Images of the Milky Way, comets, stars, planets and astronomical wonders.
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…
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…
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…
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…
