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Images by Date
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Medulla or Garlic Nebula, CTB1, Abell 85 |
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Horsehead & Flame Nebulae |
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Austin City Lights Andromeda Galaxy |
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Bad Wolf Flying Bat with the Squid Nebula |
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Bad Wolf Ranch Andromeda Galaxy |
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Bad Wolf Elephant's Trunk |
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Dumbbell Nebula M27 Ultimate |
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Crescent Nebula |
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The Veil Nebula in Cygnus, a ghost in the dark |
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Austin City Sadr |
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Cocoon Nebula |
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Omega Nebula M17 |
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Eye of God, NGC7293 |
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Crescent Nebula, NGC 6888 |
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Dumbbell Nebula, M27 |
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Eagle Nebula, M16 |
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Sword of Orion with the Great Nebual and Running Man |
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Iris Nebula, beauty in the dark |
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Sombrero Galaxy M104 |
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Lagoon & Trifid Nebulae |
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Markarian's Chain |
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Bode (M81) & Cigar (M82) Nebulae |
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Leo Triplet |
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Antares Pentagon |
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M42 Great Nebula in Orion |
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Whirlpool Galaxy M51 |
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Elephant Trunk Nebula with the Garnet Star |
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North America & Pelican Nebulae |
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Corazón Incendida |
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Marfa Western Veil Nebula |
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Bubble Nebula and Nova 2021 Cas |
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Rosette Nebula from Terlingua |
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Rho Ophiuchi |
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Pinwheel Galaxy M101 |
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Horsehead & Flame Nebulae |
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The Sword of Orion |
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Mars just before 2020 opposition |
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Coconino Pleiades |
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Arizona Andromeda |
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City Lights RedCat Pleiades |
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Very Large Array Antenna |
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Atacama Crescent Moon |
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Heart of the Milky Way from ALMA OSF |
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Total Lunar Eclipse 2019 |
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Mars 2018 24.1 arc sec |
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Mars 2018 closest approach |
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Jupiter GRS, Europa, & Io transiting |
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Super Blue Blood Moon Time-lapse Lometa Texas |
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Point and shoot Orion |
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December Solstice Crescent Moon with Earthshine |
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2017 Great American Eclipse Revisited, put a ring on it |
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Sweet Home Alabama Jupiter with Io transit & Europa |
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Jupiter at opposition 2017 - Revisited |
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Jupiter transited by Io & its shadow - Revisited |
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Active sun with four sunspot groups |
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April Fools' eve Moon with earthshine |
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Spring Waning Crescent Moon with Earthshine |
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Jupiter with Galilean Moons |
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January Earthshine Crescent Moon |
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Earthshine Crescent Moon |
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Waxing November gibbous Moon |
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Moon, Jupiter, & Callisto |
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ISS Solar Transit |
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Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter |
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The Pleiades on a whim |
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Perseid Meteor shower with the Andromeda Galaxy |
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Texas Longhorn Moon |
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26 Moon Waning Crescent |
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25 Moon Waning Crescent with Earthshine |
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23 Waning Crescent Moon with Earthshine |
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Copernicus in the early morning |
