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Zodiacal Light Pierces the Winter Milky Way at Kelso Dunes by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr

Image Credit and Copyright Tom Masterson

Galactic Maelstrom M81 by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr

Image Credit and Copyright, Grand Mesa Observatory, Tom Masterson

Celestial Drama in NGC 2170 by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr

Image Credit and Copyright Tom Masterson / Grand Mesa Observatory (http://www.grandmesaobservatory.com)

I'm very glad to see this APOD! :D https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4759/26228641968_207fa23f55_b.jpg Comet C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS) meets the Pleiades. Photo: Tom Masterson. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0501/machholzPleiades_seip_full.jpg Comet Machholz meets the Pleiades. Photo: Stefan Seip. I don'...

For a little background on my approach . . . If anyone is interested here is the technical info for this image: . . . Tom Thanks for the details, Tom. It really helped me understand more of what was involved to get the image ... which is a very cool and surprising scene! The blue of the CO tail is ...

At the time when this was shot the comet was really close to zenith so I had trouble seeing it in my 20x80 celestron binoculars but I think I saw it very faintly, it's hard to tell since it was hard to hold them steady when looking straight up (I need a bino mount for them ;). A tarp or air mattres...

Thanks APOD for featuring my image!! Very humbled and honored! Glad so many like my image and great discussion as always! For a little background on my approach to taking this image which might explain how the comet appears as bright as it does I decided to shoot rather long sub exposures for a come...

The Blue Comet Meets the Blue Sisters by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr

Image Credit and Copyright Tom Masterson

Gems of Auriga-POSS-II (reprocessed) by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr

Image Credit and Copyright POSS-II, Tom Masterson, Terry Hancock

SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch of Iridum-4 over Los Angeles 12/22/2017 by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr

Image Credit and Copyright Tom Masterson

Orion Rises Over The Giant Sequoias by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr

Image Credit and Copyright Tom Masterson

Summer Triangle Sets Over The Trona Pinnacles by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr

Image Credit and Copyright Tom Masterson

Fall Milky Way Above the Trona Pinnacles by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr

Image Credit and Copyright Tom Masterson

Dusty and Colorful North America and Pelican Nebula (DSS-II Combo) by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr

Image Credit and Copyright Tom Masterson

The Shoulder of Cygnus (DSS-II Combo) by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr

Image Credit and Copyright Tom Masterson

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4476/37319064140_9e526cfbf8_c.jpg Two Comets Pass by The Dusty Pleiades and the Fiery California Nebula by Transient Astronomer , on Flickr https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4502/37529011956_389dddb051_c.jpg Two Comets Pass by The Dusty Pleiades and the Fiery California ...

Harvest Moon Over DTLA by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr

Image Credit and Copyright, Tom Masterson

Comet C/2017 O1 (ASAS-SN) Slides by the Pleiades and California Nebula by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr

Image Credit and Copyright Tom Masterson

Rho Ophiuchi and the Blue Horsehead by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr

Image Credit and Copyright Terry Hancock / Tom Masterson

Red Clouds of Cygnus by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr


Image Credit and Copyright Tom Masterson

I'm not sure if these particular buttes had names given to them by the Navajo or other peoples of this area but the 'area' of Monument Valley does and I think translated it makes a lot of sense, from wikipedia, 'Monument Valley (Navajo: Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, pronounced [tsʰépìːʔntsɪ̀skɑ̀ìː], meaning v...

Thanks everyone for the comments and discussion and big THANKS to Robert and Jerry for selecting my image! Ann, I totally agree this is very possibly the reason it really pops in that image. Like a lot of very nice images out there the drama of the scene is really what makes any panoramic/widefield ...

That is an EXCELLENT explanation of what is represented in these images Ann and as I always say, I'm a photographer/astrophotographer/artist. I do my best to try to relay what I think would be possibly seen if say we had camera vision (maybe someday soon right?) and could collect more light with our...

Milky Way above the 100in Telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory, CA by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr

Credit and Copyright Tom Masterson

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4122/35595577432_a25313923f_c.jpg Inside the 100in Hooker Telescope Dome, Mount Wilson Observatory, CA by Transient Astronomer , on Flickr https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4209/35377342790_61848da2c6_c.jpg Outside the 100in Hooker Telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory, CA...