I used 5 cameras and thousands of photos to capture the Total Solar Eclipse on Monday. This composite photo is my attempt to recreate the feeling of witnessing this event, which was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.4d ⋅ ajamesmccarthy ⋅ r/space
I took two pictures of Jupiter 40 minutes apart. Can you spot the difference?4yr ⋅ 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!7mo ⋅ 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
My first big homemade telescope, a 16 f/4.7. Janky but I wouldn't have or know what I do today without it.4yr ⋅ __Augustus_ ⋅ r/space
I placed a camera near SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket before Thursday’s mission and I captured this fiery shot!5yr ⋅ johnkphotos ⋅ r/space
Last month's Falcon Heavy launch captured on film. I placed a 26 year old, sound-activated 35mm camera at the launchpad and shot this photo on Cinestill film.6yr ⋅ jardeon ⋅ r/space
It is staggering that cameras today can capture this much detail in the cosmos in just a single shot. Despite light pollution, I was able to yield this incredible shot of our Milky Way Core.5yr ⋅ DanielJStein ⋅ r/space
I captured the Milky Way over the iconic Dragons Blood trees on Socotra island in Yemen! [OC]11mo ⋅ advillious ⋅ r/space
I got access to a 17 scope in the middle of the Atacama Desert, to say it produced some pretty views would be an understatement3yr ⋅ Idontlikecock ⋅ r/space
NASA's Perseverance rover just snapped the clearest and up-close view of its Mars companion Ingenuity. Ingenuity completed its 50th flight on April 13, 20231yr ⋅ Davicho77 ⋅ r/space
I pointed my telescope at Mars for 3 hours in the early hours of Sunday morning to capture its rotation. Watch closely and you can see it spin.3yr ⋅ chucksastro ⋅ r/space
I just Got this 8inch Telescope for Christmas, what eyepiece would be best for viewing Jupiter or Saturn?1yr ⋅ JayRogPlayFrogger ⋅ r/space
I captured this 20 image pano from some of the darkest skies I have ever seen in my life and combined them into this high detail Milky Way mosaic over the stunning San Juan Mountains in Colorado5yr ⋅ DanielJStein ⋅ r/space
S5 0014+81, The largest known supermassive black hole compared to our solar system.7yr ⋅ neabacon ⋅ r/space
Four months ago I started doing astrophotography. Here's the progress I've made so far on the Andromeda Galaxy.4yr ⋅ Astrodymium ⋅ r/space
A FORK, A SPOON AND A MOON... A Royal Spoonbill sits atop of a branch basking in the glow of the nearly Full Moon in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand... Photo by Andrew Caldwell7yr ⋅ Reporter_at_large ⋅ r/space
A detailed look at the International Space Station, photographed on my previous mission. More details in comments.1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
Belka and Strelka a.k.a the first Earth-born creatures to go into orbit and return alive [1960]5yr ⋅ qasqaldag ⋅ r/space
The surface of Comet 67P, a Jupiter-family comet originally from the Kuiper belt. Filmed by the Rosetta space probe.5mo ⋅ freudian_nipps ⋅ r/space
Cassini's most iconic image, Earth photographed from Saturn. The pale blue dot.7yr ⋅ hipy500 ⋅ r/space
Last year, I made a composite photo of the Milky Way over Maroon Bells, CO since I was clouded out all night. This year however, I made it back and had clear skies to finally capture the real thing. [OC]5yr ⋅ DanielJStein ⋅ r/space
Last weekend I captured my clearest photo of Saturn ever. To escape Arizona monsoons I drove to Southern California and captured it from the roof of a parking structure. This is what I was able to get before security kicked me off.1yr ⋅ ajamesmccarthy ⋅ r/space
Jupiter is getting so close that I could take a picture of it with my crappy phone (zoom in for better view)1yr ⋅ Ornlu_Wolfjarl ⋅ r/space
With just 11 minutes of data from my basic setup, I was pretty impressed with how my Andromeda actually turned out!5yr ⋅ DanielJStein ⋅ r/space
