Sun/Moon/Planets/Stars

Some Backyard Astronomy Images by C. David Kearsley

Gibbous Moon taken with Canon S3IS on September 4th 2014

Full Moon, false-color, topo-relief, high-contrast rendering

Partial Annular Eclipse, May 20th 2012, sunspot enhancement rendering

Venus & Mars in conjunction, February 21st 2015

Transit of Venus across Solar disk, June 5th 2012. Note sunspot activity.

Section of Milky Way taken with Canon S3IS December 27th 2014.

Constellation Orion taken with Canon S3IS December 6th 2014.

8-image sequence of partial solar eclipse observed on October 23rd 2014.

Lunar Eclipse near Moonset, April 4th 2015

“Groundhog Sundog” observed on February 2nd 2013