astrophotography by bill w

 i know very little about the moon, but once in a while i'll turn my planetary rig to the really bright thing in the night sky.  my usua...

Here are several images of venus captured with infrared and ultraviolet filters.  UV  light shows cloud structure which cannot be seen in th...

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the astronomy community was abuzz last week when an amateur astronomer in Brazil captured video of a  bright flash as a meteor estimated at ...

visually it was a spectacular event, there was something surreal about seeing the long bright orange rocket plume slowly rising up through t...

The conjunction of venus and mars on ~7/12/21 made it to many astronomy calendars, including mine.  Planetary conjunctions are typically sce...

i decided to image the last supermoon of this year as it rose from the beach at corona del mar: Moon rise 6/24/21 Corona Del Mar you'll ...