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28 Nights with the Moon

28 Nights and a day with the Moon was my first substantial astrophotography project and the original inspiration for this web site. While working on my Astronomical League Lunar Observing award, I noticed that it was sometimes difficult to reconcile what I saw in the lunar atlases with what I saw in the telescope. I decided to capture a high resolution image of the Moon for every day of the lunar month. I hope that they are as useful to other observers as they have been for me when I prepare to navigate the lunar terrain for an observing session. This would not be here without the encouragement of my friend Larry Martin.

01 Thin Crescent Moon 150914

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02 Crescent Moon

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03 Earthshine on the Waxing Crescent Moon

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04 Crescent Moon with earthshine

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05 Terlingua Crescent Moon

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06 Birthday Crescent Moon

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07 First quarter Moon

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08 Waxing Gibbous Moon

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09 Waxing Gibbous Moon

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10 Waxing Gibbous Moon

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11 Waxing Gibbous Moon

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12 Waxing Gibbous Moon 160321 stills with silent shutter

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13 Christmas Eve nearly full Moon

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14 Merry Christmas (La Befana) Full Moon

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15 Moon Super 140811

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16 Waning Gibbous Moon the Terminator is Back!

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17 Waning Gibbous Moon 140813

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18 Waning Gibbous Moon 140814

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19 Moon Waning Gibbous 140815

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20 Waning Gibbous Moon 140816

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21 Moon Last Quarter 140817

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22 Moon Waning Crescent 140818

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23 Waning Crescent Moon with Earthshine

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24 Moon Waning Crescent

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25 Moon Waning Crescent with Earthshine

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26 Moon Waning Crescent

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27 Moon Thin Waning Crescent 140823

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28 Old Crescent Moon in the Sun's last grasp 140725

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29 Moon during partial eclipse of the Sun 141023

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Celestial Events

Celestial events, including conjunctions, eclipses, transits and occultations, are exciting to photograph. These images can give a sense of scale and the relationships of solar system objects missing from individual images. These alignments of heavenly bodies can be once in a lifetime events, but one kind or another seems to come along every few months. Multiple targets - often greatly different in distance, size, and apparent brightness - are a challenge to image and often require special techniques. Events that occur within a small field of view are great for telescopes, while larger scale events call for a camera with an appropriate lens. Different filters, tracking, panoramic, and time lapse techniques may also be used.

Total Lunar Eclipse 2019

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2017 Great American Eclipse Revisited, put a ring on it

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Jet gets a close view of Solar Eclipse

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Transit of Mercury

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ISS Solar Transit

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Conjunction of Jupiter, Venus, & Mercury

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Mercury & the Moon with Earthshine

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Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter

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Lunar occultation of Venus

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Conjunction of Jupiter and Venus

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Luna & Gaia's Shadow

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Moon, Jupiter, & Callisto

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Moon & red Mars Conjunction

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Jupiter with Ganymede and its shadow

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Jupiter with Ganymede Io(transiting) & Europa

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Seven Worlds at Dawn

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Super Blue Blood Moon Time-lapse Lometa Texas

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Sun

The Sun is the brightest star in our sky. Every day sunrise and sunset provides an opportunity to see the interaction of sunlight with our atmosphere. Sunspots change every day and vary with an 11 year cycle. Atmospheric turbulence can make detailed images of the Sun a challenge. Solar and lunar eclipses and planetary transits are exceptional events that provide great opportunities for photographers.

Corazón encendido - Sunspot group AR2529

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Active sun with four sunspot groups

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Moon

The Moon gives us our closest view of another world. Craters, seas, and mountains can seen by the unaided eye, but are spectacular in the telescope. The daily changes in the lunar phase as it revolves around the earth, bring new details into relief daily. I specialize in detailed high dynamic range full disk images of the Moon with earthshine illuminating the lunar night.

