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M31 The Andromeda Galaxy. Taken with a Celestron 8" Schmidt Camera on Kodak Royal Gold 100. Exposure time 8 minutes. |
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The Horsehead and The Great Nebula in Orion. Taken with a Celestron 8" Schmidt on Kodak Gold 100. Exposure time 8 minutes. |
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M45 the Plaedes Cluster. Taken with a Celestron 8" Schmidt Camera on Kodak Gold 100 for 8 minutes. |
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Photographed through a C11 at f/5.5 with a Jack Newton Cold Camera. It was hand guided for 10 minutes. M43 is the little bubble looking nebula that is a detached part of the main nebula. The nebula is thought to be about 1,800 light years distance and about 30 light years in diameter. It is also believed this is where new stars are born. This is one of the most visually stunning objects in the heavens to look at. With a large aperature scope you can get hints of red and green.
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The largest known globular cluster in the heavens can be seen naked eye. It looks like a fuzzy star and can be seen just barely above the horizon here in east Texas. It is an object that when you see it you can't believe how huge it is. It literally takes your breath away. Shot through a C14 on Konica 3200 and exposed for 20 minutes by hand guiding.
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Located in the constellation Serpens. The nebula you see is caused to shine by the cluster of hot blue and white stars. Located 7,000 light years away the cluster is composed of some 100 bright and faint stars. Taken with a C11 and Konica 3200 film.
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Twenty minute exposure with a cold camera on Ektachrome 400.
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Taken with a Celestron 8" Schmidt Camera
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Located in the constellation of Sagittarius. It is about 2500 light years distant. Light travels 186,000 miles per second so you can see that it is a little way out there. It is made of gases and illuminated by the stars around it. Picture was through a Celestron 14 with a Jack Newton cold camera and Ektachrome 400 film. Exposure time was 25 minutes.
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The filaments, flares and prominences of the are easily seen through a DayStar filter. This was photographed through a Celestron 14 on Kodak Tech Pan.
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Photoshop colorized version of the same picture.
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Located in the Constellation of Cygnus it is huge. On a good night it can be seen with the naked eye. This is a photo taken with a Celestron 5-1/2" Schmidt Camera. Hypered Tech Pan film with a 25 red filter and exposed for 30 minutes.
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The Texas Star Party in 1995. Almost every night was great. Taken with a Nikon F3 and 200mm lens. Kodak 200 Gold and a 10 second exposure.
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This is a picture taken in 1989. Not to many nights of observing with this kind of action. Photographed with a Nikon F3 and the lens wide open.
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