ISS Under the Dipper
In hindsight, this may have been a nice long-exposure NightCap image.
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Computer Looking Up
Astronomy, and Computer Technology
Photography
Jupiter at Opposition, and Another Planet
A comet and two planets, not too bad for one night.
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Early Sunset, July 2020
The picture may fool a bit, as this scene of a descending Sun overshadowed by incoming Western clouds gives no indication of how hot the day was.
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Clouds vs. Early Crescent Moon
Today’s story begins on the prior night, when the Moon was an even thinner crescent.
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Daytime Waning Crescent Moon, June 14th, 2020
Still going backwards and catching up on items from the past weeks. Last Sunday I took a walk and found the early Waning Crescent Moon.
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Early Morning Glimpse of Saturn and Jupiter
You can also see sloping towards the right some of the brighter stars in the constellation Sagittarius.
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Morning Moon, June 2020
I have been guessing, and I think correctly, that most people do not realize the Moon is visible in morning daylight.
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Saturn, Jupiter, and Moon, Early June Morning, 2020
This early morning view was simply too good to miss, so yes, I stayed up to at least see it when the Moon had risen high in the South.
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More Moon, June 2020
I tried to get the overall sharpness, contrast, and brightness as close to the image from two nights ago as possible.
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Plane and Moon
Here is another “by chance” image. I was outside early evening to photograph the rising Moon with my Canon EOS, to get a daytime shot.
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