Images of the Milky Way, comets, stars, planets and astronomical wonders.
Having first captured intense flaring from certain orbital inclinations of the Starlink satellite constellation back in April 2023, I have since spent considerable effort to gather additional data in the…
I've often said that if you don't look, you won't see. For the second time in 4 days, I've seen something that I'd never seen before, and I spend a…
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…
![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…
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…
After 11 days on the road (including 5 days at the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival), we had one more day of clear skies so decided to stop for one…