In all the years I have photographed the Moon and Venus together, this is likely the closest I have ever seen them in the sky.
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In all the years I have photographed the Moon and Venus together, this is likely the closest I have ever seen them in the sky.
Read moreI missed the actual Jupiter opposition by a few days, due to weather. But Saturday night had very clear skies, so I waited until near midnight to photograph the planet.
Read moreFor my several astronomy readers out there, it has been a while since I posted a good astrophotography image and article. I hope this one makes up a bit for the absence.
Read moreThis may be the closest to “true Full” that I have photographed. If you can see in the upper-right/towards right, there is a small line of craters at the edge, then the rest of the Moon’s ellipse is straight-on smooth. I missed true Full by probably a few hours, but I had to let the Moon clear the trees surrounding my back deck.
Read moreI could not have asked for a better mid-Summer night to observe and photograph Saturn at its opposition. The only real challenge was staying up late enough and then putting away all of my equipment afterward.
Read moreIf there was a theme to my early morning observations this year, it was “space junk.” Effectively ideal conditions were soiled by the incessant amount of satellites that come and go from all directions. But I did observe meteors and captured at least one with my iPhone.
Read moreI had hoped to capture a ‘red’ Moon tonight like I saw yesterday, through the Canadian fire smoke, but this Waxing Gibbous photograph will have to do.
Read moreHere is Venus through my homemade Dobsonian telescope, on a clear and warm late Spring evening in June, about 50 minutes after Sunset.
Read moreThere is a repeating theme this week – clear and calm temperatures, with every clear night revealing more of the Moon to see and photograph.
Read moreThis week’s lunar trek continues with another evening of clear sky and an easier target.
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