Astrophotography

Tripod, 800mm lens. Whatever I can find in the (mostly) night sky. All photos made in Austin, Texas except where noted. Lots of light polution, and I don't have a clock driven mount yet, so almost everything is a relatively quick exposure time.

Shot through the morning mists of June 8th, 2018 at 6:03 a. m. The navy coloured sky is just noticable in this image.
20180608 Waning Gibbous Moon-3
Copyright 2018 Russell Pankratz Photography
20180605 Waning Gibbous Moonrise-1
Copyright 2018 Russell Pankratz Photography
20160321 Full Moon and Jupiter Conjunction-1849
Moon Saturn dark full moon night
Orion Nebula.
20160303 Orion Nebula-0011
Jupiter Orion Orion's Nebula astrophotography moons night
Orion Nebula.
20160303 Orion Constellation-Nebula Pointer-0005
Jupiter Orion Orion's Nebula astrophotography moons night
Orion Constellation.
20160303 Orion Constellation-0005
Jupiter Orion Orion's Nebula astrophotography moons night
Jupiter and her visible moons.
20160303 Jupiter and moons-Annotated-0012
Jupiter Orion Orion's Nebula astrophotography moons night
20160303 Jupiter and moons-0012
Jupiter Orion Orion's Nebula astrophotography moons night
Venus and a waning crescent Moon.
20151207 Moon & Venus-0003
Astronomy Moon Venus astrophotography
20151027 Super Moon Eclipse-30
Moon bloodmoon eclipse full moon supermoon
20151027 Super Moon Eclipse-27
Moon bloodmoon eclipse full moon supermoon
20151027 Super Moon Eclipse-25
Moon bloodmoon eclipse full moon supermoon
$Here the moon is completely eclipsed by Earth's shadow. The only light reaching the moon is refracted light coming through Earth's atmosphere. The atmosphere scatters the red/orange frequencies of the sun's rays just as it does the sunrise and sunset on Earth.$
Here the moon is completely eclipsed by Earth's shadow. The only light reaching the moon is refracted light coming through Earth's atmosphere. The atmosphere scatters the red/orange frequencies of the sun's rays just as it does the sunrise and sunset on Earth.
20151027 Super Moon Eclipse-23
Moon bloodmoon eclipse full moon supermoon
Same images as the last, this is cropped wider so we can see a few stars that we wouldn't be able to see otherwise
20151027 Super Moon Eclipse-23-2
Moon bloodmoon eclipse full moon supermoon
20151027 Super Moon Eclipse-19
Moon bloodmoon eclipse full moon supermoon
20151027 Super Moon Eclipse-18
Moon bloodmoon eclipse full moon supermoon
The last sliver of the moon is illuminated by the direct, therefore intense rays of the sun which prevent my camera sensor from being able to capture the rest of the moon.
20151027 Super Moon Eclipse-17
Moon bloodmoon eclipse full moon supermoon
20151027 Super Moon Eclipse-15
Moon bloodmoon eclipse full moon supermoon
20151027 Super Moon Eclipse-11
Moon bloodmoon eclipse full moon supermoon
20151027 Super Moon Eclipse-5
Moon bloodmoon eclipse full moon supermoon
The KTBC-TV and KLBJ-FM transmission towers are east of my observation point, so the rising sun/moon/planets are always dodging the guy cables and tower from my point-of-view.
20151027 Super Moon Eclipse-2
Moon blood moon clouds cloudy eclipse full moon supermoon
The entire eclipse was shot through thin clouds, so sorry for the lack of detail, but you get atmosphere instead!
20151027 Super Moon Eclipse-1
Moon bloodmoon eclipse full moon supermoon
20151027 Jupiter-Venus-Mars Convergence-0154
Jupiter Mars Venus convergence
No planets... just a sunrise from my observation point west of downtown Austin.
20151027 Jupiter-Venus-Mars Convergence-0153
Jupiter Mars Venus convergence
20151027 Jupiter-Venus-Mars Convergence-0144
Jupiter Mars Venus convergence
20151027 Jupiter-Venus-Mars Convergence-0142
Jupiter Mars Venus convergence
20150801 Blue Moon-0003
blue moon full moon night
20150723 Waxing First Quarter Moon - 50%-0001
1st quarter Moon night waxing
20150722 Waxing Crescent Moon-0005
Moon dusk waxing
20150702 Full Buck Moon over Austin-0041
Astronomy Austin Full Buck Moon astrophotography cityscape dusk full moon night
20150701 Venus-Jupiter Conjunction-0079
Astronomy VenusJupiter convergence astrophotography full moon twilight
20150701 Venus-Jupiter Conjunction-0065
Astronomy VenusJupiter convergence astrophotography full moon twilight
20150701 Venus-Jupiter Conjunction-0049
Astronomy VenusJupiter convergence astrophotography full moon twilight
20150701 Full Moon-0051
Astronomy VenusJupiter convergence astrophotography full moon twilight
New Moon
20150322 New Moon and Saturn-0013
Moon astrophotography new moon night
20150322 New Moon and Saturn-0002
Moon Saturn astrophotography new moon night
20130312 Comet pan STARRS-21
Astronomy Moon astrophotography comet night pan STARRS
20130312 Comet pan STARRS-20
Astronomy Moon astrophotography comet night pan STARRS
20130312 Comet pan STARRS-18-2
Astronomy Moon astrophotography comet night pan STARRS
20130312 Comet pan STARRS-11
Astronomy Moon astrophotography comet night pan STARRS
20130312 Comet pan STARRS-1
Astronomy Moon astrophotography comet night pan STARRS
130207 Stars Over Leander-7
Milky Way Galaxy long exposure night planets sky stars
130207 Stars Over Leander-4
Milky Way Galaxy long exposure night planets sky stars
130207 Stars Over Leander-2b
Milky Way Galaxy long exposure night planets stars
Partial solar eclipse occurring as I arrived at Hays CISD's Shelton Stadium for the James Bowie Outdoor Performing Ensemble's Marching show. There may have been a football game also.
2014-10-23 JBHSOPE vs Hays--1
Bowie Band Hays High School JBHSOPE James Bowie High School Outdoor Performing Ensemble Marching Band
Eclipsed Moon, Spica below and right of the Moon, and Mars at upper right.
2014-04-15 Lunar Eclipse_Spica_Mars-0142
Moon blood moon eclipse full moon total lunar eclipse
Eclipsed Moon and Spica
2014-04-15 Lunar Eclipse_Spica-2
Moon blood moon eclipse full moon total lunar eclipse
2013-01-21 Moon and Jupiter-0002
Astronomy Jupiter Moon black dark night