Summer Solstice Fireflies
/Enjoying the first full day of summer with some fireflies in the backyard.
Read MoreEnjoying the first full day of summer with some fireflies in the backyard.
Read MoreThe geostationary satellite XM-4 is drifting from the west coast over to the east coast. I caught the satellite on its journey as it passed Eutelsat 113 West A.
Read MoreA nice spring evening for a high ISS pass. This might be my most detailed ISS image yet!
Read MoreTonight was my first time photographing the west coast SiriusXM satellites. I’ve now seen XM-5 on the east coast and the west coast!
Read MoreAfter a day of snow flurries the clouds parted and revealed a stunningly clear space station!
Read MoreI photographed the Apollo 17 landing site as well as the route that Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmidt drove on the lunar rover!
Read MoreOn a chilly morning I catch the space station and finish dialing in my exposures for my new barlow lens. Focus wasn’t perfect but the images are still great!
Read MoreI couldn’t resist a cold and peaceful night with a beautiful moon.
Read MoreJupiter and Saturn are starting to go away, so I took advantage of a nice night to take one last look until 2022!
Read MoreI finally have the exposure dialed in for the ISS with my 3x barlow lens. Now to wait for good weather and a nice high pass!
Read MoreIt’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!
Read MoreI’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.
Read MoreWith 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!
Read MoreI used images from my Jupiter animation to create a magic-eye effect
Read MoreOn one of the most beautiful nights I’ve had in my backyard I was able to get the best animation of Jupiter!
Read MoreMy first good attempt at the great red spot this year. Seeing wasn’t perfect, but it was a nice evening in the backyard!
Read MoreTesting out my new barlow lens I was able to get my clearest results of Jupiter and Saturn yet!
Read MoreI woke up in the middle of the night to see my first glimpse of Jupiter and Saturn in 2021!
Read MoreTonight 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!
Read MoreTonight I tried to photograph the ring nebula for the first time, not an easy task with an untracked mount!
Read MoreI’m an engineer in the commercial space industry. I love my backyard telescope, baking, drumming, and exploring.
First time seeing the Chinese space station since photographing the first launched module!
Another GEO eclipse season is upon us, so once again I turn to the eastern SiriusXM satellites!