When the moon is just barely lit by the sun you can technically still see the rest of the moon very dimly. The reason you can see it is because of the light reflected off the Earth, a phenomena called Earthshine. I don’t quite have the right camera equipment to get this picture right, but I don’t think it was a bad attempt anyway!

I tried to find a globular cluster, but I simply don’t have the right telescope mount for that kid of photography.

Let’s find Buzz and Neil’s old hangout!

Tonight I snagged by far the best picture of the space station yet, it’s going to be really hard to top this one!

Tonight was a beautiful night to see Mars and Jupiter. Mars is somewhat past optimal viewing, but the planet wide dust storm has finally subsided so I finally got some surface details. If you look closely Olympus Mons is even there!

My first attempt at photographing Mars. I’m amazed that there’s actually a fair amount of detail, though it looks a bit flat.

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