astrophotography by bill w

Some nice prominences from a sunny weekend: Prominence  10/12/25 22:08 UTC anyone see a ghoul dancing on the sun? or maybe kokopelli  ( wiki...

trying this wide field composite of the entire falcon path over the back bay by a stroke of luck, i managed to center the rocket's arc i...

Saturn's iconic rings are edge-on this year--almost invisible--but this gives an opportunity to appreciate rare shadow transits as the ...

perhaps the best combination of surface filaments, sunspots and prominences i've seen this year Sun 2025-06-28 19:12 UTC, 19:20 UTC Ha c...

the neighborhood turned out for a twilight falcon launch (click on the arrow twice to start the video--the audio is priceless): first stage ...

Venus inferior conjunction 3/22/25 3:21 PM local 22:21 UTC 1% illuminated 8 degrees 25 minutes from the sun when you see a really really bri...

 stepped out the door of my office after work and caught this: falcon-9 Long Beach, CA 2/10/25 6:12 PM local falcon-9 passing venus falcon-9...