The waning gibbous moon early in the morning
With the recent Artemis II mission, there has been a lot of talk about our only natural satellite and humans’ return to it. Space has always been a fascination of…
The March 2026 lunar eclipse as seen from Denver
Not my best lunar eclipse captures but not the worst. When I walked out the door to go to work this morning at 4:00, the moon was pretty obscured by…
Airliner does a flyby of the waning gibbous moon
Standing around, waiting for my photo subject to do something interesting on Saturday, I began to get bored and look for other things to photograph. Our only natural satellite provided…
Northern lights put on a show in Colorado’s northern sky
Hold the presses! I had a different image planned for today but after last night’s show, this takes precedence. Following an unusually strong coronal mass ejection (solar flare) from the…
The November “beaver” supermoon
While checking on dinner on the grill last night, I couldn’t help but take notice of the bright moon rising above. Normally I don’t like to take pics of the…
Comet Lemmon over the Colorado Front Range
A fun visit from an icy, green interstellar visitor. Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) was discovered earlier this year and skywatchers have been closely monitoring it. It is now at its…