On the morning of July 20, 2025 the Moon passed through the Pleiades star cluster, perhaps the second closest such cluster to the solar system. It was a slow motion event, each frame here was separated by 30 seconds and I captured about an hour and 45 minutes of footage, all in 22 seconds. I got a little dew on the lens toward the end as I forgot a dew heater strap.
7/10/2025 Full Moon Rising
I visited Stout’s Point on Petit Jean Mountain to shoot the full “Buck” Moon rising in twilight. I was not disappointed and will try it again.
6/29/2025 The Whirlpool Galaxy
Here is M51, aka the Whirlpool Galaxy, in the constellation of Canes Venatici the Hunting Dogs although Ursa Major likes to claim it. Shot on Saturday the 21st with my 11″ SCT at f/6.3 and an ASI2600MC Pro with an Antlia Triband Ultra RGB filter. Sixty two-minute exposures.
