astrophotography by bill w

Jupiter is the fastest rotating planet in our solar system, with a day lasting only 10 hours.  thus Jupiter's Great Red Spot (aka small ...

Jupiter put on a nice show for west coast observers last weekend: Jupiter's moon Io and it's shadow transited the planet's surfa...

jupiter is bright in the evening sky now.  well positioned for northern hemisphere viewers, it transits just before midnight at an altitude ...

 You may recall that there was a supermoon in late september.  the corollary to this is a "micro-moon" crossing the face of the s...

a few clouds and a lazy contrail  on the horizon   made for an interesting sunrise, but didn't impact the rest of the eclipse (click on ...

In planning the eclipse viewing site, I looked for 2 things: proximity to a major airport and a good probability of clear skies (see referen...