Below are a selection of my favorite astronomy photos.
I greatly enjoy amateur astronomy; it provides a fantastic combination of my interests in space, computers, engineering, and photography. I enjoy finding inexpensive ways to build equipment from scratch. Many of the pictures below were captured using my smartphone camera and a 6” Dobsonian telescope.
April 8th, 2024; Total Solar Eclipse; composite image captured with Nikon D90, 28-80mm lens, partial phases captured with solar film in custom-made filter
April 8th, 2024; Total Solar Eclipse; totality; captured with Nikon D90, 80mm lens
April 8th, 2024; Total Solar Eclipse; totality; Google Pixel 3
Milky Way Galaxy; Fujifilm XT-2
Moon; Orion XT-6 and Google Pixel 3
Lunar Eclipse Totality; Nov. 8 2022; Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 102AZ and Google Pixel 3
Sun in Hydrogen Alpha; Lunt LS50; ZWO ASI294 (college's equipment)
Mars; Orion XT-6 and Google Pixel 3
Jupiter; Orion XT-6 and Google Pixel 3
Saturn; Orion XT-6 and Google Pixel 3
Orion Nebula; Meade LX200 (college equipment), Google Pixel 3
Andromeda Galaxy; Nikon D7100, 180mm lens
Ring Nebula; Meade LX200 (college equipment), Google Pixel 3
Orion Nebula; Binoculars and Google Pixel 3
Comet 2022 E3-ZTF; captured from a Bortle 9 zone; Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 102AZ and Google Pixel 3
Star Cluster; Binoculars and Google Pixel 3