Original color image — 15 second exposure at ISO 3200, 61mm Radian Raptor telescope, motorized mount, and an Olympus 4/3…
The Great Conjunction of 2020
I have a little telescope: As astronomical telescopes go, it’s pretty small: a Celestron NexStar 5 SE. If the seeing…
Daytime Moon
Handheld Olympus Pen-F, 14-150 F4 lens, cropped.
A discernible shape?
In my previous post I said that Mars actually appeared as a tiny sphere. Here is a much enlarged portion…
Moon and Mars
In the original, if you zoom in so that pixels are individual squares, Mars actually is a discernible sphere.
Farewell dear comet
Olympus EM I Mark III, 150mm lens, f/2.8, 20s, ISO1600. Slight greenish tint, as has been noted by others. Yesterday…
NEOWISE
Olympus EM 1-3; 40mm F2.8 for 2 seconds. ISO 3200. I was sitting down, with the camera on my lap. …
The final frontier?
If we establish a permanent human presence off the shoulder of Orion we will necessarily take an ecosystem with us. …
Mercury and Venus, 2020-05-22
Not great astrophotography, but it is a rare event.
Teacups from China
I ordered these “Lazy Tea Cups” from the Guilin Tea Research Institute, in China. The shipping time was an anxious…