Atacama Crescent Moon

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Thin crescent Moon

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Earthshine on a waxing crescent Moon

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Fly me to the Moon

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First Quarter Moon

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Nearly Blue Moon Revisited

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Christmas eve Moon

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Waning gibbous Moon

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Summer Solstice Full Moon from Austin

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Waxing gibbous Moon

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Waxing November gibbous Moon

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Texas Longhorn Moon

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An Alpine sunset on the Moon

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Clavius Tycho Moretus region of the Moon

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Tranquility Base

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Raspberry Pi Moon

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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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Earthshine Crescent Moon

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January Earthshine Crescent Moon

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Spring Waning Crescent Moon with Earthshine

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April Fools' eve Moon with earthshine

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December Solstice Crescent Moon with Earthshine

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Planets

The moons of Jupiter and Saturn are in constant motion and provide opportunities to see moon and shadow transits, occultations, and eclipses. When Mars is close the polar caps and dark surface features are in easy reach. Venus shows phases similar to the Moon and Mercury is a challenge to see just before dawn or just after sunset. I enjoy making HDR images with multiple targets: occultations, shadow transits, planets with their moons, and planetary conjunctions.

Mars just before 2020 opposition

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Mars before opposition May 2016 - Revisited

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Mars with Syrtis Major in view

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Mars 2018 closest approach

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Mars 2018 24.1 arc sec

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Jupiter and the Galilean Moons

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Jupiter imaged with a Raspberry Pi Camera

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Saturn with five moons

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Saturn near opposition 2016

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Saturn with five moons 2016-06-09

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Saturn with five moons 2016-06-18

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Jupiter with Galilean Moons

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Jupiter transited by Io & its shadow - Revisited

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Jupiter at opposition 2017 - Revisited

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Sweet Home Alabama Jupiter with Io transit & Europa

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Jupiter GRS, Europa, & Io transiting

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Solar System

The Sun, Moon, comets and planets of the solar system make wonderful objects for telescopic observation. They are great targets for urban observers, little affected by sky glow except for targets like dim comets and asteroids.

My Personal Universe

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Comet Lovejoy

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Deep Sky Objects

Deep space objects include galaxies, bright and dark nebulae, open and globular clusters. DSOs are a challenge to image on a small scope, but can be spectacular.

North America & Pelican Nebulae

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Rho Ophiuchi

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Marfa Western Veil Nebula

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Bubble Nebula and Nova 2021 Cas

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Whirlpool Galaxy M51

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Pinwheel Galaxy M101

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Sombrero Galaxy M104

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M42 Great Nebula in Orion

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Leo Triplet

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Horsehead & Flame Nebulae

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Bode (M81) & Cigar (M82) Nebulae

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Markarian's Chain

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Rosette Nebula from Terlingua

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Lagoon & Trifid Nebulae

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Coconino Pleiades

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Arizona Andromeda

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City Lights RedCat Pleiades

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Ghost town Omega Centauri Revisited

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The Sword of Orion

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The Sword of Orion

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Ring Nebula in Lyra

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Andromeda Galaxy

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Omega Centauri from Terlingua

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Globular Cluster M5

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Great Hercules Globular Cluster M13

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The Pleiades on a whim

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Elephant Trunk Nebula with the Garnet Star

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Antares Pentagon

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Corazón Incendida

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Iris Nebula, beauty in the dark

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Eagle Nebula, M16

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Dumbbell Nebula, M27

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Sword of Orion with the Great Nebual and Running Man

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Crescent Nebula, NGC 6888

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Omega Nebula M17

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Eye of God, NGC7293

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Cocoon Nebula

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Austin City Sadr

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The Veil Nebula in Cygnus, a ghost in the dark

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Crescent Nebula

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Dumbbell Nebula M27 Ultimate

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Bad Wolf Ranch Andromeda Galaxy

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Bad Wolf Elephant's Trunk

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Nightscapes

Landscape images including the night sky and astronomical images can capture the beauty of the heavens juxtaposed with beautiful landscapes. Single exposure images taken at dark sky locations can be quite beautiful with care and minimal equipment. All that is required is a camera, lens, and a tripod. Adding a tracking mount can bring extended deep sky objects into view.

Very Large Array Antenna

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Heart of the Milky Way from ALMA OSF

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Milky Way in Aquila

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Geminid Meteor and holiday lit trees

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The Constellation of Orion

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Moon setting Pulpit Rock Garden of the Gods

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Perseid Meteor shower with the Andromeda Galaxy

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Point and shoot Orion

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