M42 The Orion Nebula (67KB) A false color CCD
image taken with an SBIG STL-11000M CCD and
Takahashi FCT-150 refractor using Ha, OIII, and SII filters.
(January 11-15, 2008) 
NGC 7048 planetary nebula. An RGB color CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8XE CCD using the Steward Observatory 61-inch telescope on Mount Bigelow. This image was designated by Astronomy Magazine as the "Picture of the Day" for March 22, 2008 and was published in the March 21, 2008 issue of the Astronomy Magazine Newsletter. (May 27, 2006) (70KB)
NGC 6992 The Eastern Veil Nebula (387KB) A color composite CCD image taken on June 23, 2001, using a Takahashi FCT-150 and ST-8E.
M1 The Crab Nebula (32KB) An LRGB color composite CCD image taken on November 17, 2001, and October 3, 2002, with an SBIG ST-8E CCD and a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor telescope.
NGC 7000 The North American Nebula (109KB) A 30 minute photo taken on April 16, 1999, using Kodak medium format PRO-100 color negative film. The photo was taken with a Takahashi Epsilon 250 astrograph. This photograph was published in the 2007 Vatican Observatory Calendar.
Rho Ophiuchus Region. A color photograph of the nebulosity in this region of the sky taken with a Nikon SLR camera piggyback using a Nikon 105mm lens. The photograph was taken on Mount Lemmon (May 27-28, 2006) (132KB)
NGC 7293 The Helix Nebula (12KB) (July 15, 2001) An RGB color CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor.
M97 The Owl Nebula (26KB) An LRGB color CCD image assembled from data acquired on three nights in February 2004 with a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor using an SBIG ST-8E CCD.
M8 and M20 Wide angle shot of the Lagoon Nebula and Trifid Nebula (104KB). A 30 minute photo taken on April 15, 1999, with a Takahashi Epsilon 250 telescope, using Kodak PRO 100 meduim format film. The photo was guided using an ST-4 autoguider on an FS-78 guidescope.
M42 The Orion Nebula (63KB) An unguided photo taken on September 27, 1998, with the Takahashi Epsilon 250 telescope.
The Veil Nebula A color composite CCD image taken at the Sunglow Ranch using a Takahashi Epsilon 250 telescope. (May 23, 2004) (78KB)
M20 The Trifid Nebula (78KB). An LRGB color CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8 CCD using a Takahashi FS-128 refractor on March 22, 1999.
M27 The Dumbell Nebula (50KB). A tri-color CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8 CCD using the Takahashi FS-128 refractor on October 17, 1998.
The Tarantula Nebula. An LRGB color composite CCD image taken using a Takahashi FS-78 and ST-8XE from Lake Titicaca, Bolivia (September 2, 2005) (141KB)
NGC 6781 planetary nebula. (40KB) An RGB color composite CCD image taken using a Takahashi FCT-150 and ST-8E on April 23, 2005 from my backyard.
M78 reflection nebula (30KB) An RGB CCD image taken with Takahashi FCT-150 refractor and ST-8E. from my backyard.
Horsehead and Flame Nebula (55KB) A photo taken on November 11, 1998, with the Takahashi Epsilon 250 telescope, using Kodak Pro 100 film. This was my first attempt at medium format photography.
NGC 7009 The Saturn Nebula (10KB) An RGB color composite CCD image taken on May 30 & June 1-3, 2005, using a Takahashi Mewlon 210 telescope and ST-8XE.
M76 The Little Dumbbell Nebula (38KB) (June 15, 2005) An RGB color CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8XE CCD using a Takahashi Mewlon 210 telescope.
M42 A color CCD image of the Orion Nebula taken with a Takahashi FS-78 refractor and ST-8E. (174KB).
M16 The Eagle Nebula (60KB) A tri-color CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi Epsilon 250 telescope on May 21, 2004.
NGC 2392 The Eskimo Nebula (5KB) An RGB color composite CCD image taken on January 23, 2005, using a Takahashi FCT-150 and ST-8E.
The Rosette Nebula (62KB) An RGB color composite CCD image taken on January 18 & 19, 2005, from my backyard using a Takahashi FCT-150 telescope and an SBIG ST-8E CCD.
NGC 7662 The Blue Snowball Nebula. (7KB) An RGB color composite CCD image taken from my backyard using a Takahashi Mewlon 210 and ST-8XE (June 19, 2005)
M57 The Ring Nebula in Lyra (30KB) (May 14, 2005) An RGB color CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi Mewlon 210 telescope.
NGC 3242 The Ghost of Jupiter Nebula (8KB) An RGB color composite CCD image taken on December 19, 2004, using a Takahashi FCT-150 and ST-8E.
M42 The Orion Nebula (77KB) A false color CCD image taken on January 21, 2002, with a Takahashi FCT-150 and ST-8E.
