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Digiscoping
 
Images taken with a small camera focused through a telescope eyepiece.
Young Red-Tailed Hawk, digiscoped as he sat in a tree, Canon S330 camera and Televue 85 telescope.
 Swallows at Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Canon S330 camera and Televue 85 telescope.
 Turtle at Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Canon S330 camera and Televue 85 telescope.
 Tern at Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge, Rhode Island, Canon S45 camera and Televue 85 telescope.
 Bird at Wellfleet Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Canon S45 camera and Televue 85 telescope.
 Blue Jay at Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge, Rhode Island, Canon S45 camera and Televue 85 telescope.
At this magnification the rotation of the earth quickly carried the planet and sun out of the telescopes's field of view. That's why the image is slightly motion-blurred. Only three large bodies come between the Sun and the Earth: Venus, the Moon (as seen from Iceland last year) and Mercury. The next Mercury transit is in 2006. It will be a much smaller dot than either Venus or (certainly) the Moon. Digiscoped with Canon S330 camera and Meade ETX 125 telescope, June 2004.
 The 2005 nest is further away than in previous years so it was necessary to use digiscoping to get Junior IV. Televue 85 telescope, Canon S45 digital camera.
 Junior IV. Digiscoped with Televue 85 telescope, Canon S45 digital camera.
 Junior IV. Digiscoped with Televue 85 telescope, Canon S45 digital camera.
 Backyard robin with a worm, Canon S45 camera and Televue 85 telescope.
 Goldfinch in my backyard. Digiscoped, Televue 85, 40mm eyepiece, Canon G6 camera.
Chipmunk in my backyard. Digiscoped, Televue 85, 40mm eyepiece, Canon G6 camera.
 Goldfinch in my backyard. Digiscoped, Televue 85, 40mm eyepiece, Canon G6 camera.
 Goldfinch in my backyard. Digiscoped, Televue 85, 40mm eyepiece, Canon G6 camera.
 Rose-breasted Grosbeak (male) in my backyard. Digiscoped, Televue 85, 40mm eyepiece, Canon G6 camera.
 Rose-breasted Grosbeak (male) in my backyard. Digiscoped, Televue 85, 40mm eyepiece, Canon G6 camera.
 Eastern Bluebird, Massachusetts Audubon Stony Brook Refuge. Digiscoped, Televue 85, 40mm eyepiece, 2x multiplier, Canon G6 camera.
Chipmunk in my backyard. Digiscoped, Televue 85, 40mm eyepiece, Canon G6 camera.
 Bald eagles (residents, mates?) near the active nest site, digiscoped, Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri.
 Red-headed woodpecker chick peering out of nest hole, Newton Hills State Park, SD.
 Eagle´s nest, Squaw Creek NWR, Missouri. Digiscoped.
 Transit of Venus, taken in New York City, June 5, 2012. I was on extended assignment and didn´t have my big scopes or camera, so I took this with a small handheld camera through my binoculars, which were covered by a solar filter. I have some somewhat better photos from the 2004 transit. Transits come in pairs separated by long gaps, so the next transit will not occur until 2117.
 Big sunspot just before the start of a partial solar eclipse, October 23, 2014.
The start of a partial solar eclipse.
 Partial solar eclipse. Last good shot I got before the clouds got in the way.
Partial Eclipse 2014		 A bad image of the Transit of Mercury, May 9, 2016, shot with the old G6 camera through Televue 85 telescope. Mercury is the dot toward the lower left. The day was mostly cloudy/hazy and I was surprised to get anything at all. For some of my better sun images, see the Partial Eclipse from 2014, the Transit of Venus from 2004, or the Annual Eclipse as seen from Iceland in 2003.
 Annular solar eclipse, 81 minutes before peak. Glass solar filter on Televue 85 telescope, Canon 6D Mark II camera on T-mount, 600mm F7 equivalent.
 Annular solar eclipse, 58 minutes before peak. Glass solar filter on Televue 85 telescope, Canon 6D Mark II camera on T-mount, 600mm F7 equivalent.
 Annular solar eclipse, 39 minutes before peak. Glass solar filter on Televue 85 telescope, Canon 6D Mark II camera on T-mount, 600mm F7 equivalent.
Annular solar eclipse, 19 minutes before peak. Glass solar filter on Televue 85 telescope, Canon 6D Mark II camera on T-mount, 600mm F7 equivalent.
 Annular solar eclipse, two minutes before peak. Glass solar filter on Televue 85 telescope, Canon 6D Mark II camera on T-mount, 600mm F7 equivalent.
 Annular solar eclipse, two minutes before peak. Glass solar filter on Televue 85 telescope, Canon 6D Mark II camera on T-mount, 600mm F7 equivalent.
 Annular solar eclipse, perfect annulus. Glass solar filter on Televue 85 telescope, Canon 6D Mark II camera on T-mount, 600mm F7 equivalent.
 Annular solar eclipse, two minutes after peak. Glass solar filter on Televue 85 telescope, Canon 6D Mark II camera on T-mount, 600mm F7 equivalent.
 Annular solar eclipse, three minutes after peak. Glass solar filter on Televue 85 telescope, Canon 6D Mark II camera on T-mount, 600mm F7 equivalent.
Annular solar eclipse, three minutes after peak, detail of previous image showing Moon mountains. Glass solar filter on Televue 85 telescope, Canon 6D Mark II camera on T-mount, 600mm F7 equivalent.
 Annular solar eclipse, 21 minutes after peak. Glass solar filter on Televue 85 telescope, Canon 6D Mark II camera on T-mount, 600mm F7 equivalent.
 Annular solar eclipse, 32 minutes after peak. Glass solar filter on Televue 85 telescope, Canon 6D Mark II camera on T-mount, 600mm F7 equivalent.
 A week after the eclipse, the moon is gone and there are more sunspots. Shot through Televue telescope with M100 camera, prime focus.
 Two days after the previous image, trying out new T-mount and eyepiece adapter with some high clouds passing in front of the sun. Shot through Televue telescope with M100 camera, prime focus.
 Another day, another sun image. Despite the clouds, this was the sharpest image I got on this day. Shot through Televue telescope with M100 camera, prime focus.

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