M82 feb 24 08

M82 from Feb 24 08 Meade 10" SC, DSI C II imager at F/10

M 13 title copy

M13 My first DSO, Meade 6" Schmidt Newtonian, Meade DSI color imager at F/4.5

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M13 with Meade 8" Schmidt Newtonian DSI color imager at F/4.5

m27 932075 b

M27 9 20 07 from Bretheren, Michigan SN8, DSI color imager at F/4.5

m33 1104072 a

M33 11 04 07 SN8, DSI color imager at F/4.5

M51 May 21 07 test 2

M 51 May 21 07 SN8 DSI color imager at F/4.5

Double Cluster 12 08 07 c spikes

Double Cluster with AR6 at F/8

m64 mar292 adjust 11_filtered

M 64 Black Eye Galaxy Mar 29 06 SN8, DSI color imager at F/4.5

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M 81 Jan 19 06 SN8 at F/4.5

M 101 Apr13 07 adjsut 2_filtered

M 101 April 13 07 from the Zombie party 07

Orion 122706 5

M 42 Dec 27 06 Club's Optical Craftsman 12.5" newt at F/6, Canon 300d

Orion Jan 26 07 A

M 42 Orion Nebula Jan 26 07....my birthday!

ring nebula 093006 B_filtered

M 57 Ring Nebula

ring nebula 093006 c_filtered

M57 ring Nebula

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M3 Globular Cluster 3 25 07

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M 53 Globular Cluster 3 25 07

m63 mar294 adjust12_filtered

M 63 Sunflower Galaxy

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M 104 Sombrero Galaxy

Mars Pleiadese

Mars and the Pleiades from Michigan Olympus OM1 35 mm iso 100 film

Milkyway 1A

Milky Way with Andromeda from Michigan

m63 mar294 adjust12_filtered

M 63 Sunflower Galaxy

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Pleiades 3 10 08 a

Pleiades Cluster, Canon 300d Williams 66mm APO 75 s3conds at ISO 800

Orion 3 10 08 66mm a

Orion 3 10 08 Canon 300d, Williams 66mm APO 60 seconds at ISO 800

Shuttle Launch 3 11 08 b

Space Shuttle Endeavor and STS 123 launch on 3 11 08 at or about 02:28 hrs. from CE observing field. Canon 300d, 28-55mm lens at 55mm, 30 second exposure at ISO 800

M 13 040508 A_filtered

M13, Hercules Cluster...10" Sc with Canon 300D at prime focus 1x 30 sec. at ISO 800

M 92 040508 A_filtered

m92 Globular Cluster 10" Sc with Canon 300D at prime focus 1 x 30 sec at ISO 800

m20 6 5 081 c_filtered

I'm not sure but I think it's M20 Taken June 5 08 2:32 AM EDT

M22 6 5 08 b2

M22 Globular Cluster June 5 08 1:45 AM EDT

milky way a1

Cobbled together and old Olympus lens on the DSI II camera, thats some of the Milky Way a bit north and east of Sagittarius

m22 7108 a2

M22 again with DSI II camera, the 10" scope and a .5x focal reducer

m57 7 20 08 a

M57 the Ring Nebula in Lyra, taken July 20, 2008 from observing field, although Moon was rising in the east and quickly flooding the hazy sky, I caught a good bit of color in the outer regions. Next time I'll use the guide camera so I can sit on it longe

m57 724 082

Another Ring Nebula...had trouble with what i think is some backlash in my Dec worm gear....having trouble with autoguiding so my images were limited to 12 at 30sec ea.

m31 80908 a

M31 August 8/9 08 Cannon 300D, 10"SC at F/5, 1 x 8 min. at ISO 400 Not as good as SOME, but getting round stars. Now I need to work on the processing a bit more to try and bring out more subtle detail...but at least I got some of the dark lanes.

ngc7009 Saturn Nebula Sept0308

NGC 7009 Saturn Nebula...Sept 3, 2008

Blue Snowball 92809

NGC 7662 The Blue Snowball...a planetary nebula in Andromeda 32" x 28" 8.3 mag 2,200 light years distance from Charlie Elliot Observing Field! Sept 28-9, 2008

sculptor_1025

Sculptor Galaxy NGC 253 Oct 25, 2008 trouble with guiding limited me to 12 minutes of exposure. Now I know what they mean by" chasing the seeing".

sculptor_1025_spikes

Sculptor Galaxy NGC 253 Oct 25, thought I'd add some spikes to distract from the crummy stars....I'll try again to get more photons...but I'll need to get back out there quick, 'cause this object is not going to get harder to image as time goes by...get

Pleiades_SV80_a

Pleiades SV80 9d Canon 300d 90 secondsx6 unguided November 20 2008 Kind of windy, but had pretty good focus and tracking considering I was not guiding

Pleiades_w_spikes

Pleiades SV80 9D added some spikes

Pleiades_w_spikes2

Pleiades SV80 9D added some more spikes

SculptorGalaxy_SV80

Sculptor Galaxy SV80 9D Canon 300d 180 secondsx9 unguided

Flame_Nebula_SV80

Flame Nebula SV80 9D canon 300d 180 secondsx5 unguided I cought just the faintest hint of the Horsehead, but considering the camera is un-modified, oh well, guess I'll have to re-visit this one soon

Double_Cluster_112008

Double Cluster SV80 9D Canon 300d 90 secondsx6 unguided Nice little gems

horsehead1127a

Horsehead Nebula Nov 27 2008 Meade SN8 at F/4 DSI II color imager 120 sec x 50 Nead to try in HA

M63_42409_a

M63 Sunflower Galaxy April 24, 2009 C Elliot field SN8 at F/4 DSI CII 17x5.5 min.