Astronomy

How much astronomy can you really do with just an SLR and a few lenses? Well, not a lot, but here are a few photos I’ve managed to get.


Moon in Indiana, September 13, 2021

Moonrise over Pusch Ridge, Oro Valley, Arizona, December 28, 2023

Jupiter and the Gallilean moons, taken in Indiana September 13, 2021. This is a composite of two frames, Jupiter taken with a relatively short exposure, and the moons with a longer exposure.

Annotated version of the photo at left. There’s a handy website at https://skyandtelescope.org/wp-content/plugins/observing-tools/jupiter_moons/jupiter.html to find the current location of the moons.

Just before total solar eclipse August 21, 2017
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Nebraska

A little ways into the 2017 eclipse. The pre-totality images were taken through an 18 stop ND filter.

Farther into the 2017 eclipse

2017 eclipse totality!

Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024, Fillmore, Indiana.

2024 eclipse totality!

This may barely qualify as astronomy. Taken in Oro Valley, Arizona a couple of minutes before the occultation of mars by the moon on January 13, 2025.


Milky way between two rock faces, Lake Powell 2012