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Camera: Digiscope
 
Shot through a telescope or binoculars. See blog post.
 
2024
Closeup of sun. Shot through Televue telescope with M100 camera, 20mm eyepiece and Scopetronix MaxView I (with Barlow). 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. 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. A week after the eclipse, the moon is gone and there are more sunspots. Shot through Televue telescope with M100 camera, prime focus.
 
2023
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.
 
2016
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.
 
2014
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.
 
2012
Transit of Venus, taken in New York City, June 5, 2012. I was on extended assignment and didnīt 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.
 
2008
Red-headed woodpecker chick peering out of nest hole, Newton Hills State Park, SD. Eagleīs nest, Squaw Creek NWR, Missouri. Digiscoped.
 
2006
Bald eagle, digiscoped, Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri. A bald eagle keeps an eye out for others trying to steal its prize, a dead goose, digiscoped, Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri. The juvenile bald eagles hang around hoping to steal food from the adult eagle, digiscoped, Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri. Bald eagles (residents, mates?), Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri. Taken through a telescope (i.e. digiscoped). Compare to previous image, which was taken with a DSLR. Bald eagles (residents, mates?) near the active nest site, digiscoped, Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri. Juvenile bald eagle, very dark plumage indicates it is probably less than a year old, digiscoped, Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri.
Bald eagle roosts on a muskrat lodge as ducks and geese swarm around, digiscoped, Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri. Digiscoping the waning Moon, Canon G6 and Televue 85. 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. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (male) in my backyard. Digiscoped, Televue 85, 40mm eyepiece, Canon G6 camera. Goldfinch 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. Not sharp, but my first bluebird image and only one of an Eastern Bluebird. Sun with a few spots, glass solar filter. Taken with Canon G6 attached to 2-inch eyepiece. Chipmunk in my backyard. Digiscoped, Televue 85, 40mm eyepiece, Canon G6 camera.
 
2005
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.
 
2004
Backyard robin with a worm, Canon S45 camera and Televue 85 telescope. Tern at Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge, Rhode Island, Canon S45 camera and Televue 85 telescope. Blue Jay 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. Young Red-Tailed Hawk, digiscoped as he sat in a tree, Canon S330 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.
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.

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