Amateur Astronomy Blog | Jeremy Perez
I just wrapped up a five-part video series that describes one of the methods I use to process nightscape photography. In particular, it focuses on dealing with excessive noise–in this case, working with a lens that only opens to f/3.5. At smaller…
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Before the bad weather rolled in, I drove out to Cinder Hills Overlook at Sunset Crater to get some dark sky shots of the comet. The tail was not as prominent as it was from home the night before. After checking out…
Venus and Mercury have been sharing space in the evening sky recently. This shot was taken along Route 66, east of Flagstaff. Venus-Mercury Conjunction – 8 January 2015 – 6:01PM (9 January 2015 – 0101 UT) I haven’t made a trip to…
The full Moon was rising on a clear evening with fresh snow on the ground. I knew Sunset Crater would be in top form, veiled in white, with the Belt of Venus framing it beautifully. I wasn’t sure whether the moon would…
I drove out to Sunset Crater tonight to get a shot of an Iridium Flare, and brought my equatorial mount with me to follow up with some images of Comet Jacques. Its beautiful turquoise coma was drifting through the Cassiopeia Milky Way…
The Belt of Venus rises behind the Discovery Channel Telescope On June 17th, I joined Tom and Jennifer Polakis, Michael Collins and Stephen Levine at the Discovery Channel Telescope for a special visual observing project that Tom coordinated with Lowell Observatory, the…
After ten years with my Canon EOS Rebel-S/300D, I just upgraded to a new Canon T3i. First light last week consisted of a series of night shots down my street featuring Orion and a moonlit sky. Going from 6 Mexapixels to 18…
iPhone photo of Venus through 8-inch Dob at 120X – January 3, 2014 Click image to view larger version. Observation Notes: After some amazing solar views, we were treated to the beautiful sight of two slender crescents. Brilliant Venus was an astonishingly…
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