Astronomy & Astrophotography

Another clear night, another clear shot at May's Waxing Crescent Moon in the evening sky after Sunset. Taken with my...

A clear sky showed the prime event of the week - Venus and the Moon in proximity after Sunset. Photographed...

After nearly a month of waiting through overcast and wildfire smoke haze, I had a chance to see and photograph...

Very clear skies this early morning offered a prime opportunity to observe and photograph a nearly Full Moon.

Despite the colder temperatures and increasing wind, I used my homemade Dobsonian telescope tonight to photograph the Moon approaching Full.

It was finally time to photograph Venus once again, close up. Over the past several years I have posted Venus...

Sometimes there are appointments and commitments that interrupt even my astronomy hobby on important dates. This past Wednesday was one...

I have not posted an image of the Moon since last year, for a variety of reasons, but here is...

A view over my house of Jupiter and Venus close in the sky, after Sunset on February 26th, 2023.

The sky was still not ideal, with a Full Moon. And with Mars almost due above, I had difficulty manually...