89 minutes after my son watched a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch 23 Starlink Satellites (#6-55) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, I captured what I presume to be the second stage performing…
We’re back to the time of year when the predominance of Starlink satellites can be briefly illuminated low over the northern horizon as the sun approaches the Summer Solstice here…
Continued from Part 1: Perseid Meteor Shower (and a Muon): Back to the 'Happy Accident'... On this particular night it came in the form of a cosmic ray captured by…
![8/19/23: What are those flashing lights in the sky? [v.1]](https://catchingtime.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3_StarsALIGNED-full_1024x-1048x800.jpg)
"I saw some flashing lights in a dark night sky, and they appeared to not move; what are they?" I frequent several online sources of astronomy information where questions…
I was finally able to properly capture an image of a Starlink satellite 'train', a term used to describe how the satellites look in the days after a launch, after…
Despite oppressively warm temperatures in the southwest desert, I spent three days deep in Canyonlands National Park to capture the 2023 Perseid Meteor Shower. Daytime highs while I was there…
Meteors–often called ‘shooting stars’–can be quite a sight to see and photograph, especially when one is large enough to light up the entire night sky. Just after midnight on July…
Sometimes a trip doesn't necessarily turn out the way you'd imagined, and then suddenly it all becomes worth it, whether it's finding the perfect location or witnessing something unique. In…
A 'persistent train' is a trail of ionized gases left behind some meteors when they heat up enough in the atmosphere to begin disintegrating. These trails can persist in the…
One of the reasons I enjoy shooting at night is because you never know what you (or the camera) might witness, occurrences that may be mundane, but sometimes things or…