September 2015

Ever since that first black & white film photograph was developed in 1979, local astronomy enthusiast, Stephen LaFlamme, has passionately embraced taking images of the nighttime sky.  From 35mm camera, to webcams, to CCD, Stephen will share a wide assortment celestial ‘captures’.  See a time-lapse video of the Great Red Spot rotate across Jupiter’s face while two moons dance nearby.  Also hear the tale of an unexpected backyard astronomy discovery that was featured in Sky & Telescope.  Even in today’s light-polluted suburbia, beautiful deep sky images can be teased out from the heaven’s above.