astrophotography by bill w

Here’s a partially eclipsed supermoon rising on the evening of 9/17/24.  I happen to have 8 PM dinner reservations at beachcombers , so I he...

Last weekend (Sept 1st 2024) there was a large coronal mass ejection / flare off of the rim of the sun, followed by post flare loops that l...

  Equuleus (Latin for little horse) is a faint constellation near pegasus (hence the horse theme) rising in the east these nights.   Const...

 The sun was littered with sunspots this weekend leading some to claim we've reached the maximum of Solar Cycle 25 .   Sun full disk 8/9...

during totality, there is a twilight horizon for 360 degrees.  it's not pitch black, but approximates the darkness an hour after sunset....

a thin cloud across the sun during totality didn't really interfere with the visual experience (photos another story).  i could easily s...

Driving home the other night i caught something odd out of the corner of my eye at sunset:  the horizon was bright orange with the setting s...