astrophotography by bill w

got home to see a halo of light around the moon shining through fog.  knowing fog to be a harbinger of good seeing, i set up the scope, prep...

Finally got a clear shot at Jupiter along with a bonus Io shadow transit: animation of the tail end of the Io transit: Io transiting Jupiter...

the series of sun spots (active regions AR 4296, 4294, 4298) were indeed active, blasting ions at the earth in early December.   i happened ...

still working on composition.  my first attempt managed to catch the backlit falcon in the middle of the frame over the back bay, but wasn...

Saturn's rings disappear 9/13/25 7:08.3 UTC 11/1/25 6:08.4 UTC 11/23/25 4:01.3 UTC Saturn's rings are tilted 27 degrees  to the axis...

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...