Solar System

Would this finally be the night I see Mercury? I had been searching for Mercury on and off for seven...

That speck towards the bottom and to the right of center was the Waning Quarter Moon this morning.

After photographing several nights of the pre-Full Moon, now I am interested in the waning daytime phases.

With a clear sky, calm air, and moderately cold temperature, I had no excuse not to attempt a final imagining...

By midnight, I knew I had to stay up a tad longer to see the Moon in proximity to both...

With clouds, the equation changes a bit, so I scaled the shutter all the way up to 1/50 to get...

The following day and at approximately the same time (in daylight), the sky was still clear. So I took another...

Tonight, I took a few more pictures of the Moon (and my, has it grown since its run-in over the...

My explanation for how I tried to find the planet Uranus is the post-Dusk sky.

It was a little nerve wracking as Aldebaran was about to disappear, for though I was video taping it, I...