astrophotography by bill w

What's wrong with this picture ( click for full size)? nothing really, except that the crescent is facing the wrong way.  ...

testing out my imaging rig for the 8/21/17 total solar eclipse.  there will be a range of exposures so decided to shoot filtered midday sun,...

here's a close up of "the heart of the heart",  dust and gas near open cluster Melotte 15, in the center of IC 1805, the hea...

The glowing eye nebula, NGC 6751 really looks like an eye to me, complete with a pupil, iris, and reflected light.  Yes, it's a bit bloo...

NGC 6886 is a stellate planetary nebula--it's so small it can't be distinguished from a star.  Here's a grey-scale image which...

M 29 is an open cluster in cygnus: relatively bright, an easy target for a small telescope or binoculars the 5 brightest stars are B0 g...