A beautiful spiral galaxy with many star birth regions in pink nebulosity. M33, the Triangulum Galaxy. 17 hours of total exposure times including hydrogen-alpha. Taken with my Ceravolo 300mm telescope at f/9 with an SBIG STX 16803 ccd camera. #astrophotography #astronomy #galaxies

Bright planet Venus and Jupiter rise early August 12, 2025. Overlooking the town of Osoyoos, BC. A single 5 second exposure. #astrophotography #astronomy #planets #jupiter #venus

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This beautiful galaxy, ngc 7331, has a new supernova at its centre. Taken on July 28th, 2 weeks after it was discovered. For a short time, this star that violently exploded will outshine its own galaxy and then fade from view. Capture with my Ceravolo 300mm telescope. #galaxies #astrophotography

I love the summer Milky Way in dark skies on my mountain in southern BC. A small lake reflects our galaxy on a quiet and enchanting night. 9 frame panorama taken with a Canon R6 and Sigma 14mm lens. #milkyway #nightphotography #pano

Happy Friday the 13th 🙀 Little Luna is enjoying summer in the garden. I love black cats! #blackcats #cats #kittens

Star trails around the North Star show our axis of rotation to the north. This is a total of 4 hours of exposures with the Earth spinning at 1600kms per hour. No wonder the days seem to go by so fast! A mild aurora completed the scene. Taken from my home in BC. #aurora #startrails

When in France on a workshop to photograph the white horses of Camargue, this is the shot I was hoping to get. These beautiful horses running through the marshlands, their natural habitat with a young foal that was born in the wild. They turn white as they mature. #whitehorses #camargue

My recent quest for photography adventures led me to the coastal region in the south of France where the famous and beautiful white horses of Camargue live. #whitehorses #camargue

Happy #caturday from my new fur baby Luna. #cats #caturday #blackcats

I call this piece 'unhinged'. Kolmanskopp, an old abandoned mining town in Namibia, Africa. A place where the desert is re-claiming its place. a reminder that nothing lasts forever. This is a photographers playground. #namibia #africa #desert

The weather is not the only thing that changes with the seasons. As we journey around the Sun, the night sky scenery also changes. The bright stars of winter will soon be in the daytime sky. Goodbye Orion, see you in the fall. #astrophotography #space #nightscapes #orion #mountains

April Showers... #rain #mountains #spring

Hello #bluesky. Here is a beautiful spring flower for you. The Iris Nebula. Taken from my backyard observatory with my Ceravolo300mm telescope. #astronomy #nebula #space #astrophotography

Total lunar eclipse/Blood Moon March 13/14, 2025. I made this montage to visually show the actual size of the Earth's shadow cast into space and across the Moons face. I used a 1000mm mirror lens. It was a beautiful night. #astrophotography #bloodmoon #astronomy #lunareclipse #space

Eyes on the full blood moon late tonight. Total lunar eclipse in all of North America including Canada, US and Mexico. Rather symbolic don't you think? This set of photos taken in 2019. #astronomy #eclipse #moon

The Leo Trio. It's no coincidence that these 3 galaxies are together in one frame. Focal length 1500mm. They are actually close together, so much so, their gravity is tugging on each other. Total of 40 hours of data from my backyard in BC, Canada. #astrophotography #astronomy #space #galaxy

Hamburger anyone? This is ngc 3628, the Hamburger Galaxy. It's quite fluffy with meat in the middle😀. It's in the constellation Leo that is part of a trio of galaxies that are tugging on each other. You can see the tidal stream of stars coming off it? #astronomy #astrophotography #space #galaxies

The blue stars are in a cluster that are moving together in space in our galaxy, this is M7. All the other stars are in the centre of our galaxy. My God, it's full of stars! #astrophotography #astronomy #space #stars

Just above the famous Orion Nebula resides its little brother, the Running Man Nebula. Often overlooked due to its proximity to the brightest object in our sky. I used my Ceravolo300mm telescope (2700mm focal length) and narrowband filters. Colours are true. #astronomy #astrophotography #space

My photo made the cover of Sky & Telescope magazine, March issue. Two other photos inside too! #astronomy #astrophotography #comets

Happy #Caturday. Time for a new scratching post. #cats #bluesky

Along the Oregon Coast, there is a secret pace 😉 Not easy to get to but I'm glad I did. Captured last June. This is a blue hour blend. #milkyway #oregon #stacks #longexposure

M81, Bodes galaxy, a Grand Spiral, is one of the brightest galaxies in our sky cause it's not that far away from us. So we are able to photograph a lot of detail like the pink starbirth regions and dust lanes surrounding its supermassive blackhole at the centre. #astrophotography #space #galaxies

This is not an aurora but another atmospheric phenomenon called SAR arc. It's the transference of energy from a solar storm around a circular ring within the Earth's magnetosphere. It stayed there in the same spot in the sky for many hours! My first time seeing one of these #astrophotography #space

"Prismatic Wolf" Here is another all time favorite image of mine. This was one of those right place at the right time moments. I hope to return to Yellowstone soon and experience more magic like this! More wolves please 🐺 #yellowstonenationalpark #wildlife #photography #wolves #relistwolves

