Solar System

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...

The Mars opposition is days away, and though I have been watching the planet night and morning, this was may...

I photographed the eclipse this morning 4 a.m. I used my iPhone 14 Pro with "Night mode" for the final...

It took weeks trying for the right chance, but I finally was able to decently photograph Jupiter and its Great...

After Jupiter opposition this year, I started using my MacBook as a camera screen extension. In this article, I show...

Tonight was my first opportunity to try photographing the Moon with my new iPhone. All in all, it went well,...