Just got back from our trip to Sedona / Flagstaff / Canyon / Phoenix.  Had a wonderful vacation with the family.  Took some astroshots just for fun.  One shot was from a lookout where we could almost make out the Milky Way — moon was about 1/3 full.  Also took a star trail shot outside our hotel room which shows how dark the skies are.  The elevation and dry air help a lot as well.  Also have some shots from our trip to Lowell Observatory which includes the telescope used to discover Pluto.  The last shot was through their solar scope and you can barely see some solar flares at 12:00.  Warning: To avoid blindness, don’t ever look through a telescope, binoculars, etc. at the Sun!  This picture was taken through a special scope with some serious filtering (basically filters out 99% of incoming light).