Guy Cooke, Astrophotographer

First quarter moon

Full moon

Full moon

Lunar Alpine Valley, left side(Monte’s alps), crater is Plato on right side, smooth area above is Mare Imbrium,
Sea of Rains and smooth area below is Mare Firgoris or Sea of Cold

Waxing gibbous

Waxing crescent

Waxing gibbous

Vega (α Lyr, α Lyrae, Alpha Lyrae) is the brightest star in the constellation Lyra. With minor tracking error and a very slight columniation considerations to correct,
yet a reasonable pic is rendered nonetheless. I would give it a B or B+.

Vega (α Lyr, α Lyrae, Alpha Lyrae) is the brightest star in the constellation Lyra. With minor tracking error and a very slight columniation considerations to correct,
yet a reasonable pic is rendered nonetheless. I would give it a B or B+.

The ring nebula through a home built 10 Newtonian telescope. Single image only.

Passing jet flying south down the cascade mount range over Bend Oregon.

Altair

Alberio A and B…..a double star

Double cluster in Perseus also know as H and Chi Persei

Vega (Alpha Lyrae) is the brightest star in the constellation Lyra, the fifth brightest star in the night sky, and a close 25 light years from earth. Shall we go visit?

About a one minute exposure of Vega in the constellation Lyra.
In the film Contact, the message intercepted by Jodi Foster's character
is coming from this star. I love it's blueish color.

This is a two minute exposure in the vicinity of Cygnus" the swan".
The long exposure introduced a bit of 'noise' but the stars
just popped. This is looking back through one of the arms
of the Milky Way Galaxy--our galaxy.