Horsehead Nebula (22KB) A false color CCD image taken on January 3, 2003, with a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor, using an SBIG ST-8E CCD.
M8 The Lagoon Nebula (70KB). A 30 minute photo taken on July 5, 1997, with a Takahashi FS-128 refractor, using Kodak Ektapress multispeed 640 color negative film. The photo was guided using an ST-4 autoguider.
NGC 2024 The Flame Nebula. (62KB) An LRGB CCD image
taken with an SBIG STL-11000M CCD and hydrogen
alpha filter using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor (January 19, 2008)
M17 The Omega Nebula (93KB) An RGB color composite CCD image taken on May 22, 2004, using an ST-8E on a Takahashi Epsilon 250 telescope.
NGC 6302 The Bug Nebula. (20KB) An RGB color composite CCD image taken with a Takahashi Mewlon 210 telescope at f11.5 and an ST-8XE from my backyard. (May 15 & 30 & June 1, 2005)
IC 5146 The Cocoon Nebula (31KB) An RGB color composite CCD image taken on June 14-15, 2003 with a Takahashi FCT-150, using an SBIG ST-8E CCD.
NGC 6888 The Crescent Nebula (50KB) A color composite CCD image taken on May 27-28, and June 4, 2003, with a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor, using an SBIG ST-8E CCD.
NGC6369 The Little Ghost Nebula (16KB) An RGB color composite CCD image taken on June 4, 2005, using a Takahashi Mewlon 210 and ST-8XE.
Abell 43 planetary nebula. (18KB) An RGB color CCD image taken from my backyard with an SBIG ST-8XE CCD using a Takahashi Mewlon 210 telescope at f11.5 (June 4-11, 2005)
NGC 7635 The Bubble Nebula (189KB) An RGB color composite CCD image taken with an ST-8E on a Takahashi Epsilon 250.
NGC 1965 nebula in the Large Magellenic Cloud. An RGB color CCD image taken using a Takahashi FS-78 refractor and an ST-8XE CCD at Lake Titicaca, Bolivia (Sept. 3, 2005) (60KB)
B263 dark nebula Bernard 263 (83KB) An LRGB color composite CCD image taken at Lake Titicaca, Bolivia with an SBIG ST-8XE using a Takahashi FS-78 refractor. (September 3, 2005). This image was published in David H. Levy's book entitled Deep Sky Objects: The Best And Brightest From Four Decades Of Comet Chasing, at page 121.
B86 dark nebula Bernard 86 (142KB) An RGB color composite CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8E on June 10, 2003 using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor.
NGC 3372 Eta Carinae (54KB) (December 22, 1998) A CCD image taken from Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii with an SBIG ST-8 CCD using a Takahashi FS-78 refractor.
The Coalsack dark nebula near the Southern Cross. A piggyback photo taken with a Cannon EOS Digital Rebel camera from Lake Titicaca, Bolivia. (388KB)
NGC 2438 A color CCD image of the planetary nebula NGC 2438 superimposed on the open star cluster M46 taken with a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor and ST-8E CCD. (57KB).
Arp 94 An LRGB color CCD image of a pair of interacting galaxies in Leo (NGC 3227 and NGC 3226) taken with a 20-inch R-C telescope on the summit of Kitt Peak on March 28, 2004. (55KB). This image was published in the December 2005 issue of Astronomy Magazine at page 86 and again at page 5.
Arp 104 An LRGB color CCD image of a pair of interacting galaxies in Ursa Major (NGC 5216 and NGC 5218) taken with a 20-inch telescope on the summit of Kitt Peak on March 28, 2004 (12KB).
NGC 4631 The Whale Galaxy (12KB) (March 2004) A color composite LRGB CCD image taken with an ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor from my backyard. (March 17, 18 & 19, 2004) This image was published by Astronomy Magazine on their web site.
M88 Galaxy in Coma Berenices (38KB) (May 2003) A color composite LRGB CCD image taken from my backyard with an ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 telescope.
NGC 5775 Galaxy Group in Virgo (189KB) LRGB color CCD image taken at Kitt Peak with an ST-8E CCD using a Meade 16-inch SCT on May 12, 2002.
M81 Galaxy (24KB) (October 6, 2002). A color composite LRGB CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi Epsilon 250.
NGC 7331 The Deer Lick Galaxy Group in Pegasus (37KB) (July 2003) An RGB color CCD image taken from my backyard with an ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi Epsilon 250 telescope.
M100 Galaxy in Coma Berenices. Two images - one is an LRGB color composite CCD image taken with a Takahashi Epsilon 250 telescope on May 23, 2004. The other is an RGB color composite CCD image taken with a Takahashi FS-128 refractor on January 27, 2004. An ST-8E CCD was used for both images.
