Astro Photos

Alex Castillos

Large Flare and Explosion on East Limb (1)

Some interesting images from today (Oct 24) A gigantic Flare emerged in cloud cover but I still caught it! The Sun has some surprises for us. That white flare could produce an aurora!...

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Alex Castillos

Large Flare and Explosion on East Limb (3)

Some interesting images from today (Oct 24) A gigantic Flare emerged in cloud cover but I still caught it! The Sun has some surprises for us. That white flare could produce an aurora!...

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Alex Castillos

Scary Halloween ghoul, or star-forming region in infrared ?

This image is of a star forming region in the area of the constellation, Cygnus. Distance:3900 light years Date:10/28/2004  

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Little Rocket

Total Eclipse of the Moon

Nikon D800 camera body on Explore Scientific 152-mm (6") f/8 refracting telescope. Images captured over a period of 2 hours, 55 minutes, from 00:57 CDT to 03:52 CDT Multiple frames...

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