Good Monday morning, #bluesky. Here is a sun pillar, brought to you by falling ice crystals condensing out of the air. From Anarchist Mountain, British Columbia...it's cold out there! #sunpillars #landscapes

A long ago collision of two galaxies stirred up this far off star system called the Black Eye Galaxy (M64) and resulted in all this dark galactic dust obscuring the active starburst core. I photographed this using a 16 inch vintage telescope and modern ccd camera #astrophotography #space #galaxies

Bright Venus and Saturn setting from my backyard, January 19, 2025. Valley lights illuminate the snowy mountains. #astrophotography #venus #saturn #mountains

Dust and gas clouds in our galaxy can take on many different shapes and forms. This one (CG4) looks to me like a space monster, about to consume an entire galaxy! It's really just a star forming region with a chance alignment of a very distant galaxy. Still fun to imagine. #astrophotography #space

Me standing on the flooded salt flats in Uyuni, Bolivia, contemplating, hoping for hope. Goodnight #bluesky. #sunsets #bolivia

The hike was difficult, long, rocky terrain, steep walls to rope down but well worth the effort to this hidden gem. Every image in these ice caves in Iceland is unique as they are constantly changing as the glaciers retreat at an alarming rate. A selfie to show scale. #iceland #icecaves

This wild looking galaxy looks like it's on fire! Massive bursts of star formation at its core is expelling violent winds and blowing gas and dust out of the galaxy. This is M82, aka the Cigar Galaxy. I exposed my camera using my Ceravolo 300mm telescope for a total of 24 hours #astronomy #galaxies

Good Monday morning, #Bluesky. The full moon setting while the sun rose in the opposite direction turning the mountain peaks pink. Taken with a 4 inch telescope (770mm) from my home in BC, Canada. #astrophotography #moon #fullmoon

Our photo group did a night hike to reach this special and secretive spot in the salt flats of the Altiplano in Chile. I did a 20 second exposure with a 14mm lens, while a flashlight revealed this incredible blue lagoon. Another otherworldly place on Earth. #astrophotography #chile #bluelagoon

The land of sand, Namibia, Africa. I'm going back to this otherworldly place this year! Took this abstract photo on my last trip in 2023. Here, early morning light plays in the layers of vast windswept dunes in Sousavlei. #namibia #africa #sanddunes

The powers that be are eyeing Greenland because the melting glaciers are revealing its abundant resources including rare earth elements that were forged inside of ancient stars that exploded long ago. Even the iron in our blood came from the stars. This is the Crab Nebula, from a star that exploded

Little flecks of ice crystals high up in the atmosphere act like a giant lens creating a halo by focusing the Moons light around it in a 22 degree circle. I used a wide angle lens to capture it with the winter constellations. #moon #halo #astrophotography #moonbow

Here is a very pretty galaxy, M109, a barred spiral, found near the Big Dipper. It's a very distant galaxy with a trillion stars. Hard to see in a telescope but my Ceravolo300mm astrograph captured it nicely. Image is cropped. #astrophotography #astronomy #galaxies #deepsky

This is the Double Cluster, two relatively young open clusters, each containing more than 300 blue-white super-giant stars surrounded by red hydrogen gas. I collected over 16 hours of exposures using a hydrogen-alpha filter to make this red gas visible. Looks like fireworks! #astrophotography

A collection of a few of my astrophotos from 2024. All the best in 2025 #bluesky! #astrophotography #photo #astronomy #nightscapes

Remnants of melting glaciers, Diamond Beach, Iceland. Happy Saturday, #Bluesky #iceland #diamondbeach #photo

Shadows on the Wall. Someones headlights inadvertently cast my photo group's shadow on the distant rocks while capturing a faint aurora over Skógafoss waterfall in Iceland. #waterfalls #iceland #aurora #nightphotography

Peace on Earth #christmas #moon #snow #landscapes #forest

My version of the Christmas Tree Cluster - the bright stars that make a shape of a tree. I think the whole nebulous region looks like a Christmas tree. 🎄 Merry Christmas to all on #bluesky! #christmastreecluster #astrophotography #space #astronomy

Not sure if Faves From The Year will be thing on BlueSky or if this many images will even work, but here are 9 of my favorites from 2024, just to try and find out. I have a bunch more posted over on my website if you want to check them out www.outdoorexposurephoto.com/favorite-pho...

Happy Winter Solstice from the 49th parallel. My crystal ball predicts the days will get longer 🙂 #crystalball #solstice #winter #bluesky

Thor's Well, a natural wonder on the dramatic Oregon Coast. Looks like a bottomless sinkhole in the ocean but was once an underwater cave before its roof collapsed. With the waves and tides, timing had to be just right and I had to be careful not to get too close. #ocean #oregoncoast #waterfalls

The Horsehead Nebula is one of the most famous and photogenic objects in our galaxy. It's right under the first star of Orion's belt. There is the pink emission nebula back lighting the dark nebula made of dust (the horsehead) and blue reflection nebula. 🤩🔭 #space #astrophotography #horseheadnebula

Orographic cloud at sunset. Looks ominous. Good night BlueSky #photography #landscapes #sunset #clouds