Massive hurricane on the south pole of Saturn, with a defined eyewall. Eyewall clouds had not previously been seen on any planet besides Earth.1mo ⋅ Confident_Shower_584 ⋅ r/space
Finally, it's been on my list to capture for 2 years. This is the Cone Nebula and I captured it with 14 hours of exposure time.4yr ⋅ chucksastro ⋅ r/space
How to distort reality with in-space photography: star trails from the ISS. More details in comments.10mo ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
3 years ago I built this telescope in my parents' garage. It's since shown me supernovae, comets, 3 dwarf planets and been looked through by thousands of other people.1yr ⋅ __Augustus_ ⋅ r/space
I photographed the Milky Way over my house while my city was blacked-out from Hurricane Irma.7yr ⋅ marcuscotephoto ⋅ r/space
NASA's Galileo spacecraft took this picture of the surface of Europa, one of Jupiter's 79 moons.1yr ⋅ BonitoBurrata ⋅ r/space
Nothing particularly remarkable about this dusty sunset, except it's been captured by a robot working on Mars few hours ago6yr ⋅ Mass1m01973 ⋅ r/space
I've been pursuing a career as a full-time astrophotographer for two years, here are some of my favorite shots so far!1yr ⋅ peeweekid ⋅ r/space
Before the launch of STS-80, I was allowed to hug my dad goodbye - not pictured, a ditch that separates families from the astronauts, as they have to be quarantined before spaceflight. Happy Father's Day, dad.5yr ⋅ LightCraftMinis ⋅ r/space
Milky Way Core, Jupiter and Saturn over otherworldly rock formations in New Mexico1yr ⋅ mrcnzajac ⋅ r/space
They didn't make it to the Moon, but through their efforts and sacrifice we all did. The Apollo1 tragedy happened 52 years ago today and this is a cartoon by Wayne Stayskal published after the Apollo 11 Moon landing5yr ⋅ Mass1m01973 ⋅ r/space
Thanks to the space enthusiasts on Reddit for introducing me to the amazing new hobby of astrophotography - these are my favorite images from 2019, my first year of learning to photograph the cosmos!4yr ⋅ jtmess ⋅ r/space
Ever seen a sunset and a solar eclipse at the same time? Well, now you have.1yr ⋅ Bojangly7 ⋅ r/space
The Lego Saturn V that released on June 1 has 1,969 pieces - the same year that the vehicle put men on the moon.7yr ⋅ LinkedAg ⋅ r/space
My first attempt at stacking, Milky Way above Greater Poland. Bortle 4 zone, but managed to somewhat hide light pollution with photoshop tricks. More details in comments.1yr ⋅ assire2 ⋅ r/space
To wrap up the year, I made a 4K wallpaper out of my favorite astrophotos taken throughout 20185yr ⋅ Idontlikecock ⋅ r/space
Long exposure photograph I shot of SpaceX’s recent launch of Falcon 9 and SES-126yr ⋅ johnkphotos ⋅ r/space
I captured the ISS crossing in front of yesterday's crescent moon during an uncommon daytime lunar transit.7yr ⋅ marcuscotephoto ⋅ r/space
Our Moon, Jupiter and 4 of its moon...took this a couple of days back when Jupiter was close to the moon5yr ⋅ umn2o2co2 ⋅ r/space
On Friday morning I captured my highest quality color image of the moon so far by blending thousands of shots from 2 different cameras. Zoom in to check out the color around the craters! [OC]4yr ⋅ ajamesmccarthy ⋅ r/space
A comparison between a crop of my most famous moon image, left, and my latest project, a gigapixel moon image. Sometimes it's great to see how you've grown in a hobby.11mo ⋅ ajamesmccarthy ⋅ r/space
One of my most detailed images of the Cygnus region of our galaxy, shot in Colorado under extremely dark skies!2yr ⋅ peeweekid ⋅ r/space
I took a picture of Jupiter and its moons, rising over the mountain forest (again)1yr ⋅ PageD0WN ⋅ r/space
