Imaging Certification
Jack Fitzmier
Projects for the Sun and Moon
SUN: Sunset Azimuth Positions
Photograph where the Sun sets or rises once a week for at least four weeks in the spring or fall and for 6 to 8 weeks in the summer or winter. Note the time, day, month and year of each observation. At what season is the shift most noticeable?
SUN: Solar Eclipse – I photographed the April 8, 2024 solar eclipse from my home in Verona, WI with a Seestar 50. Here is a timelapse I made using my photos:
SUN: Sunspots – I completed the Sunspotter Observing Program (#245-I, 2024-03-26). Click here to see the photographs I took for the program.
MOON: Maria
Moon: Highlands
Photo of lunar highlands is from a 22 second video taken with a ZWO Seestar 50 on February 23, 2024 at 00:55 UTC from my home in Verona, Wisconsin.
- Montes Apenninus forms the southeastern edge of Mare Imbrium.
- Montes Caucasus located between Mare Imbrium and Mare Serenitatis.
- Montes Carpatus borders the southern edge of Mare Imbrium.
- Montes Taurus located on the east side of the Moon.
- Montes Pyrenaeus separates Mare Fecunditatis and Mare Nectaris.
- Montes Alpes borders the northern part of Mare Imbrium.
Moon: Crater Ages
Crater ages photo was from a 31-minute Seestar video taken from my home in Verona, WI on March 26, 2026.
Moon: Scarps
The arrow points to the lunar scarp called Rupes Recta. It is near the Thebit crater system, and is approximately 70 miles in length and is perhaps 1,000 feet tall. This photo was taken on January 20, 2013, 5:35 local, in Decatur, GA, using a Canon T1i camera, a Meade ETX 125 telescope, and a 2x Barlow.
Moon: Occultations
This is not a very good photo! Late in the evening of January 13, 2025, at my home in Verona, WI, I realized that the Moon was going to occult Mars. I grabbed a Canon T1i DSLR camera and went outside just as clouds rolled in to spoil the view. But the photo does show the Moon moving past Mars.
Moon: Lunar Eclipse
Projects for the Inner Solar Syste