Category: astrophotography

The sky is perfectly clear today. I was photographing the Moon using my homemade telescope. During this time, many international flights pass directly over my house. I had a wish that at least one aircraft’s silhouette would cross the face of the Moon while I was recording. That wish came true. If you look closely,…

Today (7 December 2025), the Moon and Jupiter appear quite close to each other in the sky. I captured this image using my old camera, which is almost at the end of its usable life. The final image is a combination of two separate photographs. However, this is very close to how the scene actually…

Jupiter is looking especially beautiful in the sky these days. True to its title as the king of planets, it appears bright and striking, accompanied by its four Galilean moons (not visible to the naked eye). I recorded this video a short while ago using my homemade telescope. Let me know what you think.

This morning, while photographing the Sun through my telescope, I observed a fairly large sunspot region. I had not seen anything like this before. After recording a video, I looked up more information about it. Here are some of the details I learned. The region is designated Active Region 4366 (AR 4366). This region is…