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Early Gibbous Moonset
An early gibbous moon haloed against a midnight blue sky shortly after sunset. (I’ve included a couple of 100% crops so you can see the full detail. I intend to tack on the 1.4x teleconverter, and...
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A Perfect Half (High Definition)
About two weeks ago, we finally had the first very clear night with good astronomical seeing in a long while. Photographing the moon in detail can be difficult on most days, as atmospheric disturbance...
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Last of Lovejoy, Jupiter, and more space stuff…
A couple of days ago, I had my last glimpse of the last visible comet in the sky. Comet Lovejoy transited past the handle on the Big Dipper (which is actually part of a larger constellation, Ursa...
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Total Lunar Eclipse – Tetrad Series #1 of 4 – April 2014
Last night was the first of a tetrad of total lunar eclipses that will be occurring over the next two years. The next occurs this October 2014, then again in April and September 2015. The eclipse last...
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Moon – Mars Conjunction
A couple weeks ago, we had a celestial event. Two, actually, a couple days apart. The first, captured here, was the conjunction of the moon and Mars. At it’s closest approach, Mars was less than 19...
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Ultra High Res Moon – Waning Gibbous
A few days after the recent supermoon we just had, I decided to photograph my once favorite night sky companion again: the Moon. I’ve photographed the moon for years, with progressively better and...
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Moon Closeups – Mare Ibrium Mountains
Astrophotography is a complicated endeavor. One of the biggest issues with astrophotography is getting skies that are dark enough for imaging. Living in a city does not help, although the use of...
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A Purple Sky Moon
The last time I was at Cherry Creek, I photographed an amazing migration of Canada Goose. Shortly after that episode, the skies turned some of the most vibrant and unusual colors, fading from a bright...
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Lunar Eclipse Totality Triad
On September 27th, 2015 we had the fourth of the recent tetrad of lunar eclipses. A tetrad is a somewhat uncommon occurrence with eclipses, where four eclipses occur within the span of two years. They...
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