This is the first accurate image of the appearance of a black hole, made 40 years ago using punch cards on an IBM 7040 http://5yr ⋅ Mass1m01973 ⋅ r/space
Solar System Planets (i used Space Engine and Photoshop to create this image)4yr ⋅ 8yearolddude ⋅ r/space
Surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. The blue-white terrains indicate relatively pure water ice, whereas the reddish areas contain water ice mixed with hydrated salts. Credit: NASA/JPL, Caltech, SETI Institute10mo ⋅ MistWeaver80 ⋅ r/space
I captured the Fishhead Nebula with 24 hours of exposure time. It's 6,000 light years from Earth.3yr ⋅ chucksastro ⋅ r/space
The James Webb space telescope (successor to the Hubble telescope) will finally launch into orbit on Dec 18th. It is 20 years in the making and $9.5 billion over budget.2yr ⋅ TobiusBM ⋅ r/space
Here's a collage of some of my best photos of that planets I've taken with my telescope this year1yr ⋅ J3RRYLIKESCHEESE ⋅ r/space
This summer I spent 4 months on the road observing some of the darkest skies in the United States. This shot is from Colorado, where I was lucky to have a relatively smoke-free sky and captured 13 minutes of exposure time on this scene.2yr ⋅ peeweekid ⋅ r/space
had the unique opportunity to strap my camera to a professional telescope and point at andromeda galaxy for about 45 minutes! i can’t believe this is real!!2yr ⋅ advillious ⋅ r/space
A man and his spaceship, 50 years later. Charlie Duke looks thoughtfully at the capsule that took him to the Moon half a century ago as part of the Apollo 16 mission. 📷 US Space and Rocket Center2mo ⋅ Organic-Squirm ⋅ r/space
I got up at 4:00 am yesterday to capture the Moon and Mars in a composite - high dynamic range (HDR) image. I stacked over 2000 photos to get this result1yr ⋅ selenophile_photo ⋅ r/space
My mosaic of the California Nebula in natural color with 25 hours of exposure5yr ⋅ Idontlikecock ⋅ r/space
Last night I captured the Milky Way reflecting over a perfectly still lake! Single Image2yr ⋅ spiider_bro ⋅ r/space
I drove 7 hours to a very dark sky location in western India, and captured this beautiful image of the Orion nebula [OC]2yr ⋅ deepsky__wonders ⋅ r/space
Successful Launch! Here's how Starship compares against the world's other rockets5mo ⋅ firmada ⋅ r/space
I have finally completed the Solar System! No telescope and no equatorial mount. Just DSLRs, a fixed tripod, stacking and patience!1yr ⋅ andrea_g_amato_art ⋅ r/space
Picture of Italy I received from a Chinese weather satellite in polar orbit with (mostly) DIY radio equipment, hopefully it's space-related enough :)3yr ⋅ derekcz ⋅ r/space
This is what we'd *actually* see if we could better resolve Andromeda with the naked eye. (The one that's usually posted is 50% too large, and made from an Ultraviolet exposure.)5yr ⋅ GSlayerBrian ⋅ r/space
I captured the international space station passing in front of the Sea of Tranquility on the moon. This is the sharpest image I've ever captured of the station.2yr ⋅ ajamesmccarthy ⋅ r/space
I used 45 images captured by my sound-activated camera to animate Falcon 9 Block 5 during its maiden liftoff.6yr ⋅ marcuscotephoto ⋅ r/space
The Comet NEOWISE over the First Flatiron in Boulder, CO - possibly the hardest I've ever worked for an image.4yr ⋅ MyWorkThrowawayShhhh ⋅ r/space
I collected light for 28 hours with an amateur telescope to build this detailed portrait of the Sunflower Galaxy. Its hazy outer halo contains billions of stars that were strewn across space as it absorbed a companion galaxy. [OC]4yr ⋅ TheVastReaches ⋅ r/space
This print took me 5 months to create... my largest image of the Milky Way ever! Details in the comments.4mo ⋅ peeweekid ⋅ r/space
I captured this lightning-filled star trail from the International Space Station. More details in comments!1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