Waning gibbous moon composite made with my 4 telescope and smartphone. There was no stacking of frames involved. I stitched 3 single frames for the moon. I think this is my best astrophoto made with single shots!1yr ⋅ InternationalBack472 ⋅ r/space
I've been working one week to make this ultra high-definition 80 MPx picture of the Moon that required 85,000 snapshots from two nights of observation (zoom in!)3yr ⋅ Astronophilos ⋅ r/space
My latest 81 megapixel lunar composite, a combination of over 100k shots. [OC]4yr ⋅ ajamesmccarthy ⋅ r/space
Photo of the Earths atmosphere and the moon. Shot by the international space station.6yr ⋅ sirferrell ⋅ r/space
My favorite photo of Earth through the Cupola, taken with wide angle lens4mo ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
I saw Bob’s press passes and thought I should share my grandpas! Maybe they knew each other3yr ⋅ AndyKapahala ⋅ r/space
This week I was able to shoot the finest image image of Saturn so far through my backyard telescope. [OC]2yr ⋅ TheVastReaches ⋅ r/space
Enjoy the details. I work 16 hours edit and merge 380 RAW images of the moon and the final result was worth it1yr ⋅ daryavaseum ⋅ r/space
I got my first solar scope last week, and this is a result of my first attempt at taking a picture with it. Turns out our star is quite interesting! [OC]5yr ⋅ ajamesmccarthy ⋅ r/space
I shot the Full Moon through my Telescope with a DSLR and combined over 275 shots to make this composite 'Mineral Moon' image!2yr ⋅ DomCraggoo ⋅ r/space
The first space selfie was taken by Buzz Aldrin exactly 52 years ago today during the Gemini XII mission5yr ⋅ Mass1m01973 ⋅ r/space
Falcon 9 leaves a spectacular streak and otherworldly exhaust plume as I watch and photograph from the roof of NASA's 525-foot tall VAB.6yr ⋅ marcuscotephoto ⋅ r/space
This is what the highest point in the path of totality looked like to the naked eye. Borah Peak, Idaho 12,500 feet7yr ⋅ scottsusername ⋅ r/space
The family photo that Charlie Duke left on the Moon on April 23, 1972.... On the back side of the photo a message reads “this is the family of astronaut Duke from planet Earth. Landed on the moon, April 1972”.6yr ⋅ Reporter_at_large ⋅ r/space
I pointed my telescope at a dark part of the sky all night last night to see how many galaxies I could find. I count at least a dozen in this shot. [OC]4yr ⋅ ajamesmccarthy ⋅ r/space
An incredibly rare event is happening as we speak on the sun- magnetic field lines are on crystal clear display as they rise out from the sun's chromosphere. This is a photo I took about 20 minutes ago in my backyard. [OC]3yr ⋅ ajamesmccarthy ⋅ r/space
This is one of the best pictures I've ever taken. The ISS transiting 99% illuminated moon [OC]3yr ⋅ deepsky__wonders ⋅ r/space
My camera setup on the International Space station. More details in comments.1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
I took a photo of NASA's 525-foot tall Vehicle Assembly Building as its top became engulfed in low clouds.5yr ⋅ marcuscotephoto ⋅ r/space
145 Megapixel moon image. This is my largest moon mosaic i ever done it consists of 60 panorama images and also this is the my finest moon detail i ever achieved.4mo ⋅ daryavaseum ⋅ r/space
Charlie Duke traveled over 700 000km total to snap this photo of a young lunar crater - 50 years later, you're seeing it on Reddit, enhanced using AI and processed2yr ⋅ HardenPatch ⋅ r/space
Over the last month I've captured nearly every lunar phase. This is what happens when you animate a month's worth in sequence.1yr ⋅ helmehelmuto ⋅ r/space
That tiny spec in front of the sun is the International Space Station. I photographed the ISS crossing the sun during a solar transit lasting only .76 seconds!5yr ⋅ johnkphotos ⋅ r/space
