Saturn truly never gets old

You never need a reason to see the moon

Saturn is finally back in the sky! It truly is the jewel of the solar system.

Let’s mix it up a bit and try some airplanes. Pictures weren’t quite as good as I was hoping but it’s a promising start!

This is something I’ve been planning for a while, and I’m excited at how well it came out. Jupiter rotates fast enough that if you photograph it for a few hours you can see the rotation.

I caught an eclipse on another planet!

Trying out Jupiter with the new fancy camera. Works well but I obviously have some practicing to do.

My best picture of the space station yet! You can even see the individual modules where the astronauts live.

Really starting to see some structure in the space station, but I wish I could get it just a tiny bit more in focus

I never get tired of seeing the moon up close. Seeing the shadows of the craters is always awe inspiring.

The space station blob is starting to get a shape!

At the equinoxes every year geosynchronous satellites dip into the Earth’s shadow for about an hour at solar midnight. I stayed up late to take enough pictures in a row to make a video of the eclipse!

Look at those geosynchronous satellites fly on by!

The Orion nebula is ALMOST visible in my telescope

Thanksgiving night turned out to be beautifully clear, so I took the chance to see the Pleiades cluster

Trying again to see geosynchronous satellites. They’re much brighter this time since we’re closer to the equinox.

My first attempt at trying to photograph geostationary satellites over 22,000 miles away. They’re extremely dim, but they’re there!

I got a picture of the space station that shows the structure of the entire station! Solar panels are visible, as are the Russian and US/European segments!

Tonight I decided to try and find the Apollo 11 landing site. I can’t quite see Amrstrong, Aldrin, or Collins craters, but I found the site!

I tried zooming in to get more detail on Saturn, but obviously more zoom doesn’t equal to better picture