astrophotography by bill w

the leo triplet  is a group of 3 galaxies popular with amateur astronomers as all 3 can be seen in the same telescopic field: M 65, M 66, an...

A fisheye lens  is an ultra wide angle lens that can view the entire sky at once, but with strong visual distortions at the edges (straight ...

recent mars images: Mars 8/7/2018 07:45 UTC RGB CM = 84.9 CL = -10.0 Infrared as luminance: Mars 8/7/2018 07:45 UTC IR-RGB wi...

Here's mars at closest approach for the 2018 opposition: Mars 7/31/18 8:21 UTC Visually it looked like a bright orange disk with po...

mercury, is difficult to observe and image.  since it's so close to the sun, it is usually only seen low in the horizon just before or a...

Had a run of the best seeing I've ever experienced in my location during the unusually warm humid weather of June and early July this ye...

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