There’s only so much beauty in the heavens that the human eye can capture. That’s why astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy trains his telescope and camera skyward from his backyard in Florence, Arizona—usually at night—to take in spectacular shots of stars, our silver lunar satellite orbiting overhead, or even the shimmering disk of the sun. The photographer artist of the skies aims to inspire the people of Earth to “look up” and appreciate the invisible glory that only telescopic magic—with its lenses, star trackers, and specialized filters—can extrapolate and present. Recently, McCarthy had his camera set up in broad daylight and pointed at the sun to observe the fine details of its dynamic surface. Without specially calibrated exaggeration of the images, “the sun is just a white ball,” he told The Epoch Times. “Manipulation through a combination of hardware (filters, camera, optics) and software (stacking, color, contrast) are necessary to show you …