The Chinese Space Station
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First time seeing the Chinese space station since photographing the first launched module!
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Another Satellite Eclipse Season
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Another GEO eclipse season is upon us, so once again I turn to the eastern SiriusXM satellites!
Read MoreGetting Back Outside
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It’s been a while since I took the telescope out, so I enjoy a chilly night with the moon and Jupiter.
Read MoreFirst Time Photographing The Geminids
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My first time seeing a meteor shower, and I even had some minor success photographing it!
Read MoreA Lovely Thanksgiving Moon
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No reason to photograph the moon other than its a nice clear holiday weekend. Happy Thanksgiving!
Read MoreOne More Try At ISS At My Max Zoom
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I tried getting the ISS at my highest zoom level one more time. It didn’t work great, but it was a fun experiment.
Read MoreClearest Jupiter Yet
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Jupiter is nice and high in the sky which makes for some beautiful images!
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A Brisk Night For The Moon and Saturn
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A beautiful brisk night to see Saturn and the moon.
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GEO Satellite Eclipse Season Begins Again
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Watching 3 SiriusXM satellites disappear into the shadow of the Earth!
Read MoreLight Flare Off The ISS Solar Panels
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Tonight I caught a relatively low pass of the ISS, and happened to catch light flaring off the solar panel!
Read MoreVenus and the ISS
/The weather is finally turning nice again and the evenings are gorgeous. It's been a while since I took the telescope out so I'm trying some old targets. Venus and the ISS.
First Venus was mainly an attempt to dial in my focus and pointing for the ISS pass. I don't recall the image settings, but Venus is always elusive. After my best attempt at focus, exposure, and stacking the planet still feels slightly out of reach. Damn you thick cloud layer!
For the ISS I wanted to try my 5x barlow. Usually I use my 3x Barlow with good results, but I wanted to see how far I could push it. Last time I tried the image was too dim so I had to increase from 0.5ms to 1.0ms exposure. The result is still good, but probably past optimal. I think the best I'll get from my telescope is the 3x Barlow lens and perfect weather.
The structure is all there, but it's not as sharp as I want it to be.
No matter the results, a quiet and cool evening alone with my telescope is a truly meditative experience.
Mars Near Opposition 2022
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My new lens didn’t work out to improve my view of Mars enough to make a new map of the planet, but it still makes a gorgeous sight!
Read MoreFirst of Mars 2022!
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I got my first image of Mars for 2022. My new lens isn’t performing as well as I hoped, so this image isn’t as clear as I wanted, but any time seeing detail on Mars is fun!
Read MoreThe ISS Crossing In Front of a Nearly Full Moon
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I finally caught the ISS passing in front of a nearly full moon!
Read MoreEclipse On Jupiter
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Tonight I get one of my sharpest images of Jupiter to date, and also happen to catch the shadow of one of the moons in the southern hemisphere!
Read MoreThe Planets Are Back!
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Jupiter and Saturn are back! I’m working on dialing in my new 5x barlow lens, especially because that’s pushing the limits of what’s reasonable with my telescope.
Read MoreHigh Pass of the ISS on a Nice Summer Evening
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After some software fixes I can take even more frames per second and got an amazingly crisp shot of the ISS.
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