Jason Rice Astro

07/15/2026

There are few places I’ve carried in my mind for so long. This is one of them. I first visited Thousand Island Lake 27 years ago and have never forgotten the beauty of this location or the friends I shared it with.

It did not disappoint and was just as beautiful as I remembered! This was my first time combining backpacking with Astro and it was incredibly rewarding! I hope you enjoy this image.

About this image:
-Camera: Sony a7cr for foreground and Sony a7iii for night sky
-Lens: Sony 16mm-35mm f/2.8 GM
-Foreground: Focus stack of 20 images at 1.6 seconds shutter speed @ f/5.6 | 100ISO
-Sky: Stack of 20x 60 second exposures | f/2.8 | 1600ISO

06/30/2026

06/25/2026

✨135mm Milky Way Mosaic ✨

I’ve been working on this project for a while and it’s definitely the most challenging post processing I’ve encountered. Controlling the gradients is a beast. Hope to reshoot this whole thing before summer is over and try again and with Ha data.

Image details:
Camera: Sony a7iii Astro modified
Lens: Rokinon 135mm f/2
42 panels of 60sec each | f/2.8 | 1600ISO
Processed in astro pixel processor, pixinsight and photoshop.

06/24/2026

Day moon 🌖

06/23/2026

The universe puts on the best views every night while we sleep!

06/22/2026

Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex and friends. Rho is one of my favorite objects in the Milky Way. At 400 light years away it is one of the closest star forming regions. Trying some new thing at different focal lengths.

Image details:
Camera: Sony a7iii Astro modified
Lens: Rokinon 85mm f/1.4
25x 60 seconds at f1.8 | 640ISO
Processed in pixinsight and finished in Lightroom



Plate solved this in pixinsight and used the annotate plugin to label some different objects in this image.

This shows the context of the Milky Way of what I captured. Hope you enjoy!

06/19/2026

Milk Way from the local spot here in Alabama. Great night with .w.adamsphoto here with good conditions and a lot of green airglow.

14 panel mosaic shot at 50mm. The reflections and foreground are a single exposure with 20mm lens.