Images of the Milky Way, comets, stars, planets and astronomical wonders.
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…
![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…
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…
On the winter solstice, I went out to capture the Saturn-Jupiter 2020 Great Conjunction over Denver, over St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church. Quite a few people out wandering around the…
Some things in the world just deserve a drop-everything, no-holds-barred trip, and the opportunity to see the Utah Monolith at night was certainly no exception. Even on Thanksgiving. I made…
Magnitude +2.4 Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) continues to provide amazing opportunities for photographers, and the dynamic terrain around Crested Butte, Colorado allowed me to capture one image I was not…