astrophotography by bill w

why call it a silhouette when i can be trendy? if you look around while the sun is partially eclipsed, you may notice strange things in the...

as usual, the sun has upstaged the moon, producing the largest sunspot folks have seen in years at the same time as the partial solar eclips...

OK first up there will be a solar eclipse visible from the US on thursday 10/23/14. http://shadowandsubstance.com/#Partial needless to sa...

forgot to send out this year's best shot: getting some nice color in the bands a hint of the north polar cloud, but no hexagon ...

Saturn 6th planet from the sun, second largest after jupiter a gas giant it has a slight yellowish color due to ammonia in the upper atm...

"my God it's full of stars" -Dave Bowman's final words prior to entering the monolith in 2001: a space odyssey.  contrar...

Aquila, the eagle, is a summer constellation.  It can be found here  in the summer evenings section: It’s brightest star, alpha aquil...