Photography Blog. see also: patewill.myportfolio.com
Astrophotography
Leo Triplet - SeeStar
M100 - SeeStar
M81 - SeeStar
M17 - SeeStar
M51 - SeeStar
M3 - SeeStar
M16 - SeeStar
M104 - SeeStar
Just after totality
Prominences during totality
Totality
Solar filter practice. Nice sunspot is visible
Solar filter practice.
Nice open sky. Sirius bottom right and M50 top middle.
One of my best so far. M42
Nice open sky shot. Jupiter is far right about halfway up. You can make out the "humps" of a couple of its moons. You can also start to make out the Milky Way (bottom middle to top left)
Sirius and M41. M41 is located in the lower left
ok picture... you can see a satellite in the lower right corner
This one turned out pretty good.
A jet photo bombed me!
The Pleiades
Sigma Orionis - quintuple star system just below Alnitak in Orion's belt
Orion's belt and nebula
First shots of moon with camera and telescope. it was a little hazy that night.
First shots of moon with camera and telescope. it was a little hazy that night.
Orion Nebula - 7 25 sec photos stacked in DSS with a little blue hue
Orion Nebula - 9 25 sec photos stacked in DSS
The Pleiades. M45 - Cluster very near to Earth (~430ly).
First shots (ZOOM)- Orion nebula after stacking a few phots and a little photoshop. Maker for starting point of skill.
First shots - Orion nebula after stacking a few phots and a little photoshop. Maker for starting point of skill.
Aldebaran and the head of Taurus make up Hyades, a cluster of several hundred stars.