As promised, the Moon has appeared to creep closer to Venus.

This is a rare view of the Moon. Looking through my archives, the only time I photographed a similar phase ...

I thought it would be a calm, uneventful Saturday, with nothing scheduled, no major tasks, a simple day that I ...

The mallard and their brethren receive attention on my blog from time to time.

So I did what any amateur astrophotographer would do…I got out my iPhone, set it to “Pano” mode, and took ...

See the first image in this post? You should notice two issues with it.

I took this picture with my iPhone quickly as I was packing up my telescope on Jupiter’s opposition night.

I intentionally rerouted my evening walk so I could get a better perspective on both the Moon and Venus.

On a side note, I missed the Perseid meteors this year as the sky was bad most of last week.

On the same day I took my recent Saturn and Jupiter images, approximately 18 hours afterward, I went for an ...