NGC 3628 Galaxy in Leo (13KB) CCD image taken with an ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor at prime focus in March 2004.
M99 Galaxy in Coma Berenices. (12KB) (March 14, 15 & 16, 2004) An LRGB CCD image taken with an ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor from my backyard.
M108 Galaxy in Ursa Major. (22KB) (April 18-27, 2005) An LRGB color CCD image taken with an ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor. This image was designated by Astronomy Magazine as the "Picture of the Day" for May 17, 2005 and published in the May 20, 2005 issue of the Astronomy Magazine Newsletter.
M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy. (31KB) An LRGB color
CCD image using luminance data taken on April
30, 2006, with an ST-8XE CCD and a Takahashi
FCT-150 refractor, and color data taken on December
15, 1998, with an ST-8 CCD and a Takahashi
FS-128 refractor.
M83 The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy. (81KB) An
LRGB color CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8XE
using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor on April 7, 9 & 11, 2006.
NGC 253 The Sculptor Galaxy (12KB) (November 18, 2001). A tri-color composite CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor.
M109 Galaxy in Ursa Major (13KB) a color composite LRGB CCD image taken with an ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor at prime focus on Janurary 1 & 2, 2003.
M31 The Andromeda Galaxy (52KB) (November 1997). A photograph taken with a Takahashi FS-128 refractor from my observatory near Iola, Texas.
M33 The Pinwheel Galaxy (73KB) (June 24 2001). This color CCD image was taken with an ST-8E using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor.
M84 and M86 Galaxies in the heart of the Virgo galaxy cluster (20KB) (January 13, 15 & 16, 2005) An RGB color CCD image taken with an ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor with a reducer at f5.9.
NGC 6946 An LRGB color CCD image of a galaxy in Cepheus taken with a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor and ST-8E CCD in my backyard. (36KB).
NGC 4565 Galaxy. (15KB) An LRGB color CCD image taken from my backyard with an SBIG ST-8XE CCD using a Takahashi Mewlon 210 telescope on June 1, 2005.
M58 Galaxy. (22KB) An RGB color CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8XE using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor. (April 22, 2006)
NGC 5128 Centaurus A Galaxy (77KB) LRGB color CCD image taken with an ST-8 CCD using a Takahashi FS-128 refractor at prime focus (f8) on March 22, 1999.
NGC 891 Galaxy in Andromeda (47KB) CCD image taken with an ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor at prime focus on August 26, 2001.
M82 The Cigar Galaxy (29KB) An LRGB color composite CCD image taken with an ST-8 CCD using a Takahashi FS-128 refractor at f8 on November 11, 1998, and with an ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor at f7 on February 2, 2004.
M106 Galaxy (80KB) color composite CCD image
taken with an ST-8XE CCD using a Takahashi
FCT-150 refractor at prime focus in January 2006.
Arp 297 A CCD image of a pair of interacting galaxies in Bootes (NGC 5754 and NGC 5755) taken with the 90-inch Bok telescope maintained by Steward Observatory on the summit of Kitt Peak. (March 31, 2004) (19KB).
Supernova SN 2005cs discovered in the Whirlpool Galaxy in July 2005 (35KB). This is a CCD image of the supernova taken with Takahashi Epsilon 250 and an ST-8XE at f3.4. (July 4, 2005)
M65 & M66 Galaxies in Leo (42KB) CCD image taken with an ST-8 CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor on June 12 & 14, 2003.
M104 The Sombrero Galaxy (9KB) LRGB color CCD image taken with an ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor from my backyard.
M64 The Black-Eye Galaxy (11KB) CCD image taken with an ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor at prime focus on December 13, 2004.
M101 Galaxy (18KB) (January 17 & 18, 2005). An RGB color CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor with a reducer at f5.9.
M63 The Sunflower Galaxy (21KB) LRGB color CCD image taken with an ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor at prime focus (f7) on April 30 & May 1-8, 2005.
The Small Magellenic Cloud. (60KB) An RGB color composite CCD image of a region near the core of the SMC taken using a Takahashi FS-78 refractor and ST-8XE from Lake Titicaca, Bolivia on September 4, 2005.
The Large Magellenic Cloud. (12KB) A color image taken using a Canon EOS Digital Rebel SLR camera in Lake Titicaca, Bolivia (August 31, 2005)
The Large Magellenic Cloud. (60KB) An RGB color composite CCD image of a region of star clusters in the LMC taken using a Takahashi FS-78 refractor and ST-8XE from Lake Titicaca, Bolivia on August 31, 2005
M94 galaxy (23KB) LRGB CCD image taken with an ST-8XE CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor at prime focus (f7) on January 5, 2006.
