astrophotography by bill w

Hickson Compact Galaxy Group 68 is a tight group of galaxies 100 light years away in the constellation Canes Venatici visible in late spring...

a late start on the gas giants this year due to comet neowise hoopla, here's my first of the year, a quick shot thru my smaller SCT: Jup...

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...