My image of the Deer Lick Group - a cluster of galaxies located over 50,000,000 light years away in true color5yr ⋅ Idontlikecock ⋅ r/space
NASA let me play guitar in their loud speaker room!!! (The Large Reverberant Acoustic Test Facility)8yr ⋅ termderd ⋅ r/space
Switzerland The moon rises behind the Saentis, the highest mountain of the Alpstein region.6yr ⋅ Heinie_Manutz ⋅ r/space
With Artemis I just 8 days away, I thought I’d make a quick guide to the Artemis program1yr ⋅ Mival93 ⋅ r/space
I captured a Falcon 9 booster engulfed in its own rocket flame as it descended back to Cape Canaveral for a landing.7yr ⋅ marcuscotephoto ⋅ r/space
I took this picture of the earthshine exactly a year ago and it is by far the image I am most proud of5yr ⋅ LCochard ⋅ r/space
I shot a picture of the James Webb Space Telescope traveling out to its distant parking orbit. Zoom in to see because, at the time, it was 1 million kilometers (620,000 miles) away ... 2.5x further away than the Moon. [OC]2yr ⋅ TheVastReaches ⋅ r/space
18 of my favorite images are being displayed inside a massive planetarium - these images represent over 300 hours of combined exposure [OC]5yr ⋅ Idontlikecock ⋅ r/space
I’m a 17 year old really interested in photography and space, I took this a couple nights ago! My second attempt at moon photography :)5yr ⋅ harryyw ⋅ r/space
I captured the moon and clouds with my smartphone and telescope. Blended them together to get this image.2yr ⋅ InternationalBack472 ⋅ r/space
1 Exposure vs 120 Exposures Stacked Together: I had never actually seen the Milky Way with my own eyes, living in central India all my life in a very light polluted city of over 2 million people. So one night I took my camera out to the roof, clicked 120+ shots, and this was the result.5yr ⋅ vpsj ⋅ r/space
I got to meet Christine Darden (mentioned in Hidden Figures) on Friday when she was giving a lecture at my local University! Truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience.6yr ⋅ omgtacoufos ⋅ r/space
Earlier this week, I captured the International Space Station crossing the moon. Traveling at 17,500 miles per hour, the ISS transited the moon in under 0.7 seconds.7yr ⋅ johnkphotos ⋅ r/space
Just finished this Lego Saturn V for Xmas. I’m now officially a lego aerospace engineer2yr ⋅ user-na-me ⋅ r/space
Two days ago, I captured one of my sharpest photos of the Sun. Here’s an extreme closeup of a region that was spewing planet-sized chunks of plasma into space [OC]3yr ⋅ TheVastReaches ⋅ r/space
I built an observatory in the desert to capture images in deep space. Here's one of my favorite shots- the Trifid Nebula. [OC]4yr ⋅ gibsonpics ⋅ r/space
I captured nearly 100 gigabytes of data to create this 100 megapixel shot of an area of our night sky [OC]3yr ⋅ gibsonpics ⋅ r/space
My most detailed HDR picture of the Moon so far (high res link in comment, feel free to zoom in it)3yr ⋅ Astronophilos ⋅ r/space
Spent two nights in my front yard for the Geminids meteor shower — these are the largest I saw (OC)3mo ⋅ MrJackDog ⋅ r/space
Last Saturday I captured my first annular eclipse. This was taken using multiple telescopes from a desert in Utah to capture the moon perfectly centered in front of the sun.5mo ⋅ ajamesmccarthy ⋅ r/space
I took two pictures of Jupiter 40 minutes apart. Can you spot the difference?3yr ⋅ ajamesmccarthy ⋅ r/space
I printed the Saturn’s Flight config onto a poster. Thought you might appreciate it5yr ⋅ Galactic_wanted2 ⋅ r/space
This is what roughly 40 minutes of exposure time captures when photographing the night sky in Namibia!6mo ⋅ peeweekid ⋅ r/space
I graduated with my B.S. in physics last week and took my grad photo during the lunar eclipse!2yr ⋅ VincentLedvina ⋅ r/space
