My Last Solar Eclipse Article
I recap my experience photographing the 2024 North America Solar Eclipse, along with discussing some of the challenges, and reflect on the next eclipse in 20 years.
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I recap my experience photographing the 2024 North America Solar Eclipse, along with discussing some of the challenges, and reflect on the next eclipse in 20 years.
Read MoreThis image of the 23% Waxing Crescent Moon is the first taken and posted with my new telescope, a Celestron NexStar Evolution 9.25″ Schmidt-Cassegrain. Optics worked perfectly, and auto-tracking was flawless.
Read MoreIn case you have not heard, there was a solar eclipse earlier this week. But on the day after, the Moon started its next cycle, and I captured this extremely thin and jagged crescent.
Read MoreThe oversized Moon has been used frequently in film and television. Here I show two recent examples of artistic Lunar photography, one good and one bad, from shows on MGM+.
Read MoreI was not planning on another Moon photo session this year, but being the weekend with an ultra clear sky, I did not want to pass this opportunity up.
If I do not write again Anno Domini Two Thousand and Twenty-Three, I hope you, dear reader, have a good weekend and turn toward the next calendar, and please be ready for more blog articles in 2024!
Read MoreThis one is not exactly a Full Moon, but it is close, on the other side of true Full. And it is likely the last Moon I will photograph for 2024 unless some ideal conditions open up.
Read MoreThis being Christmas, I decided to have a little seasonal fun with today’s image. I previously captured an airplane and geese flying near or through my view of the Moon. Is it so difficult to believe that Santa Claus himself could make a cameo on this of all nights?
Read MoreIn 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.
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