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Clavius and the Southern Highlands of the Moon |
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Summer Solstice Full Moon from Austin |
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Saturn with five moons 2016-06-18 |
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Waxing gibbous Moon |
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Saturn with five moons 2016-06-09 |
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Saturn near opposition 2016 |
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02 Crescent Moon |
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Mars before opposition May 2016 - Revisited |
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Transit of Mercury |
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07 First quarter Moon |
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Jupiter with Ganymede Io(transiting) & Europa |
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Corazón encendido - Sunspot group AR2529 |
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First Quarter Moon |
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Tranquility Base |
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Jupiter and the Galilean Moons |
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12 Waxing Gibbous Moon 160321 stills with silent shutter |
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05 Terlingua Crescent Moon |
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Ghost town Omega Centauri Revisited |
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Omega Centauri from Terlingua |
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The Constellation of Orion |
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The Sword of Orion |
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Seven Worlds at Dawn |
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11 Waxing Gibbous Moon |
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Earthshine on a waxing crescent Moon |
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03 Earthshine on the Waxing Crescent Moon |
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14 Merry Christmas (La Befana) Full Moon |
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13 Christmas Eve nearly full Moon |
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Christmas eve Moon |
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Geminid Meteor and holiday lit trees |
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Lunar occultation of Venus |
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Mercury & the Moon with Earthshine |
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10 Waxing Gibbous Moon |
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09 Waxing Gibbous Moon |
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08 Waxing Gibbous Moon |
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01 Thin Crescent Moon 150914 |
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Thin crescent Moon |
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Waning gibbous Moon |
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Moon setting Pulpit Rock Garden of the Gods |
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Andromeda Galaxy |
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Nearly Blue Moon Revisited |
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Conjunction of Jupiter and Venus |
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Globular Cluster M5 |
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Milky Way in Aquila |
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Jupiter with Ganymede and its shadow |
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Comet Lovejoy |
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My Personal Universe |
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29 Moon during partial eclipse of the Sun 141023 |
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Jet gets a close view of Solar Eclipse |
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An Alpine sunset on the Moon |
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06 Birthday Crescent Moon |
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Ring Nebula in Lyra |
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04 Crescent Moon with earthshine |
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Great Hercules Globular Cluster M13 |
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27 Moon Thin Waning Crescent 140823 |
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24 Moon Waning Crescent |
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22 Moon Waning Crescent 140818 |
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21 Moon Last Quarter 140817 |
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20 Waning Gibbous Moon 140816 |
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19 Moon Waning Gibbous 140815 |
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18 Waning Gibbous Moon 140814 |
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17 Waning Gibbous Moon 140813 |
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16 Waning Gibbous Moon the Terminator is Back! |
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15 Moon Super 140811 |
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Clavius Tycho Moretus region of the Moon |
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Fly me to the Moon |
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28 Old Crescent Moon in the Sun's last grasp 140725 |
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Moon & red Mars Conjunction |
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Saturn with five moons |
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Luna & Gaia's Shadow |
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Mars with Syrtis Major in view |
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Jupiter imaged with a Raspberry Pi Camera |
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Raspberry Pi Moon |