NGC 4567 & NGC 4568 The Siamese Twin Galaxies (9KB) LRGB color CCD image taken with an ST-8 CCD using a Takahashi FS-128 refractor at prime focus (f8) on March 21, 1999.
M31 The Andromeda Galaxy (50KB) (December 15, 2004). An LRGB CCD image using luminance data taken with an ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor from my backyard, and RGB data from an old photograph taken in 1997.
M110 Galaxy in Andromeda (65KB) (October 6, 2002). CCD image taken with an ST-8E using a Takahashi Epsilon 250.
M74 galaxy (19KB) LRGB CCD image taken with an ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor at prime focus (f7) on January 1, 2003.
M98 galaxy (15KB) Color composite CCD image taken with an ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor at prime focus (f7) on December 31, 2002.
Seyfert's Sextet A CCD image of an extremely compact group of six galaxies taken with a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor on March 14, 2004. (6KB).
M61 Galaxy (26KB) CCD image taken with an ST-8 CCD using a Takahashi FS-128 refractor at prime focus on December 17, 1998.
NGC 5139 The Omega Centauri globular star cluster (109KB) A tri-color CCD image with an SBIG ST-8 taken on March 16, 1999, using a Takahashi FS-128 refractor.
M4 globular star cluster (155KB) An RGB color CCD image with an SBIG ST-8E taken on March 25, 2001, using a Takahashi FCT-150.
M13 The Hercules globular star cluster (49KB) An LRGB color CCD image with an SBIG ST-8 taken on September 28, 1998, using a Takahashi FS-128 refractor.
M7 Ptolemy's Cluster (77KB) A photograph taken on May 11, 2004, with a Mamiya 645AF camera piggyback on a telescope mount.
M6 The Butterfly Cluster (71KB) A photograph taken on May 11, 2004, with a Mamiya 645AF camera piggyback on a telescope mount.
M46 A color CCD image of the open star cluster M46 and planetary nebula NGC 2438 taken with a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor and ST-8E CCD. (57KB).
M15 globular star cluster (34KB) An RGB CCD image taken with a Takahashi FS-128 refractor and an ST-8E CCD from my backyard. (August 10, 2003)
M22 globular star cluster (121KB) An RGB color CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8E using a Takahashi FS-128 refractor on July 2, 2000.
M11 The Wild Duck star cluster (58KB). This RGB color CCD image was taken on March 20, 2004, from my backyard in Scottsdale, Arizona, with a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor using an SBIG ST-8E CCD.
NGC 869 & NGC 884 The Perseus Double Cluster of stars (35KB) An ST-4 guided 20 minute exposure on hypered Kodak PPF 400 film taken on October 4, 1997.
47 Tucanae globular star cluster. An LRGB color composite CCD image taken using a Takahashi FS-78 refractor and ST-8XE from Lake Titicaca, Bolivia (Sept. 2 & 4, 2005) (30KB)
M38 open star cluster (46KB) A CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8XE on January 5, 2006 using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor.
M67 open star cluster (30KB) A CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8E on January 19, 2004 using a Takahashi FS-78 refractor.
M19 globular star cluster (153KB) An RGB color CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8XE on April 6, 2006 using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor.
M14 globular star cluster (30KB) An RGB CCD image taken with a Takahashi FS-128 refractor and an ST-8E CCD from my backyard. (April 25, 2004)
M55 globular star cluster (153KB) An RGB color CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8XE on April 22, 2006 using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor.
M45 The Pleiades Star Cluster (28KB) An ST-4 guided 25 minute exposure on unhypered Kodak PJM film taken on October 16, 1998. A Takahashi Epsilon 250 telescope was used to take the photograph.
M5 globular star cluster (31KB) An LRGB color CCD image taken with a Takahashi FCT-150 and ST-8E CCD on March 8, 2004.
M3 globular star cluster (80KB) An RGB color CCD image taken with a Takahashi FS-78 refractor using an SBIG ST-8E CCD. (January 11, 2004)
NGC 4755 The Jewel Box. (39KB) An RGB color composite CCD image taken using a Takahashi FS-78 and ST-8XE from Lake Titicaca, Bolivia (September 3, 2005)
NGC 6520 open star cluster (142KB) An RGB color composite CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8E on June 10, 2003 using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor.
NGC 2516 The Southern Beehive Star Cluster. (33KB) An RGB color composite CCD image taken using a Takahashi FS-78 and ST-8XE from Lake Titicaca, Bolivia (September 3, 2005)
M103 open star cluster (33KB) An RGB color composite CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8E on July 16, 2000 using a Takahashi FS-128 refractor.
M39 open star cluster (104KB) A CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8XE on April 16, 2006 using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor.
M52 open star cluster (69KB) A 21 minute photo taken with Kodak Ektapress multispeed 640 color negative film using a Takahashi FS-128 refractor. The photo was guided using an ST-4 autoguider.