One of the most dramatic images I've ever produced, the ISS passing near a violently active portion of our sun. This was captured yesterday afternoon off the side of the freeway near Fairfield using two telescopes and specialized photography gear. Uncropped pic linked in comments. [OC]3yr ⋅ ajamesmccarthy ⋅ r/space
Remote camera photo I shot of the recent flight-proven Falcon 9 launch of CRS-14. The dark clouds and backlighting made for an incredibly dramatic launch!6yr ⋅ johnkphotos ⋅ r/space
A spectacular aurora borealis, or “northern lights,” over Canada is sighted from the International Space Station near the highest point of its orbital path5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/space
I took an 81 megapixel shot of the moonrise a few days ago as it broke through the clouds. Zoom in to see the details! [OC]4yr ⋅ ajamesmccarthy ⋅ r/space
Parker Solar Probe, on its journey to the Sun. I shot this 7.5 minute, single frame long exposure from the roof of NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building.6yr ⋅ jardeon ⋅ r/space
My 6 hour long exposure of the Andromeda Galaxy, taken from my apartment roof4yr ⋅ azzkicker7283 ⋅ r/space
I stacked ten photos that I took during a Falcon 9 rocket launch to create an interesting progression image.6yr ⋅ marcuscotephoto ⋅ r/space
The OLDEST KNOWN EARTH ROCK was FOUND ON the MOON during the Apollo 14 mission (Credit: NASA)1yr ⋅ Busy_Yesterday9455 ⋅ r/space
I captured one of my most detailed pictures of Mars this week. I can’t wait until it gets even closer over the next few months. [OC]4yr ⋅ TheVastReaches ⋅ r/space
The Solar System- 1 year progress from my backyard. Zoom in to see all the details!1yr ⋅ theillini19 ⋅ r/space
A weather satellite malfunctioned, lost attitude control, and is now spinning around and taking images of Earth horizon instead of the surface. Orbital height is around 830 km2yr ⋅ derekcz ⋅ r/space
The moon is beautiful tonight. I took this image........with my phone. Incredible how far we've come.2yr ⋅ Cory0527 ⋅ r/space
Hubble's image that inspired me as a kid, and my own shot of the same galaxy taken last week after 2 years of learning this hobby. [OC]4yr ⋅ ajamesmccarthy ⋅ r/space
I took this star-trail of city lights at night from the International Space Station. More details in comments.1yr ⋅ astro_pettit ⋅ r/space
Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket carries the Cygnus pressurized cargo module to orbit, heading to rendezvous with the International Space Station. I took this 7.5 minute single frame photo of its flight early this morning from Wallops Island, Virginia.5yr ⋅ jardeon ⋅ r/space
I've been imaging Mars since March - Here's my latest progress update [OC]3yr ⋅ NightSkyFlying ⋅ r/space
I photographed yesterday's Falcon 9 rocket launch from a helicopter over Cape Canaveral7yr ⋅ johnkphotos ⋅ r/space
I used a telescope and a telephoto lens to capture multiple images of the Moon. I then merged the images together to get this result of a high dynamic range image of the Moon with its dark side and the stars1yr ⋅ selenophile_photo ⋅ r/space
I spent the last month capturing this 31 hour exposure image of the Vela Supernova Remnant from my backyard4yr ⋅ OkeWoke ⋅ r/space
Over the last two nights I captured some of my sharpest pictures of the gas giants of our solar system. It took 3 years of work to be able to phoptograph them at this level [OC]2yr ⋅ ajamesmccarthy ⋅ r/space
I spent 60 hours shooting the pinwheel galaxy from my backyard, and about halfway through a star exploded, visible in this photograph.10mo ⋅ ajamesmccarthy ⋅ r/space
My most complex lunar mosaic ever, I created this piece as a tribute to the Apollo missions. The full size is over a gigapixel, and created from over 50,000 individual photos. [OC]2yr ⋅ ajamesmccarthy ⋅ r/space
A collage created from (100) of our planetary nebulae all are presented north up and at apparent size relative to one another.7yr ⋅ gDisasters ⋅ r/space
