Lunar Occultation of Mars - January 30, 2023

 

I took this video using the 6" (side-saddled) Celestron refractor

at the Patterson Observatory in Sierra Vista, AZ.

Camera: Canon T3i unmodded in the video mode 5X

ISO 6400 27fps at 1/500 sec shots

(As always, click on the images to see a larger view of them)

Here my take on Mars just before the occultation

using the same camera in the movie mode

stacked using AutoStakkert!4,

magnified and post-processed with Luminar 2018 image program:

Comet ZTF !

 

Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF

Here's that comet the media is talking about: Comet 2022 E3 ZTF

This is stack of 10 - 60 second shots taken with my Canon T3i camera body using a 6" RC telescope.

Year in Review - 2022

 

Every year I try to gather some of my favorite images from my astrophotography of that year into one image... enjoy ! All were taken from southeastern Arizona with a variety of telescopes in my observatory.

(Click on the image once or twice to see a larger view)