It’s been ages since I’ve taken the time to see a full moon. This image has a few issues, but the moon is simply a stunning thing to see up close!
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I’m still experimenting with the proper exposure settings for the ISS with my 3x barlow lens. I think I finally got a good exposure, but bad seeing and bad focus killed the image.
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With only 1 clear night to work with I was able to capture 3 satellites disappearing into the shadow of the Earth! This past spring I caught two, but the third one is the newly launched SXM-8! Last time I saw SXM-8 it was in a clean room!
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I used images from my Jupiter animation to create a magic-eye effect
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On one of the most beautiful nights I’ve had in my backyard I was able to get the best animation of Jupiter!
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My first good attempt at the great red spot this year. Seeing wasn’t perfect, but it was a nice evening in the backyard!
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Testing out my new barlow lens I was able to get my clearest results of Jupiter and Saturn yet!
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I woke up in the middle of the night to see my first glimpse of Jupiter and Saturn in 2021!
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Tonight I discovered my camera has a high speed mode to capture even more frames, and I was able to get my best ISS image yet!
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Tonight I tried to photograph the ring nebula for the first time, not an easy task with an untracked mount!
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I went outside to enjoy the beautiful evening with no real targets in mind. I ended up seeing some stunning views of the moon and some hints of the ring nebula.
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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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