Realm of the Summer Triangle

The Cygnus-Aquila Milky Way is dominated by the Great Rift, and the Summer Triangle, featuring the stars Vega, Altair, and Deneb (clockwise from top). This image is a stack of 3 2-minute exposures (to increase signal-to-noise ratio), and was taken just outside Sunset Crater National Monument. The camera was mounted on a SkyView Pro mount to track with the sky.

Partial Solar Eclipse and AR2192

During the partial solar eclipse of October 23, 2014, the sun was decorated by an enormous active region — AR2192 — featuring a complex set of sunspots. The image was shot through an Orion XT8 8-inch f/5.9 telescope fitted with a white light mylar solar filter and a 32 mm eyepiece for 37.5X magnification.

Elden Ridge Eclipse II

A partial solar eclipse sets through the tree tops of a mountain ridge as seen from Elden Springs Road, northeast of Flagstaff, Arizona — October 23, 2014. The image was shot through an Orion XT8 8-inch f/5.9 telescope fitted with a white light mylar solar filter and a 32 mm eyepiece for 37.5X magnification.

Elden Ridge Eclipse I

A controlled burn in the Coconino National Forest colors the sky during a partial solar eclipse. The sun and moon are dropping toward a ridge as seen from Elden Springs Road, northeast of Flagstaff, Arizona. This image is an HDR stack of 7 image — two of which were filtered with a white light mylar solar filter — to capture the full range of brightness throughout the image. An enormous mass of sunspots in AR2192 decorates the center of the sun.

Buffalo Park Astronomy - I

My 150 mm Orion SkyView Pro 6LT telescope cools down as the sun sets at Buffalo Park, Flagstaff, Arizona. The dark skies of Flagstaff, the first International Dark Sky City, allow for excellent amateur observations even from a park that is surrounded by the city on three sides. My sketch kit rests on the ground to the right of the telescope.