astrophotography by bill w

back in eastbluff i decided to try out my D850 on the perseids on 8/11/20.  an extremely bright meteor streaked like lighting across the sky...

the milky way has been on my to do list for a while. here's a shot from the desert: Milky Way 7/21/2020, Sheep Hole Valley Wilderness,  ...

Here are my NEOWISE images from the Mojave. First, a starlink photobomb (a/k/a) Elon plays space invaders: comet NEOWISE C/2020 F3 animation...

Here it is over Irvine from my house (click for full size): Comet NEOWISE C/2020 F3 over Irvine 7/12/2020 Comet NEOWISE C/2020 F3 7/12/2020 ...

Will Betelgeuse blow? Will Taurus gore Orion? Read below: Recently, the star Betelgeuse (orange "shoulder" of Orion) faded from...

You'd think it would be on uranus, but there's a black hole on neptune: the Great Dark Spot  is thought to be related to a storm, si...

what better follow up to methane on jupiter than clouds on uranus?  prior blog entry : "there's not much to see visually.  bluish...