Waning Gibbous Moon
I can’t really take decent astrophotos with my equipment, but the Moon, at least, is accessible. This was taken November 9, 2014.
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Moon shot
No, not a rocket launch. Just my first attempt at astrophotography. Tonight I set up my telescope and camera to take a photo of the waxing half moon. First, the photo itself and then a description of how it was made. I’ve never seriously tried astrophotography before, so this was a bit of a challenge. …
Venus transits the Sun, 2012
Today, Venus passed directly between the Sun and the Earth, an event that only happens every hundred years or so. I was at work today, but I took one of my telescopes with me and when the transit began, about 5:09pm CDT, I set up in the parking lot and projected the image onto a …