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Conjunction of Jupiter, Venus, & Mercury |
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Images by Date
Medulla or Garlic Nebula, CTB1, Abell 85 (2024-12-22)
Horsehead & Flame Nebulae (2024-11-23)
Austin City Lights Andromeda Galaxy (2024-11-23)
Bad Wolf Flying Bat with the Squid Nebula (2024-10-05)
Bad Wolf Ranch Andromeda Galaxy (2023-08-13)
Bad Wolf Elephant's Trunk (2023-08-13)
Dumbbell Nebula M27 Ultimate (2023-07-20)
The Veil Nebula in Cygnus, a ghost in the dark (2023-07-17)
Eye of God, NGC7293 (2023-07-11)
Crescent Nebula, NGC 6888 (2023-07-09)
Dumbbell Nebula, M27 (2023-06-29)
Eagle Nebula, M16 (2023-06-28)
Sword of Orion with the Great Nebual and Running Man (2023-01-22)
Iris Nebula, beauty in the dark (2022-06-02)
Sombrero Galaxy M104 (2022-04-30)
Lagoon & Trifid Nebulae (2022-04-30)
Markarian's Chain (2022-04-29)
Bode (M81) & Cigar (M82) Nebulae (2022-04-27)
M42 Great Nebula in Orion (2022-04-25)
Whirlpool Galaxy M51 (2022-04-07)
Elephant Trunk Nebula with the Garnet Star (2021-09-19)
North America & Pelican Nebulae (2021-09-05)
Corazón Incendida (2021-09-05)
Marfa Western Veil Nebula (2021-06-11)
Bubble Nebula and Nova 2021 Cas (2021-04-11)
Rosette Nebula from Terlingua (2021-03-27)
Pinwheel Galaxy M101 (2021-03-20)
Horsehead & Flame Nebulae (2020-12-08)
The Sword of Orion (2020-11-17)
Mars just before 2020 opposition (2020-09-30)
Coconino Pleiades (2020-09-15)
Arizona Andromeda (2020-09-14)
City Lights RedCat Pleiades (2020-01-04)
Very Large Array Antenna (2019-10-08)
Atacama Crescent Moon (2019-08-03)
Heart of the Milky Way from ALMA OSF (2019-08-03)
Total Lunar Eclipse 2019 (2019-01-21)
Mars 2018 24.1 arc sec (2018-08-07)
Mars 2018 closest approach (2018-08-02)
Jupiter GRS, Europa, & Io transiting (2018-06-23)
Super Blue Blood Moon Time-lapse Lometa Texas (2018-01-31)
Point and shoot Orion (2018-01-15)
December Solstice Crescent Moon with Earthshine (2017-12-21)
2017 Great American Eclipse Revisited, put a ring on it (2017-08-21)
Sweet Home Alabama Jupiter with Io transit & Europa (2017-04-26)
Jupiter at opposition 2017 - Revisited (2017-04-07)
Jupiter transited by Io & its shadow - Revisited (2017-04-03)
Active sun with four sunspot groups (2017-04-02)
April Fools' eve Moon with earthshine (2017-04-01)
Spring Waning Crescent Moon with Earthshine (2017-03-25)
Jupiter with Galilean Moons (2017-03-15)
January Earthshine Crescent Moon (2017-01-31)
Earthshine Crescent Moon (2017-01-01)
Waxing November gibbous Moon (2016-11-11)
Moon, Jupiter, & Callisto (2016-10-28)
ISS Solar Transit (2016-09-04)
Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter (2016-08-27)
The Pleiades on a whim (2016-08-12)
Perseid Meteor shower with the Andromeda Galaxy (2016-08-12)
Texas Longhorn Moon (2016-07-09)
26 Moon Waning Crescent (2016-07-01)
25 Moon Waning Crescent with Earthshine (2016-06-30)
23 Waning Crescent Moon with Earthshine (2016-06-28)
Copernicus in the early morning (2016-06-28)
Clavius and the Southern Highlands of the Moon (2016-06-28)
Summer Solstice Full Moon from Austin (2016-06-21)
Saturn with five moons 2016-06-18 (2016-06-18)
Waxing gibbous Moon (2016-06-14)
Saturn with five moons 2016-06-09 (2016-06-09)
Saturn near opposition 2016 (2016-06-06)
Mars before opposition May 2016 - Revisited (2016-05-21)
Transit of Mercury (2016-05-09)
07 First quarter Moon (2016-04-14)
Jupiter with Ganymede Io(transiting) & Europa (2016-04-14)
Corazón encendido - Sunspot group AR2529 (2016-04-14)
First Quarter Moon (2016-04-14)
Jupiter and the Galilean Moons (2016-03-25)
12 Waxing Gibbous Moon 160321 stills with silent shutter (2016-03-21)
05 Terlingua Crescent Moon (2016-03-14)
Ghost town Omega Centauri Revisited (2016-03-14)
Omega Centauri from Terlingua (2016-03-12)
The Constellation of Orion (2016-03-11)
The Sword of Orion (2016-02-13)
Seven Worlds at Dawn (2016-02-04)
11 Waxing Gibbous Moon (2016-01-20)
Earthshine on a waxing crescent Moon (2016-01-15)
03 Earthshine on the Waxing Crescent Moon (2016-01-14)
14 Merry Christmas (La Befana) Full Moon (2015-12-25)
13 Christmas Eve nearly full Moon (2015-12-24)
Christmas eve Moon (2015-12-24)
Geminid Meteor and holiday lit trees (2015-12-15)
Lunar occultation of Venus (2015-12-07)
Mercury & the Moon with Earthshine (2015-10-11)
10 Waxing Gibbous Moon (2015-10-04)
09 Waxing Gibbous Moon (2015-09-23)
08 Waxing Gibbous Moon (2015-09-22)
01 Thin Crescent Moon 150914 (2015-09-14)
Thin crescent Moon (2015-09-14)
Waning gibbous Moon (2015-09-02)
Moon setting Pulpit Rock Garden of the Gods (2015-08-21)
Nearly Blue Moon Revisited (2015-07-30)
Conjunction of Jupiter and Venus (2015-07-01)
Globular Cluster M5 (2015-05-17)
Milky Way in Aquila (2015-05-16)
Jupiter with Ganymede and its shadow (2015-04-15)
My Personal Universe (2015-01-01)
29 Moon during partial eclipse of the Sun 141023 (2014-10-23)
Jet gets a close view of Solar Eclipse (2014-10-23)
An Alpine sunset on the Moon (2014-10-15)
06 Birthday Crescent Moon (2014-09-01)
Ring Nebula in Lyra (2014-08-31)
04 Crescent Moon with earthshine (2014-08-30)
Great Hercules Globular Cluster M13 (2014-08-26)
27 Moon Thin Waning Crescent 140823 (2014-08-23)
24 Moon Waning Crescent (2014-08-19)
22 Moon Waning Crescent 140818 (2014-08-18)
21 Moon Last Quarter 140817 (2014-08-17)
20 Waning Gibbous Moon 140816 (2014-08-16)
19 Moon Waning Gibbous 140815 (2014-08-15)
18 Waning Gibbous Moon 140814 (2014-08-14)
17 Waning Gibbous Moon 140813 (2014-08-13)
16 Waning Gibbous Moon the Terminator is Back! (2014-08-12)
15 Moon Super 140811 (2014-08-11)
Clavius Tycho Moretus region of the Moon (2014-08-05)
Fly me to the Moon (2014-07-29)
28 Old Crescent Moon in the Sun's last grasp 140725 (2014-07-25)
Moon & red Mars Conjunction (2014-07-05)
Saturn with five moons (2014-05-28)
Luna & Gaia's Shadow (2014-04-15)
Mars with Syrtis Major in view (2014-03-25)
Jupiter imaged with a Raspberry Pi Camera (2013-10-23)
Raspberry Pi Moon (2013-10-20)
Conjunction of Jupiter, Venus, & Mercury (2013-05-26)
Made with care using XML on a Mac in Austin, Texas on
2025-02-03
© 2025 Robert C. Pettengill,
Ph.D. 