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. As an avid astrophotographer, I love the challenge of capturing photos using inexpensive equipment that I often make myself. Several of the pictures below were captured using my smartphone camera held up to a telescope’s eyepiece. I use a variety of computer image processing software to bring out additional detail in my photos.

April 8th, 2024; Total Solar Eclipse; composite image captured with Nikon D90, 28-80mm lens, partial phases captured with custom-made solar 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)

Sun in Hydrogen Alpha; Lunt LS50; ZWO ASI462 (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

Andromeda Galaxy; Nikon D7100, 180mm lens

Dumbbell Nebula; Meade LX200, ASI294 (college equipment)

Ring Nebula; Meade LX200, ASI294 (college equipment)

Orion Nebula; Meade LX200 (college equipment), Google Pixel 3

Comet 2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS; Fujifilm XE-1, 15-45mm

Comet 2022 E3-ZTF; captured from a Bortle 9 zone; Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 102AZ and Google Pixel 3