To celebrate this skywatching milestone, I'm posting my personal favorite / best shots of year one:





















The details of each shot are, unfortunately, scattered throughout my blog. I didn't want to link to each one because I want the link to show the larger image. Here is a brief description with links to the original posts:





Left to right, Top down:

A year ago, January 28, 2012 was the day I learned that my point and shoot camera has a long exposure mode (15 sec). From then on, I've been spending "way too much time" (as my partner sees it) photographing the night sky. Although I did photograph comet Hale-Bopp back in 1997 , today marks the 1-year anniversary of me taking a modern interest in the night sky, and photographing it with any real seriousness and patience.