astrophotography by bill w

conjunction: two astronomical objects coming together. disclaimer: i'm not much on terrestrial photography and my DSLR battery died ...

While you may have read some of the hype surrounding the most favorable Mars viewing since the 2003 opposition (which helped inspire my int...

Venus is covered by a thick layer of clouds which shines brightly, making it the brightest planet in the sky.  See prior Venus overview .  ...

Still celebrating a summer Saturnalia.  I've had a run of the best seeing locally in several years.  It's a great time for planetary...

neared Saturnian nirvana last night  think i got a legit shot of the hexagon if you look closely at the top dark ring, you can see the cor...

The Jellyfish nebula is a large supernova remnant in the constellation Gemini. Hydrogen (Ha-red) and Oxygen (OIII-blue): IC 443 in Ha an...

Here's my first jupiter of the year: Jupiter and moons 2018-06-08-0512 UT seeing was unusually good: Jupiter 2018-06-08-0611_...