I tried to photograph the M5 globular cluster. I like this image but I definitely learned some things I would do next time to do even better!
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Tonight both the ISS and Tianhe-1 had really high passes at reasonable times! The night was clear, but seeing wasn’t absolutely perfect. Even with imperfect conditions I got good shots of both stations.
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I took my first shot at imaging the Chinese space station Tianhe-1. It’s probably the smallest target I’ve been able to resolve!
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Very possibly my sharpest image of the moon yet
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I took one last shot at Orion before it’s gone for the season. My practice back in March really paid off and I got an image I’m really happy with!
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I had a beautiful 85 degree pass of the space station, though less than optimal seeing stopped the image from being really incredible
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I tried out a couple ideas to get noticeably sharper images of the moon. I’m pretty pleased with the results!
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It’s always hard to pass up a nice ISS pass when the weather is clear, the pass is in the evening, and the kids are in bed!
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I photographed XM-3 and XM-5 geostationary satellites all night to see how they move and to watch them disappear into the shadow of the Earth.
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I tried to photograph the geostationary satellite eclipse but my computer was shut down by a windows update! I’ll try again another night, but I still got some great views of XM-3 and XM-5!
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Trying out a new focal reducer I used the Orion nebula as a test subject and wow, it worked so much better than I expected!
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After a cloudy and snowy winter I finally get a clear night to do some star trails. They don’t turn out great, but it feels good to get back outside again.
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BBC Sky at Night Magazine is hosting the 2021 Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards, so I thought I might as well submit a few images. These are what I chose!
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I was able to photograph a whole moon halo using my wife's iphone
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I looked through all the images I took this year and picked out some of my favorites. This year was a rough year for all of us, but I think astronomy was a particularly bright point!
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I finally found a dark moonless night to try and find Uranus for the first time!
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I finally nailed the exposure settings for the ISS and got my clearest image yet!
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I saw my first ever 22 degree halo around the moon so I got a quick cell phone photo!
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I took advantage of a nice night to create a fifteen image mosaic of the moon
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I finally compiled a full planetary map of Mars using photos taken from my backyard! This has been a project I’ve been thinking about for a long time and it feels great to see such wonderful results!
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