M12 globular star cluster. An LRGB color composite CCD image taken using a Takahashi FCT-150 and ST-8E on April 20, 2005 from my backyard (65KB)
M37 open star cluster (89KB) A color CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8 on February 17, 2001 using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor.
M35 open star cluster (41KB) An RGB color CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8XE on February 2, 2006 using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor.
M10 globular star cluster (59KB) An RGB color CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8XE on February 25, 2006 using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor.
M2 globular star cluster (34KB) An RGB color CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8XE on July 13, 2005 using a Takahashi Epsilon 250 telescope.
M50 open star cluster. (245KB) An RGB color CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8XE on March 4 and April 10, 2006, using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor.
M23 open star cluster (87KB) An RGB color CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8XE on February 22, 2006 using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor.
M28 globular star cluster (196KB) An RGB color CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8XE on April 8, 2006 using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor.
M18 open star cluster (154KB) An RGB color CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8XE on April 11, 2006 using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor.
M9 globular star cluster (188KB) An RGB color CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8XE on April 12, 2006 using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor.
M92 globular star cluster (59KB) An LRGB color CCD image with an SBIG ST-8E taken on July 9, 2000, using a Takahashi FS-128 refractor with a reducer at f5.9.
M69 globular star cluster (74KB) An RGB color CCD image with an SBIG ST-8E taken on July 15, 2001, using a Takahashi FCT-150.
M36 open star cluster (24KB) A CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8E on November 13, 2000 using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor.
M68 globular star cluster (62KB) A color CCD
image taken with an SBIG ST-8XE using a Takahashi
FCT-150 refractor. (April 7, 2006)
M93 open star cluster (329KB) A color CCD image
taken with an ST-8XE CCD at prime focus using
a Takahashi FS-78 refractor.
M41 open star cluster (44KB) A color CCD image taken with a Cannon EOS 300 Digital Rebel SLR at prime focus using a Takahashi FS-78 refractor.
M21 open star cluster. (134KB) A color CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8XE on April 9, 2006 using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor.
M25 open star cluster (212KB) An RGB color CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8XE on April 27, 2006 using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor.
M29 open star cluster (40KB) An RGB color CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8XE on March 26, 2006 using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor.
Christmas Tree Star Cluster (35KB) An RGB color CCD image taken with
an SBIG ST-8XE using a Takahashi FS-78 refractor. (December 3, 2007)
Total Eclipse (February 26, 1998) (18KB) Total eclipse of the sun viewed from Curacao. Photo taken with Takahashi FS-78 refractor. This photograph was published in the 2008 Vatican Observatory Calendar.
Solar Eclipse - Diamond Ring Effect (February 26, 1998) (13KB) Eclipse of the sun viewed from Curacao. Photo taken with Takahashi FS-78 refractor. This photograph was published in the 2006 Vatican Observatory Calendar.
The Sun viewed with a hydrogen-alpha filter displays a number of solar prominences. This image was taken with a SolarMax 60 telescope and Cannon EOS Digital Rebel. (May 13, 2006) (39KB)
Solar Prominence visible during February 26, 1998, solar eclipse. (13KB) Photo taken with Takahashi FS-78 refractor.
Total Eclipse of the Moon (May 15, 2003) A photo taken during totality with a Takahashi FS-128 refractor at f8. (20KB)
Jupiter. An RGB color CCD image taken with an FLI
IMG6303e CCD using the Steward Observatory
61-inch telescope on Mount Bigelow (May 24,
2007) (7KB)
Jupiter This image shows a double shadow transit across Jupiter. This image was captured with a ToUcam web cam and FCT-150 from my backyard. (March 21, 2004) (4KB)
Jupiter This image shows the great red spot on Jupiter. (February 29, 2004) (5KB)
Jupiter This image shows a rare triple shadow transit across Jupiter. This image was captured with a ToUcam web cam and a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor from Kitt Peak, Arizona. (March 28, 2004) (5KB) This image was published in the April 2, 2004 issue of the Astronomy Magazine Newsletter.
