Photographed from Guyana
Night sky
Every photograph here is mine: deep-sky, lunar and comet work from Georgetown, the interior and the Rupununi, and one solargraph made without a lens.
Photographs
Plate 01 The Pillars of Creation
- Object
- M16, Eagle Nebula
- Place
- Guyana
- Date
- 2023
The star-forming columns of gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula.
Plate 02 Orion Nebula
- Object
- M42
- Place
- Georgetown, Guyana
- Date
- 2023
The stellar nursery in Orion. It is visible to the naked eye from Guyana.
Plate 03 The Triangulum Galaxy
- Object
- M33
- Place
- Guyana interior
- Date
- 2023
The spiral galaxy in Triangulum, with its arms and star-forming regions.
Plate 04 Milky Way Galactic Core
- Object
- Milky Way core
- Place
- Rupununi savannah, Guyana
- Date
- 2023
The central bulge of the Milky Way under dark skies in the Rupununi.
Plate 05 Blood Moon 2025
- Object
- Moon, total lunar eclipse
- Place
- Georgetown, Guyana
- Date
- 2025
The Earth's shadow covering the Moon during a total lunar eclipse.
Plate 06 The Colors of the Moon
- Object
- Moon
- Place
- Georgetown, Guyana
- Date
- 2023
A stacked lunar composite, with the colour pushed to show mineral differences across the surface.
Plate 07 Comet Atlas 2024
- Object
- Comet ATLAS
- Place
- Guyana interior
- Date
- 2024
Comet ATLAS with its coma and dust tail.
Plate 08 Pinhole Solargraph (Milo Tin Camera)
- Object
- Sun trails
- Place
- Guyana
A Milo tin with a pinhole and photographic paper, left out over many days. The Sun draws its daily arcs over the yard. No lens.
Gallery and lessons
More on AstroPhotosGY
Most of these, and a few more, are in the gallery on AstroPhotosGY, the public astronomy site I run for Guyana. It also has lessons, a nightly sky page for places across the country, and tools.