Astrophotography by D. W. Hoard

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Total lunar eclipse of 2008

(20 Feb 2008 PST - Los Angeles, CA)

This photograph was taken at approximately 7pm PST, shortly before the start of totality. The images shown here are small sections of the full 3072x2034 pixel image obtained by the camera. The eastern horizon is at the bottom of the image, and lunar north is to the upper left. The expanded view (right) shows the bright star Regulus (blue; above the Moon) and the planet Saturn (yellowish-white; to the lower left of the Moon).

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Venus at sunrise from Kitt Peak National Observatory

(11 Jun 2006 MST - Kitt Peak, AZ)

The dome of the 2.1-m telescope is visible in the foreground. The lights of Tucson are visible in the background.

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Shadow of Kitt Peak at sunrise

(10 Jun 2006 MST - Kitt Peak, AZ)

This is the view from the 0.9-m telescope dome at Kitt Peak National Observatory, looking southwest at sunrise. The dark triangular area is the shadow of Kitt Peak cast by the rising Sun. The Michigan-Dartmouth-MIT telescope dome is visible on the ridge in the foreground.

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Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

(4 Dec 2005 PST - Los Angeles, CA)

The Moon is a 4 day old waxing crescent. The Moon and Venus are separated by 4.64 degrees.