Eric Schreur's Astrophotography

First Quarter Moon Eric captured this view of the Moon on May 26th, one day short of first quarter, at the end of a neighborhood moongazing session with more than 40 people in...
First Quarter Moon
Aurora from South Haven Eric took this image during the spectacular aurora outbreak on May 10, 2024, from the South Haven South Pier. It is a 1/5-second exposure (at ISO 2000) with a...
Aurora from South Haven
Lelaneau Star Trail w/ ISS This image was taken at the Leelanau RV Park on the night of May 23-24, 2014. Little did Eric know at the time, but the International Space Station crossed...
Lelaneau Star Trail w/ ISS
Comet NEOWISE Taken on July 27, 2020 from West Side County Park north of South Haven, MI. Equipment includes a Nikon D5500 DSLR (at ISO 3200) with Sigma 70-300mm telephoto...
Comet NEOWISE
The Milky Way Eric participated in a Milky Way Photography Workshop in Colorado and took this image from the Colorado National Monument on June 11, 2021. Equipment includes a...
The Milky Way
Milky Way at Little Sable Eric captured this image of our home galaxy August 1, 2021. Equipment includes a Nikon D5500 DSLR camera with a Tokina 11mm lens. Hecombined twenty-five...
Milky Way at Little Sable
Yerkes Star Trails The large dome on the left contain Yerkes Observatory's crown jewel, the 40-inch refractor, which today remains the largest telescope of its type in the world....
Yerkes Star Trails
Milky Way from Yerkes Eric captured the Milky Way extending upward from the historic Yerkes Observatory on August 11, 2023. Equipment includes a Nikon D5500 DSLR camera (at ISO 1600...
Milky Way from Yerkes
Parkdale Milky Way Eric captured this view of the Milky Way from the parking lot of a Holiday Inn Express near Zion National Park in Utah on June 23, 2020. Equipment includes a...
Parkdale Milky Way
Grand Canyon Milky Way This view of the Milky Way was captured from Grand Canyon Village on June 26, 2022. Equipment includes a Nikon D5500 DSLR camera (at ISO 3200) and Tokina...
Grand Canyon Milky Way
Whitefish Star Trails A short star trail image taken from Whitefish Point Light Station, located on the shore of Lake Superior in the Upper Peninsula. Taken on August 4, 2022....
Whitefish Star Trails
Northern Sky at Whitefish Eric used the same data from the previous image, but used startrails.exe to align the stars as opposed to the foreground. It reveals the northern sky and the...
Northern Sky at Whitefish
Whitefish Point Station The Milky Way behind Whitefish Point Light Station. Also taken on August 4, 2022. Equipment includes a Nikon D5500 DSLR camera (at ISO 1600) and Tokina 11-16mm...
Whitefish Point Station
Milky Way Over Isle Royale Eric captured this portrait of our home galaxy on August 17, 2023. Equipment includes a Canon 60Da DSLR camera with a Tokina 11-16mm lens set at 11mm and f/2.8....
Milky Way Over Isle Royale
South Haven Milky Way The southern Milky Way and the South Haven Pier on the shore of Lake Michigan. Taken on August 30, 2022. Equipment includes a Nikon D5500 DSLR camera (at ISO...
South Haven Milky Way
Dumbbell Nebula (M27) The Dumbbell is a planetary nebula located about 1,360 light-years away in the constellation Vulpecula, the Fox. Eric captured this stellar corpse from...
Dumbbell Nebula (M27)