Astronomy & Astrophotography

Still going backwards and catching up on items from the past weeks. Last Sunday I took a walk and found...

Here is what I hope will be the return of an observation technique I have not done for a while...

You can also see sloping towards the right some of the brighter stars in the constellation Sagittarius.

I have been guessing, and I think correctly, that most people do not realize the Moon is visible in morning...

This early morning view was simply too good to miss, so yes, I stayed up to at least see it...

I tried to get the overall sharpness, contrast, and brightness as close to the image from two nights ago as...

Here is another “by chance” image. I was outside early evening to photograph the rising Moon with my Canon EOS,...

With excellent viewing conditions on this cool night, I took a number of pictures of the Moon with my telescope...

Time to start getting the telescopes out more regularly, as the weather warms but is not too warm yet.

I knew I had to act quickly to photograph them, as they were moving fast and I didn’t know how...