April 2024 Eclipse

Posted on Thu 05 September 2024 in photography • Tagged with Photography, Astrophotography, Eclipse

The August 2017 eclipse passed directly over my grandparent's house, west of Saint Louis, which made figuring out where to watch it from easy. Totality for this one was a bit further away, but still within a day's drive, and a friend of mine had never seen an eclipse before …


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First Attempt at something outside of the solar system

Posted on Wed 04 September 2024 in photography • Tagged with Photography, Astrophotography, Andromeda

That'll do, Andromeda, that'll do.

I'm still amazed this worked with all the light pollution around.


I think I figured out what color I want the sun to be

Posted on Sat 24 August 2024 in photography • Tagged with Photography, Astrophotography, Sun

At least through my telescope filter: Set the color temperature to 3500K, then drop the black level until outside of the sun loses most of the color cast. Unfortunately a high haze today, so I couldn't focus too sharp.

I started taking pictures of the sun earlier this year when …


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May Aurora

Posted on Thu 22 August 2024 in photography • Tagged with Aurora, Photography, Astrophotography, Missouri

Taken 2024-05-11 in north central Missouri, about 20 miles south of the Iowa border. Found some little turnoff for a gate in a fence and camped for a few hours. I was about to leave disappointed, and during packing up "What are those weird lines I'm seeing north in the …


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