Astronomy & Astrophotography

Despite the unseasonably cold chill (the reason I have not posted anything for several weeks), I set up my camera...

The beaming Moon, contrasted to the blurry haze of last night’s, was too tempting a target not to get my...

Auriga is in an interesting part of the sky for another reason, as the boundary between the surrounding star activity.

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...