Astronomy & Astrophotography
Explore the art and science of capturing the cosmos. This category is your guide to photographing celestial wonders, from the familiar glow of the Moon to the faint light of distant galaxies. Here, you’ll find articles dedicated to every aspect of the craft, including the celestial targets themselves and the equipment and techniques used to capture them.
The Orion Nebula via DSLR Camera
I took a number of images of the nebula, playing around with the exposure and ISO settings.
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Venus and the Pleiades in April 2020
Inspired by other blogs such as Heads UP! taking cool pictures of Venus near the Pleiades, I knew I had...
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Moon on April 5th, 2020
The Moon was not my only target. Stay tuned in the coming days for more images from tonight’s session.
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Sun in April, 2020
It has been a while since I looked at the Sun through a telescope.
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Venus, Early March, 2020
Venus is still a remarkable and bright experience, in the West sky shortly after Sunset.
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Leap Day Moon, Venus, and Choice Confirmations
For those of you that were able to see it, the Moon and Venus were very close that night.
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Cloud Hiatus Over
It will be a fun year. Jupiter and Saturn’s oppositions are a mere five months away. Mars returns to opposition...
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Merry Winter Solstice
But I figured if you’re going to do it, might as well be done on the shortest daylight day of...
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Early Riser
Not too early, but early enough. Here was the Quarter Moon rising over Lake Michigan today, early afternoon.
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The No-More-Excuses Moon
The latter-stage Moon is high above. Do I have any excuses not to take a stab at photographing it?
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