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Lunar Eclipse w/jet

This set of images were taken using my Stellarvue SV80S at prime focus using a Sony A6000 camera on a tripod in my driveway at home. The camera was set to take 5 images of different shutter speeds to bracket exposure. I was focusing on the moon to prepare for a Lunar eclipse event later that night. I noticed a brown streak in the sky headed for the moon and started taking my programmed sets and lucked into some images of a jet plane leaving Houston headed for the west coast. Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than smart. BTW, it clouded up later that night and the eclipse was not visible. That didn’t hurt my feelings because I’m not a fan of lunar eclipses and prefer my jet occultation.

Deep Sky

Andromeda galaxy

North American Pelican nebula

Flaming Star nebula

Rosetta nebula

Shuttleview Observatory

Shuttleview summer

Shuttleview winter

RCOS 16 on Paramount ME

Shuttleview warmroom

Top Of The World Observatory

The second set of pictures is my second observatory in the same area with Shuttleview Observatory. It’s not remotely operated from home but is on a locally high hill and has an incredible view of the 360 degree horizon. The 3rd image is a daytime random view through the open shutter. The observatory consists of two rooms; a computer is located in a temperature controlled warm room and there is an attached two-story structure that houses a 12″ Astro Tech RC mounted on an Astro Physics 1200 non-goto mount. Views from up here are simply breathtaking.

Solar Eclipse 2018 St Joseph, MO

Images taken with Stellarvue SV80S and Nikon D7100 at prime focus. Camera was set to take 5 image groups at different shutter speeds to bracket exposure. My wife and I barely got into position and setup in time to take the images. There was a bad rainstorm where we originally intended to set up so we checked the weather radar and saw there was some chance of clearing to the west. We finally stopped when the eclipse was at 30%. Conditions were hazy but got good images despite the conditions. We were in the parking lot of a small church. God provides!!!