astrophotography by bill w

another night of good seeing, managed to get the barlow out for 2x magnification before the fog rolled in first of the year technic ally 1/2...

happy new year all.   the region between the 2 blue festoons was blazing away through medium to heavy fog.   you can also see a recent storm...

Here's Ganymede's shadow transiting Jupiter on 11/10/24: Jupiter 2024-11-10 08:41.5 UTC My goals for the evening were quick test sho...

depressed about the time change? get out there and enjoy the night.   saturn is perfectly located for early evening viewing followed by jupi...

Stacked my comet images to see if i could pull out the anti-tail ...no luck :( though you can see a bit more of the tail, especially to the ...

comet C2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS 10/12/2024 7:24 PM Local Went out to anza saturday to catch the comet.  as the beautiful pink of sunset fad...

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...