astrophotography by bill w

testing my solar imaging: sun  9/23/23 baader film filter single exposure 1/1,000 sec ISO 100, 300 mm f/4 Close up of the sun this summer, w...

Lunar rays , streaks of debris radiating out from craters, are among the few structures better seen during a full moon than a partial phase ...

managed to have clear skies, decent seeing and the next morning off enabling me to catch saturn at the exact time of opposition and within m...

while there were many satellites, here's and egregious "satellite storm" (thanks elon) satellite storm and one airplane 8/13/2...

 a few highlights at a uniformly larger scale: longest warped by fisheye lens field curvature and surrounded by green air glow as it skimmed...

perseids wide field 8/12-13/23 north lower right radiant at perseus right side having repeatedly tried and failed to catch any meteor images...

took another crack and venus and mercury.  unfortunately seeing was not great... Venus 4/16/23 02:43 UTC IR pass 850nm Mercury 4/16/23 02:33...