Jupiter An image of Jupiter during a shadow transit of the moon Io. This image was captured with a ToUcam web cam and FCT-150 from my backyard. (January 3, 2004) (15KB)
Jupiter This CCD image shows the shadow of Jupiter's moon Europa transiting the face of the planet. (May 8, 2003) (3KB)
Jupiter A color CCD image of Jupiter taken with a Takahashi Mewlon 210 Dall-Kirkham telescope. (November 28, 1999) (7KB)
Saturn An image of Saturn at opposition. This image was captured with a ToUcam web cam and FCT-150 from my backyard. (January 4, 2004) (14KB)
Saturn An image of Saturn captured with a ToUcam web cam and FCT-150 from my backyard. (January 3, 2004) (12KB)
Saturn An image of Saturn taken on August 17, 2003, showing the rings at their maximum tilt. This image was captured with a ToUcam web cam and FCT-150 from my backyard. (39KB)
Saturn A color CCD image of Saturn taken with a Takahashi Mewlon 210 Dall-Kirkham telescope. (November 28, 1999) (6KB)
Saturn (September 21, 1998) (7KB)
Mars 2003 Opposition
Mars Mars was 25.1 arc-seconds in size when this image was taken. Image captured with a ToUcam web cam and FCT-150 from my backyard. (August 29, 2003) (14KB)
Mars Mars was still 25 arc-seconds in size when these images were taken. This shows six images captured on the same night with a ToUcam web cam and FCT-150 from my backyard, with an animation showing the rotation of Mars that night. (August 31, 2003)
Mars An image of Mars during its closest approach to Earth in 100,000 years. Image captured with a ToUcam web cam and FCT-150 from my backyard. (August 28, 2003) (14KB)
Mars Mars was 10 days from closest approach when this image was taken. Image captured with a ToUcam web cam and FCT-150 from my backyard. (August 17, 2003) (9KB)
Mars Another image of Mars taken on August 17, 2003. This image was captured with a ToUcam web cam and FCT-150 from my backyard. (11KB)
Mars Yet another image of Mars taken on August 17, 2003. This image was captured with a ToUcam web cam and FCT-150 from my backyard. (12KB)
Mars Mars was 17 days away from closest approach. Image captured with a ToUcam Pro and FCT-150 from my backyard. (August 10, 2003) (16KB)
Mars Another image taken on August 10, 2003, with a ToUcam Pro and FCT-150 from my backyard. (12KB)
Mars Only 18 days from closest approach, Mars was 23.7 arc-seconds in size and a brilliant magnitude -2.5 object in the southern sky during the early morning hours. Image captured with a ToUcam Pro and FCT-150 from my backyard. (August 9, 2003) (4KB)
Mars Image captured with a ToUcam Pro and FCT-150 from my backyard. (August 3, 2003) (4KB)
Mars An image of Mars taken with a ToUcam Pro and a Mewlon 210 scope. (June 20, 2003) (3KB)
Mars Another image of Mars taken with a ToUcam Pro and Mewlon 210 scope from my backyard. (July 20, 2003) (5KB)
Mars 2005 Opposition
Mars Mars reached a maximum size of 20.2 arc-seconds during the 2005 opposition. It was not as good as 2003, but was the best view we will have of Mars until the year 2018. Image captured with a ToUcam web cam and FCT-150. (October 30, 2005) (3KB)
Mars Another image of Mars taken on the same night with a ToUcam web cam and FCT-150. (October 30, 2005) (3KB)
Mars 2001 and 1999 Oppositions
Mars CCD image (June 29, 2001) (6KB)
Mars CCD image (April 30, 1999) (4KB)
Mars (April 21, 1999) (3KB)
Mars (April 21, 1999) (2KB)
Mars (April 21, 1999) (2KB)
Transit of Venus A rare transit of Venus across the face of the Sun. Image captured with a ToUcam web cam and Takahashi FS-78 telescope from Mauritius Island. (June 8, 2004) (37KB) This photograph was published in the 2006 Vatican Observatory Calendar. This image was also published in the June 18, 2004 issue of the Astronomy Magazine Newsletter.
Transit of Venus Another image of the transit of Venus. Image captured with a ToUcam web cam and Takahashi FS-78 refractor from Mauritius Island. (June 8, 2004) (46KB)
Transit of Venus This shows the "black-drop" effect that made it difficult to precisely time the second contact and third contact during a transit of Venus. Images of individual frames captured with a ToUcam web cam and FS-78 from Mauritius Island. (June 8, 2004) (25KB)
Venus An CCD image of a thin crescent Venus. (March 5, 2001) (3KB)
Venus A mosaic of several images of Venus showing different phases. (6KB)
Venus An photograph of a near half phase Venus. (April 21, 1999) (5KB)
Venus An CCD image of a nearly full Venus. (June 19, 2005) (2KB)
Transit of Mercury An image of the transit of Mercury. Image taken with a Cannon EOS Digital Rebel camera on a Takahashi FS-128 refractor. (November 8, 2006) (57KB)
Transit of Mercury An image of the transit of Mercury. Image captured with a ToUcam web cam and FS-78 telescope. (November 8, 2006) (14KB)
Transit of Mercury Another image of the transit of Mercury on November 8, 2006. Image captured with a ToUcam web cam and FS-78 telescope. (November 8, 2006) (21KB)
Transit of Mercury An image of the transit of Mercury taken with a hydrogen Alpha filter. Image captured with a ToUcam web cam and Coronado SolarMax 60 telescope. (November 8, 2006) (22KB)
Mercury Two images of the transit of Mercury on November 8, 2006, with an animation showing the movement of the planet across the face of the Sun. Image captured with a ToUcam web cam and FS-78 telescope. (November 8, 2006) (90KB)
Mercury This photo shows the grazing transit of Mercury across the sun. This photo was taken with a Nikon F2 camera on a Takahashi FS-128 refractor. (November 15, 1999) (8KB)
Mercury A CCD image of Mercury when it was 75% illuminated. This image was taken with an SBIG ST-8XE on a Takahashi Mewlon 210 Dall-Kirkham telescope. (June 19, 2005) (9KB)
Mercury and Venus were in close conjunction and visible in the same telescopic field of view. This image was taken with a Cannon EOS Digital Rebel camera on a Takahashi FS-78 telescope. (June 27, 2005) (7KB)
Transit of Venus and Mercury comparison A comparison of the relative size of Venus and of Mercury when each planet transits the Sun. The image of the transit of Venus was captured with a ToUcam web cam and FS-78 telescope from Mauritius Island on June 8, 2004. The image of the transit of Mercury was taken with a Cannon EOS Digital Rebel camera on a Takahashi FS-128 refractor on November 8, 2006.
