Jupiter and Io (Meade SC8" @ f/20 on EQ6, QHY5, stacked with Registax, PixinsightLE)

Mars as seen by the Viking Orbiter in 1976

Venus, f/0, 1/100 sec exposure, ISO-100. Venus is terribly bright right now, at magnitude -3.90, despite very little of it being illuminated (for you smart asses out there who are about to point out that half of Venus is always illuminated, I'm well aware of this, so don't bother). Venus has the highest light-reflectivity (called "Albedo") of all the planets because it's covered with thick, white clouds that reflect nearly all the light back into space. If you have a pair of good binoculars or even a modest backyard scope, go out just after sunset and point your gear (not THAT gear, Mr Filthy-pants) to that bright-as-bejeezus "star" in the west...you'll probably be able to see Venus as a thin-crescent. You're running out of time though, by the end of the month Venus will be too low on the horizon and washed out by the sunlight.

C9.25" telescope at F/10 and Imaging Source video camera. About 1500 frames stacked and processed with RegiStax.

Io transits Jupiter. 16 " Newtonian at F/4.6. IS B&W video camera, frames stacked and processed with RegiStax.

Mars Exploration Rovers - Spirit and Opportunity

taken with a skyris web cam through a Celestron C6R (6" Achromat refractor

I'm not even sure why it appealed to me so much, perhaps a childhood fascination with outer space, but it gave me a real buzz to know that Ponderance was beamed into space today! For more information, or to send your own words beyond our tiny little planet, visit Blogs in Space.

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Various shots of Venus taken over a two month period

Jupiter & Moons

Telescope (Lens): Vixen ED80Sf

Addition Optics: 2x Barlow

Camera: Canon XSi

Exposure: 1/25

ISO: 400

Processing: Single Image - Brightness/Contrast adjustment

Date: 2020-07-04

Time: 11:18 pm EDT

Location: Richmond Hill

Telescope: Explore Scientific ED80 CF APO

Camera: ZWO ASI224MC

Mars, as seen on 2016-06-24. Image created using IR and RGB filters. Telescope Celestron SCT 9.25" with TV barlow 2x. Camera: ZWO ASI 120MM-S

Added Eris (far left)

All 11 planets in place, but not in their correct places.

Saturn from Allegany College of Maryland Cumberland Campus, Cumberland, Allegany, Maryland, USA (2021-10-27). www.nicolesharp.net/

8" F/6 Newtonian and 2.5X barlow. Video frames stacked and processed with AviStack.

Taken with an RX100

Air Power Park

Solar Wind Capture Mission

8" F/6 Newtonian and 1.8X barlow. About 300 video frames stacked and processed with RegiStax.

July 21, 2008. Io begins a transit of Jupiter with Ganymede to the lower right. About 1/2 hour difference in images. C8 telescope at F/10, video images stacked and processed using regiStax.

Blogged over on Average Jane Crafter

Adler Planetarium, S Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL

Deep Space Network - Communicating With Spacecraft

16" F/4.6 Newtonian, video frames stacked and processed with RegiStax.

DSLR in Prime Focus

11-12-12 20-58-50 Notice how thin the NEB is. I also see what looks like a braided or twisted rope in the middle of the SEB.