Astronomy & Astrophotography

With an excellent view towards the Western horizon on Sunday night, Venus and Mercury were easy to see.

The thing about Gemini is that there is no obvious outline to the constellation.

After I took my first true pictures of Orion early last week, while pleased with the results, I felt the...

My first thought was, oh crap, I almost forgot about that! I further completely forgot that Venus and Mercury would...

Though I missed taking a picture of the Full Moon on March 1st, I did get this picture the following...

Waxing Moon notwithstanding, these conditions were perfect for tripoding my camera and trying out my new wide-field lens.

I had prepared my 127mm Mak-Cass and digital camera with tripod, hoping to see and capture this morning’s Lunar Eclipse...

On Thursday night, a few hours after I photographed the Orion Nebula, I searched for the asteroid and dwarf planet...

There were many targets in the sky, but as it was a school night, I decided to focus (no pun...

I had been hoping to take pictures over the course of days to see if changes in its brightness could...