Uranus This image was taken from my backyard with an SBIG ST-8E CCD on a Takahashi Mewlon 210 telescope. (May 5, 2003) (3KB)
Neptune and its moon Triton. An RGB color CCD image taken with an FLI
IMG6303e CCD using the Steward Observatory
61-inch telescope on Mount Bigelow (May 24,
2007) (9KB) This image was designated by
Astronomy Magazine on their website as the "Picture of
the Day" for June 2, 2007
Neptune This image was taken from my backyard with an SBIG ST-8E CCD on a Takahashi Mewlon 210 telescope. (May 4, 2003) (3KB)
Pluto CCD images of Pluto taken two days apart with an animation blinking the two images to show how much Pluto moved in two days. These images were taken with an ST-8E CCD from my backyard using a Takahashi FCT-150 telescope. (June 8 & June 10, 2003)
The Moon A CCD image taken with a Takahashi FS-78 telescope. (January 11, 2004) (119KB)
The Moon A CCD image taken with a Takahashi Mewlon 210 Dall-Kirkham telescope. (November 28, 1999) (57KB)
Moon This is an image of the Triesnecker crater and rille system taken with a ToUcam Pro from my backyard with a Takahashi Mewlon 210 telescope. (July 20, 2003) (30KB)
Moon This is an image of Rima Hyginus taken with a ToUcam Pro from my backyard with a Takahashi Mewlon 210 telescope. (July 20, 2003) (98KB)
Moon This is an image of Mare Orientale taken with a ToUcam web cam from my backyard with a Takahashi FCT-150 telescope. (September 20, 2003)
Moon This CCD image of a thin crescent moon shows earthshine illuminating the dark area of the moon. This image taken with a Takahashi Epsilon 250 telescope. (May 21, 2004) (8KB)
Moon This is an image of Mare Nectaris and surrounding craters taken with a ToUcam Pro from my backyard with a StarMaster 14.5-inch telescope. (June 3, 2007) (99KB)
The Sun Shows two groups of sun spots. This image was taken with a ToUcam Pro on a Takahashi FS-78 telescope. (August 31, 2003) (30KB)
A photograph of a meteor streaking across the sky near a comet. This photograph was taken with a Mamiya 645AF camera piggyback on a telescope mount. (May 22, 2004) (35KB)
Asteroid 6 Hebe This is an animation of two images of asteroid
6 Hebe taken on successive nights showing
the movement of this object against the background
of the stars. The images were taken with
an STL-11000M CCD from my backyard with a
Takahashi FCT-150 telescope. (January 12 & 13, 2008) (57KB)
Comet 17P/Holmes An RGB color composite CCD image taken with
an SBIG ST-8XE using a Takahashi FS-78 refractor. (November 25, 2007) (53KB) This
image was published on the website for Spaceweather.com.
Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 A color composite CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8XE using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor. (April 30, 2006) (60KB)
Comet C/2006 A1 (Pojmanski) A color composite CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8XE using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor. This image was published on the Astronomy Magazine website and featured in the Astronomy Magazine weekly email newsletter. (March 5, 2006) (13KB)
Comet C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) A color composite CCD image taken with a Takahashi Epsilon 250 telescope at f3.4. (May 21, 2004) (23KB)
Comet C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) A photograph taken with a Mamiya 645AF using a 45mm lens (May 22, 2004) (28KB)
Comet C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) A color composite CCD image taken with a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor. (February 2, 2004) (17KB) This image was published by Astronomy Magazine on their web site.
