by Lisa Ann Fanning

The skies just haven’t cooperated in pursuit of some of my targets. On the few nights/ early mornings I managed to get out, I made some captures, and embraced the clouds in some cases! 

6/3/22 18% Waxing Crescent Moon

6/4/22  WaxingCrescent Moon (26% illuminated) 

📷: iPhone 13

🔭: Celestron NexStar Evolution 8

Full “Strawberry” Moon rises in the Southeast sky on a warm June night in New Jersey.  

6/14/22 9:52 PM EDT

📷:

(L) iPhone 13

(R) Canon PowerShot SX70 HS

6/19/22 4:17 AM EDT A 70% illuminated Waning Gibbous Moon sits between Jupiter and Saturn (not pictured) this morning! Love the detail on the lunar terminator

📷 + 🔭 = iPhone 13 through Celestron NexStar Evolution 8

It was an early wake up, but so worth it! 🙂 6/25/22

📷 iPhone 13 for wide field 

📷+ 🔭 iPhone 13 through Swarovski Optik spotting scope for Mercury

💻 stitched in Bazaart

Another sight from 6/25/22 4:14AM EDT – Pleiades, Moon and Venus

iPhone 13 – night mode, 10 sec exp.

6/30/22 Waxing Crescent (~2% illuminated) Moon peaking out behind our trees.  

📷: Canon PowerShot SX70 HS 

💻: slight crop

Double Moon? 

The real one is the 7% illuminated Waxing Crescent Moon 7/1/22 at Jenkinson’s Boardwalk. 

📷 : iPhone 13

Gave it a shot early this morning 7/11/22 to try to see the comet, but no luck with the full-ish Moon.  But seeing the Moon and Antares together were a nice consolation prize. 

Closeup of the Moon: iPhone 13 through Celestron NexStar Evolution 8 telescope 40 mm eyepiece 

Wide field: iPhone 13

7/13/22 9:58 PM EDT

Ten second exposure of the International Space Station (ISS) 🛰 passing overhead, through the constellation Draco. 🐉 

📷: iPhone 13 ⏰: 10 second exposure 

Wishing everyone clear skies!