Starship Asterisk*

Full Moon rising behind Lick Observatory in San Jose, Ca, taken on Friday, April 3, 2015. There is a small plane in front of the moon, probably just took off from Reid Hillview Airport nearby. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7588/17029170195_1d1267f95f_c.jpg Full Moon behind Lick Observatory by wbphe...

A time-lapse of the full Moon rising behind Lick Observatory in San Jose on Friday, April 3, 2015:



Watch for the small plane at around 26 seconds in, and the cars driving around the main building.

William Phelps

ISS solar transit, Friday February 20, 2015. Taken at Vista Hill, Palo Alto Foothills Park, CA. Composite of 8 images at 8 frames/second, 1/4000 sec, ISO 640. Fujifilm XT-1, Stellarvue SVA130 EDT, iOptron CEM60-EC mount. https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8672/16574118286_19778f2dc7_c.jpg DSCF2170-7p1cy...

October 11, 2013 ISS lunar transit - this is a composite of 18 frames. Canon 5D Mk3, Astro-Physics Starfire 180 EDT at f5.75, AP1200 mount. Copyright 2013 Jeff Crawford & William Phelps. http://www.meier-phelps.com/images/ISS%20multiple%201r2.jpg These were taken at dusk, so the contrast was nat...

We managed to catch ISS just before it transited the Moon on Friday (11 October 2013).
Image Copyright 2013 by Jeff Crawford & William Phelps (with a lot of help!).

Andromeda (M31) from Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park, August 2103
Copyright: Jeff Crawford & William B Phelps
(with a faint Perseid meteor) Image details:
120 second exposure at ISO 3200
Canon 5D/3
AP180f9 at f6.75