Comet Hale-Bopp The great comet of 1997. This photograph was taken with a Takahashi FS-128 refractor at prime focus. (May 4, 1997) (23KB)
Comet Hale-Bopp A photograph taken with a Takahashi FS-128 refractor at f8. This was one of my first attempts at astrophotography. (April 8, 1997) (17KB)
Comet C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) A color composite CCD image taken with a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor. (November 17, 2001) (65KB)
Comet C/2004 Q2 (Machholz) A color composite CCD image taken with a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor. (January 13, 2005) (46KB)
Comet C/2004 Q2 (Machholz) A color composite CCD image taken with a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor. (December 14, 2004) (28KB)
Comet C/2001 A2 (LINEAR) A color composite CCD image taken with a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor. (June 30, 2001) (30KB)
Comet C/2001 A2 (LINEAR) A color composite CCD image taken with a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor. (July 15, 2001) (28KB)
Comet C/2001 A2 (LINEAR) A composite CCD image taken with a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor. (June 30, 2001) (54KB)
Comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR) A CCD image of the comet passing near a triple star. This is a CCD image taken with a Takahashi FS-128 refractor at f8. (July 2, 2000) (32KB)
Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 broke into fragments, and this CCD image shows two of the fragments. This image was taken with an IMG6303E CCD and a Nikon 35mm lens. (April 30, 2006) (171KB)
Comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR) A composite CCD image taken with a Takahashi FS-128 refractor. (July 2, 2000) (25KB)
Comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR) A color CCD image of the comet taken with a Takahashi FS-128 refractor. (July 2, 2000) (25KB)
Comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR) A composite CCD image taken with a Takahashi FS-128 refractor. (July 15, 2000) (58KB)
Comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR) A color CCD image of the comet taken with a Takahashi FS-128 refractor. (July 15, 2000) (76KB)
Comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR) A composite CCD image taken with a Takahashi FS-128 refractor. (July 21, 2000) (44KB)
Comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR) A color CCD image of the comet taken with a Takahashi FS-128 refractor. (July 21, 2000) (21KB)
The Aurora Borealis in Alaska. This photo shows multiple green curtains. (March 1, 2003) (27KB)
The Aurora Borealis This photo shows the red glow of atomic oxygen at the top of the green curtain. (March 1, 2003) (31KB)
The Aurora Borealis This aurora photo shows a bright green "Y" shaped curtain. (March 2, 2003) (28KB)
The Aurora Borealis This photo shows the Aurora Borealis in Corona Borealis. (March 2, 2003) (30KB)
The Aurora Borealis This photo shows a bright green aurora curtain. (March 1, 2003) (70KB)
The Aurora Borealis This photo shows multiple green rayed curtains. (March 1, 2003) (34KB)
The Aurora Borealis This was one of my first aurora photos. (February 28, 2003) (35KB)
The Milky Way in Sagittarius. A photograph taken with a Takahashi FCT-76 refractor on May 13, 2004. (211KB)
The Milky Way in Cygnus. A piggyback photo taken with a Nikon F2 camera on July 15, 2001. (175KB)
Thin crescent Moon and Venus The Moon was 29 hours old when these images were taken. (June 7, 2005) (100KB)
Venus and Saturn Conjunction A photograph taken with a Nikon F2 camera using a 35mm lens piggyback on a telescope mount. This image was published in the July 2007 issue of Astronomy Magazine at page 44. (July 15, 2001) (39KB)
Venus and Saturn Conjunction on June 30, 2007. Images taken with a Cannon EOS Digital Rebel camera from Hillsdale, Michigan. (75KB)
Noctilucent clouds An image of the smoke trail left by the
launch of the Phoenix Mars Mission on the morning
of August 4, 2007. (171KB) This image was
published by spaceweather.com and also appeared
on the website for the Phoenix Mars Mission.
Sagittarius Star Cloud A photo taken with a Takahashi FS-128 refractor using a reducer at f5.9. (July 8, 1997) (76KB)
The Southern Cross A piggyback photo taken with a Cannon EOS Digital Rebel camera from Lake Titicaca, Bolivia. (388KB)
The Southern Milky Way shows the Eta Carinae Nebula. A piggyback photo taken with a Nikon F2 camera from Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii. (82KB)
Arizona Sunset This is typical of the beautiful sunsets that we get from my backyard almost every day. (June 2003) (13KB)
Arizona Sunset Occasionally we actually get a cloud in the Arizona desert. This shot shows the sun perfectly lined up with the only cloud in the sky. (June 2003) (23KB)
Arizona Sunset On those rare days when we have clouds, the sunsets can be spectacular. (June 2003) (38KB)
Arizona Sunrise We sometimes get treated to a beautiful crimson sunrise. (January 2004) (32KB)
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