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Solstice Sun

Ron Brecher — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 17:30:37 +0000

Solstice Sun, June 21, 2026 Click image for full size version June 21, 2026 It is the summer solstice. The longest day of the year. It was a beautiful day to capture another picture of the Sun with my Sky-Watcher Heliostar 76α H-alpha telescope and Player One Xena 585-M camera, all on a Sky-Watcher Wave [...]

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The Sun – June 19 2026

Ron Brecher — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 13:08:05 +0000

The Sun, June 19, 2026 Click image for full size version June 20, 2026 Here is another picture of the Sun made using a Sky-Watcher Heliostar 76α H-alpha telescope and a Player One Xena 585-M camera, all on a Sky-Watcher Wave 100i mount. I controlled the mount with a very old hand controller that I [...]

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The Sun – June 15 2026

Ron Brecher — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 23:53:05 +0000

The Sun, June 15, 2026 Click image for full size version June 16, 2026 Well, it's official. I think I enjoy solar imaging. The equipment and software available to amateurs makes it much easier than it used to be to get really high quality photos of the Sun. I am using a Sky-Watcher Heliostar 76α [...]

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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)

Ron Brecher — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 22:35:22 +0000

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) Click image for full size version February 13, 2023 I captured this comet from my home in Guelph, Ontario on the first clear night we have had in months. There's tons of information about this comet along with loads of information; just look it up online. My image shows it well [...]

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Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)

Ron Brecher — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 19:54:18 +0000

Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) Click image for full size version July 17, 2020 I captured this comet from my home in Guelph, Ontario using a modest DSLR and lens, and a Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer mount! This lovely naked eye comet posed for this 10m exposure about an hour and a half after sunset. The black [...]

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The Moon – May 31, 2020

Ron Brecher — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 17:03:07 +0000

The Moon - May 31, 2020 Click image for full size version June 2, 2020 This image of the Moon was captured on May 31, 2020 at about 9:45 pm EDT (June 1, 2020 at about 1:45 am UTC). The Moon was a little past first quarter, showing nice shadow details that accentuate the visibility [...]

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Comet C/2019 Y4 ATLAS

Ron Brecher — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 00:50:08 +0000

Comet C/2019 Y4 ATLAS Click image for full size version April 12, 2020 This image shows Comet C/2019 Y4 ATLAS, high in the northern sky on the evening of April 10. There are other interesting objects in the field, including LBN 702, the large brownish dust cloud dominating the lower left of the image. I [...]

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Comet PANSTARRS C/2017 T2 and the Double Cluster

Ron Brecher — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 15:12:32 +0000

Comet PANSTARRS C/2017 T2 and the Double Cluster Click image for full size version February 5, 2020 In the lower left quadrant of the image is a solar system interloper, Comet PANSTARRS C/2017 T2. As of February 5, 2020 it is about 250 million kilometers from Earth, recently having passed its closest approach, and is [...]

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Solar Eclipse, August 21, 2017

Ron Brecher — Sat, 02 Sep 2017 18:28:50 +0000

Solar Eclipse, August 21, 2017 Click images for full size versions August 21, 2017 We had haze and intermittent cloud for the solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, but it cleared periodically, allowing me to take these two images. Gail and I had about 10 friends come to view the spectacle with us, using [...]

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The Sun, November 10, 2016

Ron Brecher — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 02:48:41 +0000

The Sun, Nov. 10, 2016 Click image for full size version November 10, 2016 During the first half of November, 2016, I had my equipment in the observatory down for maintenance, and was awaiting a new telescope. Naturally, there were many clear nights during this time! Since I couldn't easily capture deep sky objects, [...]

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