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Some shots I took of the Lyrid Meteor Shower this morning during the peak!

"Milkyway over Mt. Evans Meyer-Womble Observatory in Denver, Colorado" Here is a 12-photo panoramic showing the Milky Way arching over the Meyer-Womble Observatory on Mt. Evans 37 miles west of Denver, Colorado. The observatory sits at an elevation of 14,193 ft and is owned and operated by...

Tonight's Lunar Eclipse was an unforgettable experience for me! It was such a great sight to see.

"ICE" Here is a 14-photo panoramic showing the winter milky way arching over an old windmill found in Paulden, Arizona. There are quite a few sky objects photographed to the right too such as Jupiter, Sirius, Orion, and the Pleaides. Website: http://www.sean-parker.com/ FB:https://www.face...

Once a year, about 4 days before and after winter solstice, the sun aligns with Kitt Peak from a known pull-out on Mt. Lemmon in Tucson, Arizona. There is an uninterrupted view (aside from cars driving by) of the observatory to the SSW. I joined up with Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association (TAAA) to...

Once a year, about 4 days before and after winter solstice, the sun aligns with Kitt Peak from a known pull-out on Mt. Lemmon in Tucson, Arizona. There is an uninterrupted view (aside from cars driving by) of the observatory to the SSW. I joined up with Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association (TAAA) to...

12-5-13 Crescent Moon / Venus over Peteroglyphics in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona.

Desert Draconids by: Sean Parker Photography The Draconids Meteor Shower was short lived in Tucson tonight as we only had about 70 minutes of clear skies to the north. Fortunately, I was still able to capture a few during my timelapse sequence! I picked out 5 frames that had meteors in them and comp...

1151009_10151806497719400_1507513954_n.jpg "Perseids over Joshua Tree" The Perseids gave a great show these past couple of nights to all stargazers around the globe. I was fortunate to have clear skies everywhere I shot them. I started off friday morning in Joshua Tree National Park when ...

Road to the Watchmen's Galaxy - small.jpg "Road to the Watchmen's Galaxy" Driving around Zion at night was one of the hardest things to do for me. The milky way was shining so bright that it made it difficult to keep my eyes on the road.Here is a photo of the Milky Way over Zion's Mount C...

"Southwest Planetary Trio" The planetary trio – from bottom to top: Jupiter, Venus, Mercury – has been an awesome sight in the west after sunset, and it’s still happening – at least through tonight. A planetary trio is when three planets fit within a circle with a 5-degree, or smaller, dia...

Here is a 5 photo panoramic showing the Summer Milky Way rising over the Checkerboard Mesas in Zion National Park. 884425_10151543355979400_1269904288_o.jpg "Milky Way at Dawn" Milky way fading away as the sun rises over the Checkerboard Mesas in Zion National Park. This is a single frame ...

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/882489_595102907183849_1947973741_o.jpg Comet PANSTARRS - A Desert View PAN-orama I arrived back home from my Utah road-trip today as soon as the sun was setting and rushed out to Gates Pass to photograph Comet Panstarrs. I was shocked at how many people ...

Aligning the Moon, Venus, Jupiter, and Pleiades. Came across this older photo from 08/12/12. I remember driving home from Kitt Peak Observatory around 4 a.m and seeing this awesome alignment through my windshield. I pulled over and snapped a couple photos and jumped in the last exposure. This is NOT...

Comet Star-Trails Comet-like star trails using 100 frames from a time-lapse I shot. Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II Focal Length 28mm Shutter Speed 20 sec ISO/Film 4000 Taken August 14th 2012 Copyright Sean Parker Prints: Email Sean@sean-parker.com https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=578763048817835...

IMG_0001 facebook.jpg While I was in Florida last week, NASA launched a new communication satellite on an unmanned Atlas V rocket to stay in touch with its space station astronauts and relay more Hubble telescope images. I heard about this launch on the flight over to Florida and was extremely exci...

Quadrantids boneyard tag smallest.jpg I drove out to one of the the largest airplane graveyard-bone yard in the world to photograph the Quadrantid’s this morning with hopes of having some kind of access to the yard for photographs. But, I had no luck. The bone yard is ran by the Mathis-Davis Airfor...

What an incredible show we had here in Tucson, Arizona 12-12-12! I was able to see about 50 per hour. Here are some composites of about 30 frames from a time-lapse I shot of the Geminid Meteor shower at Gates Pass in Tucson, Arizona on the morning of 12-13-12. You can see M31 (Andromeda Galaxy 2.5mi...

What an incredible show we had here in Tucson, Arizona 12-12-12! I was able to see about 50 per hour. Here are some composites of about 30 frames from a time-lapse I shot of the Geminid Meteor shower at Gates Pass in Tucson, Arizona on the morning of 12-13-12. You can see M31 (Andromeda Galaxy 2.5mi...

My latest and greatest Orion Nebula image. This was taken up at Kitt Peak Observatory a couple weeks ago. Total exposure time was around 12 minutes taken with the Canon 5DMKII through a TEC 140mm f/7 APO ED Refractor Telescope. — at Kitt Peak National Observatory. Huge thank you to Astronomer Blythe...

"Hunter's Moonrise"

There were some beautiful colors of Earth's shadow and the belt of Venus during the "Hunter's Moon" moonrise over Tucson, Arizona Monday night.

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"HC-130 - Hunter's Moon" Check out this HC-130 passing in front of tonight's "Hunter's Moon" in Tucson, Arizona! Photo Details: Canon T3i mounted through a Stellarvue 4" APO Refractor F/7 ISO 400 https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/297183_523879274306213_1980358063_n...

"Orion The Hunted" The Orionid Meteor Shower just passed this last weekend. Here is a photo showing a meteor going right above Orion's belt and into his stomach (theoretically). I got extremely lucky with this shot since it was only a 4 second exposure with the canon 50mm F/1.4 lens. Shari...

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/664850_515179755176165_944842425_o.jpg "Milky Way Sunrise" Milky way and Andromeda galaxy fading away during sunrise at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson, Arizona. Hubble space telescope observations suggest that the large Andromeda galax...