A Bird, a Plane, a UFO?
This is likely a plane’s fuselage. But it just seemed awfully high in the sky for a commercial plane. What do you think it is? Aliens?
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Computer Looking Up
Astronomy, and Computer Technology
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.
Constellations II: Leo the Lion
Five weeks. That is how long I had to wait from my first session photographing Leo the Lion to my second.
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Moon, May 29th
Here is a tip for checking camera settings on an image. Most newer cameras should store these settings as part of the image file’s metadata.
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Moon, Pollux, and Castor, May 28th
The Memorial Day weekend provided a few good nights of clear or mostly clear skies.
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Daylight Moon with Venus
Normally I complain about my blocked view of the East sky, due to trees and neighbors’ houses. But sometimes the setup has its benefits.
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Short Animation of Io, Jupiter, and Europa, May 16th
I attempted to put together a sequence of Jupiter images to make an animation.
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A Montage of Jupiters from the Past Week
Here are the several other Jupiter images from the past week I did not post about previously on this blog.
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Merging the Telescope World with the Real World
The important aspect of this picture is that it captures all of Jupiter’s Galilean moons.
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Jupiter and Two Moons
Apparently it is possible to get Jupiter and its moons into the same picture.
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Moon Closeup on May 7th
I was surprised and a little alarmed at how the sky was brightened.
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