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One thing I remember about astronomy pics when I was growing up was DIFFRACTION SPIKES!!! But where did they go? How does it work? I want diffraction spikes! If you’re like me, you’ve taken a deep dive into astrophotography. At some point, you bought a nice camera lens, or a refractor telescope and went to […]

I was looking at pictures of the “mineral moon” around the time of the last full moon (which was on March 25, 2024) For those of you that don’t know, the “Mineral Moon” is just a picture of the full moon with some saturation and settings adjusted to bring out the slight color differences on […]

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks has been a popular astrophotography target for the past few weeks. It’s currently sitting in between and below M31 and M33 – The Andromeda and Triangulum galaxies. Those lucky enough to have clear skies during this time will have the opportunity to capture rare and stunning images. I made the gif using ezgif.com […]

Orion is one of the most exciting constellations to photograph in the night sky. It’s not just the Orion nebula. You also have the Horsehead Nebula on Orion’s belt, in addition to all the other surrounding dust and hydrogen-alpha regions. That night, comet 12P/Pons-Brooks was smack-dab in between the Andromeda and Triangulum galaxies and I […]