Jupiter in Amazing Clarity
/Good camera exposure settings and gorgeous weather rewarded me with my best image of Jupiter ever.
Read MoreGood camera exposure settings and gorgeous weather rewarded me with my best image of Jupiter ever.
Read MoreA beautiful night to capture Jupiter! It's amazing what you can do with a ten year old telescope and a smartphone!
Read MoreNothing says the start of summer like enjoying the fireflies!
Read MoreJupiter was finally up at a reasonable hour, but atmospheric conditions didn't totally play along. The photo isn't what I was hoping for, but it's nice to see Jupiter again for the first time in almost a year!
Read MoreThe clouds are finally clearing, the weather is warming, and I had a full moon coincide with a good space station pass. Hard to ask for more!
Read MoreI was finally able to get back outside after over a month of seemingly constant cloudy nights. I tried a photo stitch with stacked images of the moon. I get some additional clarity, but I’m not convinced it’s a huge jump in quality.
Read MoreA beautiful pass of the space station tonight! Sadly I lost tracking right at the peak of the pass, so I may have missed my big shot!
Read MoreAttempted to photograph craters under different lighting conditions,
Read MoreI’ve been waiting ages for this to line up, and the weather finally cooperated to get a picture of the space station and the moon
Read MoreA cool way to visualize the size of the Earth’s shadow during a lunar eclipse
Read MoreA picture of one of the last Iridium flares ever!
Read MoreMy first attempt at photographing a lunar eclipse, and it’s our last one for a while!
Read MoreTaking pictures of satellites over 22,000 miles away, and it turns out you can also see that stars have widely varying colors!
Read MoreTrying for long exposure photography of geosynchronous satellites. It worked, but didn’t really come out how I was imagining. Live and learn!
Read MoreMy first Iridium flare! They’re going away soon, my first may also be my last!
Read MoreIt turns out that editing your pictures can make them look really nice, who knew?
Read MoreMy first foray into image editing with DarkTable, and it’s blowing my mind
Read MoreA first try at night photography without the telescope. Learning the right settings to achieve the image that’s in your head is much harder than I thought it would be.
Read MoreI’m an engineer in the commercial space industry. I love my backyard telescope, baking, drumming, and exploring.
During a high pass of the ISS I caught a large glint of sunlight off the Russian segment.