Astronomy
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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 |