Friday, March 17, 2023

Even when the face of the Sun in normal light is boring...

 ...that doesn't mean nothing awesome isn't happening!

Here's a shot I took using a PST (Personal Solar Telescope) that is designed to show the Ha portion of the spectrum of light!

























Here is what the GEOS-16 NASA satellite captured:


















My camera's orientation is different and the telescope is certainly less expensive 
that the NASA satellite and camera, for sure, but it was nice to give it a try!

Here is what the Sun looked like at the same time in normal "white" light 
(minus the numbers used to identify solar sunspots):




Friday, March 3, 2023

Moonlight on the Huachuca Mountains!

 













Moonlight on the Huachuca Mountains from our front porch tonight... and it is not even a full Moon yet! Taken about 9:45pm Friday night! (Be sure to click on the photo for a better, larger view)

On the the Moon... with style !

 A brief video I produced of the Moon a few days ago... with music!

A suggestion: add music to your astroimages and people will likely enjoy it even more!



More Solar Imaging... night imaging to come!

  Taken with a monochrome 5 megapixel camera on an 8" SCT Meade LX200GPS with a Baader solar filter and a 2X Barlow len.s Of these two ...