Solar System

The current positions and timing of our planets offer an opportunity to see both Jupiter and Venus in the sky...

If you look closely above and to the left of the Moon, you can see stars. They were not visible...

I will say this for cloudy weekdays – at least I don’t have to make up excuses for not taking...

Just one problem, though – the Moon was approaching Full and washed much of the sky out. So I settled...

The Moon is now significant higher than Venus after Sunset, and fuller. So I took my digital camera and tripod...

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...

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

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...