My friends and I went meteorite hunting in Florida looking for fragments of a daytime fireball on Jan 24, 2016. We found some.8yr ⋅ mikesastro ⋅ r/pics
I rented a super telephoto lens (800mm) for an eagle photography contest. here's my entry9yr ⋅ mikesastro ⋅ r/pics
I took this photo with my telescope. Over 38 hours exposure time went into it.11yr ⋅ mikesastro ⋅ r/pics
Here's a long exposure astrophoto I took with my telescope. Its called the Bubble Nebula. 15 hours of exposure time went into this.11yr ⋅ mikesastro ⋅ r/pics
I've been working on astrophotography for 4 years now and I think I'm starting to get the hang of it. Here's my latest galaxy photo, M81. [3200x3200] [OC]12yr ⋅ mikesastro ⋅ r/spaceporn
I took this photo of the Heart Nebula with my telescope last night. Total exposure time is 6 hours. 12yr ⋅ mikesastro ⋅ r/pics
Hey Reddit, I heard you like meteorites. I hope this pic brightens your day.11yr ⋅ mikesastro ⋅ r/pics
I took this photo of the galaxy Messier 100 with my telescope. Photographing galaxies requires long exposures, this one took 8 hours and 40 minutes. 13yr ⋅ mikesastro ⋅ r/Astronomy
Here's my first attempt at narrow band imaging using the Hubble Palette - The Elephant Trunk Nebula in IC 139612yr ⋅ mikesastro ⋅ r/Astronomy
Plots of Fastest growing COVID-19 Counties in Texas and State Total (New Cases Per Day Rolling 7-day Average) [OC]4yr ⋅ mikesastro ⋅ r/dataisbeautiful
Comet C/2012 K5 (LINEAR) was discovered in May 2012, but its just starting to get bright now. Here's a pic I took with my telescope last night. 12yr ⋅ mikesastro ⋅ r/Astronomy
Comet 168P/Hergenrother got as close to Earth as its gonna get on Oct 1st. I was able to spot it with my scope over the weekend. Here's an animated gif of 10 frames of flight. 12yr ⋅ mikesastro ⋅ r/Astronomy
hi-res [4000x4000] photo of the blue moon taken with my telescope last night. [OC]12yr ⋅ mikesastro ⋅ r/spaceporn
i took this picture of a supernova inside Messier 95 earlier this week13yr ⋅ mikesastro ⋅ r/Astronomy
Here is a picture of the asteroid that flew by Earth yesterday that I took with my telescope early this morning. Animation of frames and info in comments.12yr ⋅ mikesastro ⋅ r/Astronomy
A supernova was detected inside the Cigar Galaxy yesterday. I took a picture of it with my telescope this morning.11yr ⋅ mikesastro ⋅ r/pics
Eagle Nebula taken on June 26th 2012 from rural Baltimore County Maryland. [1290x920] [OC]12yr ⋅ mikesastro ⋅ r/spaceporn
Here’s the latest photo I took with my telescope, The Crab Nebula. Its a 21 hour exposure with a twist of x-ray11yr ⋅ mikesastro ⋅ r/pics
i took this pic of California Chrome earlier this week during a practice session at Pimlico Race Track. Love this horse!10yr ⋅ mikesastro ⋅ r/pics
Today is the last day for the NSF's Comet ISON photo contest. Here is my submission11yr ⋅ mikesastro ⋅ r/pics
Make sure you check out the full moon tonight, jupiter is close in the top left corner. Here's a pic from a few minutes ago. 12yr ⋅ mikesastro ⋅ r/Astronomy
I just took this photo of Venus with the Pleiades. They are still up if you want to check, look west. Tomorrow night they will be even closer.13yr ⋅ mikesastro ⋅ r/Astronomy
here's comet panstarrs from yesterday morning -- imaged through a 14.5 scope12yr ⋅ mikesastro ⋅ r/Astronomy