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Best Sky Photos of 2021

Still photos from the YouTube video
Morning walk in Superstition Mountains
Morning walk in Superstition Mountains		 Grand Canyon Bright Angel Trail, Near Indian Garden
Grand Canyon Bright Angel Trail, Near Indian Garden		 Cholla sleleten Superstition Mountains
Cholla sleleten Superstition Mountains		 Snow in Superstition Mountains
Snow in Superstition Mountains
Rare fog in July, South Mountain
Rare fog in July, South Mountain		 Rare fog in July, South Mountain
Rare fog in July, South Mountain		 After the rain, Sandy Seep Trail northeast of Flagstaff
After the rain, Sandy Seep Trail northeast of Flagstaff		 Aspen Leaves in the snow
Aspen Leaves in the snow
Aspen leaf in the snow
Aspen leaf in the snow		 The blue band along the eastern horizon is the earth's shadow
The blue band along the eastern horizon is the earth's shadow		 Low, fast-moving clouds trailing over LowerLake Mary
Low, fast-moving clouds trailing over LowerLake Mary		 Summer fog in Lower Lake Mary
Summer fog in Lower Lake Mary
Common halo around the moon
Common halo around the moon		 Uncommon parhelic circle and halo
Uncommon parhelic circle and halo		 Halo and upper tangent arc
Halo and upper tangent arc		 Multiple exposure of lightning strikes at Anderson Mesa
Multiple exposure of lightning strikes at Anderson Mesa
International Space Station above an ocotillo
International Space Station above an ocotillo		 Moonrise with Jupiter, in southeast Velley
Moonrise with Jupiter, in southeast Velley		 Corvus and Spica; Picketpost is a popular observing site
Corvus and Spica; Picketpost is a popular observing site		 Winter sky from the Pioneer Parkway, north of Oracle
Winter sky from the Pioneer Parkway, north of Oracle
First frame of a long time-lapse captured a meteor while I was looking
First frame of a long time-lapse captured a meteor while I was looking		 Zodiacal light standing nearly vertically before dawn
Zodiacal light standing nearly vertically before dawn		 Moon and Venus over west edge of Lower Lake Mary
Moon and Venus over west edge of Lower Lake Mary		 Moon and Venus, the next night after previous image
Moon and Venus, the next night after previous image
Waxing gibbous moon in an old Ponderosa pine
Waxing gibbous moon in an old Ponderosa pine		 Crater Aristarchus and the Schroter Valley
Crater Aristarchus and the Schroter Valley		 Elongated crater Schiller
Elongated crater Schiller		 Terminator just before Full phase
Terminator just before Full phase
Multiple exposure of Space Station
Multiple exposure of Space Station		 Ganymede and its shadow, taken in Tempe
Ganymede and its shadow, taken in Tempe		 Saturn, taken in Tempe
Saturn, taken in Tempe		 Eclipsed moon in clouds
Eclipsed moon in clouds
Eclipsed moon through hole in clouds
Eclipsed moon through hole in clouds		 Eclipsed moon widefield with star clusters
Eclipsed moon widefield with star clusters		 Comet that had a spacecraft land on it.
Comet that had a spacecraft land on it.		 Best comet of 2021 with a rogue meteor
Best comet of 2021 with a rogue meteor
Best comet of 2021 in morning sky; got much brighter in evening for southern viewers
Best comet of 2021 in morning sky; got much brighter in evening for southern viewers		 Led Zeppelin has an asteroid
Led Zeppelin has an asteroid		 Asteroid Ledzeppelin
Asteroid Ledzeppelin		 Fast-moving near-earth asteroid frames stitched
Fast-moving near-earth asteroid frames stitched
JF Gout and I demonstrated parallax for near-earth asteroid
JF Gout and I demonstrated parallax for near-earth asteroid		 A few days after the launch of the JWST
A few days after the launch of the JWST		 Open star cluster
Open star cluster		 Unfinished project: Palomar globular clusters
Unfinished project: Palomar globular clusters
Pair of barred spiral galaxies
Pair of barred spiral galaxies		 Some members of the large Arp Peculiar Galaxies catalog
Some members of the large Arp Peculiar Galaxies catalog		 Drone view of the NPOI
Drone view of the NPOI		 Little Planet view of the Anderson Mesa compound
"Little Planet" view of the Anderson Mesa compound
Drone view of the mesa
Drone view of the mesa		 Now decommissioned 31-inch
Now decommissioned 31-inch		 Frequently used 42-inch telescope
Frequently used 42-inch telescope		 Even more frequently used 72-inch
Even more frequently used 72-inch
First nights of seeing monitoring with an old Celestron 14, which had to come out of that doorway
First nights of seeing monitoring with an old Celestron 14, which had to come out of that doorway		 Seeing monitor on improved mount with a roll-off shed at 31-inch
Seeing monitor on improved mount with a roll-off shed at 31-inch		 Night view of seeing monitor at LONEOS dome
Night view of seeing monitor at LONEOS dome		 Night view of seeing monitor at 31-inch
Night view of seeing monitor at 31-inch
My favorite arrangement of constellations
My favorite arrangement of constellations		 Space Station flying over 31-inch dome
Space Station flying over 31-inch dome		 72-inch Perkins dome under moonlight
72-inch Perkins dome under moonlight		 Me on the catwalk of the 42-inch
Me on the catwalk of the 42-inch
Lensball photo of 42-inch
Lensball photo of 42-inch		 X-ray dome: some spins during exposure, revealing contents
X-ray dome: some spins during exposure, revealing contents		 View out of the 42-inch dome slit
View out of the 42-inch dome slit		 Two mesa telescopes operating under moonlight
Two mesa telescopes operating under moonlight
Star trails version of the previous photo
Star trails version of the previous photo		 Trails pointing east
Trails pointing east		 Trails pointing north - dome moves every 20 minutes
Trails pointing north - dome moves every 20 minutes		 Drone view of LDT campus, looking south
Drone view of LDT campus, looking south
Drone view of LDT campus, looking northwest
Drone view of LDT campus, looking northwest		 Drone view of LDT from up close
Drone view of LDT from up close		 First light eyepiece for the then Discovery Channel Telescope
First light eyepiece for the then Discovery Channel Telescope		 Looking north in moonlight from the LDT road
Looking north in moonlight from the LDT road
Winter sky looking south
Winter sky looking south		 Space Station in morning twilight
Space Station in morning twilight		 An extremely bright fireball reflected off the LDT dome
An extremely bright fireball reflected off the LDT dome		 Trails over the LDT, looking west
Trails over the LDT, looking west
Inside the LDT dome
Inside the LDT dome		 Inside the LDT dome, blend of a lot of images
Inside the LDT dome, blend of a lot of images		 Set up to watch and image a Space Station transit the sun
Set up to watch and image a Space Station transit the sun		 Two 1-meter PlaneWave telescopes on the NPOI site
Two 1-meter PlaneWave telescopes on the NPOI site
Control room, with plenty to monitor
Control room, with plenty to monitor		 42-inch control room, downstairs from telescope
42-inch control room, downstairs from telescope		 Electrical and mechanical issues often fall on Mike
Electrical and mechanical issues often fall on Mike		 My mentor and hiring manager at his office
My mentor and hiring manager at his office
Jenn and me
Jenn and me

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