell me fuel. They saw the U.S. registry "N" number and quickly ran the other way.

Gee, I wonder why?

#avgeeks #aviation #flying

Headed back to the states in my #Xplane #flightsim #Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet.

Tonight's flight (actually early Weds morning real-time) is Cork Int'l Airport in Ireland (EICK) to Keflavík Int'l Airport (KEF) in Reykjavík, Iceland.

Level at FL260 over a stormy North Atlantic below (ambient temp -40C at altitude) single-engine (turbine). Making 407 kts of ground speed, sucking up the fuel at 137 GPH, so I'll have to tap my virtual ferry tank to meet NBAA reserves when I land.

#avgeeks #aviation

Dropped off my #XPlane #flightsim #Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet at Napoli Airport last week, and rented a #Cessna 172 Skyhawk for a VFR tour of Sicily. Hit every airport on the island, and just returned to Napoli.

I parked exactly where ground told me, I think, it was broken Italian English. Came back for my jet and found a small problem, not sure but I think it will buff out.

Headed back to the states soon. Can I land in Greenland? We own it now, right?

#avgeeks #aviation #Italy #Travel #flying

If you're looking for another thing to thank #LLM techbros for: #OpenAI is now acquiring #Cirrus Labs, and #CirrusCI is going to shut down in <2 months.

https://web.archive.org/web/20260407101724/https://cirruslabs.org/

#AI #NoAI #NoLLM

Understanding and testing iCloud

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://eclecticlight.co/2026/04/06/understanding-and-testing-icloud/

Still bopping around the EU in my #Xplane #flightsim #Cirrus SF50 Vision jet. Took off from Salzburg, Austria, and here I'm on final approach flying the ILS to RWY 24 at Naples, Italy (LIRN). I believe really good pizza is what's for dinner.

My pax are here for seven days, so I might rent something interesting and go explore Sicily VFR. They have a sweet G1000 172 Skyhawk on the line here, €160/hr (Hobbs) wet.

#avgeeks #aviation #flying #EU #Italy