Comet C/2007 N3 (Lulin) on February 7, 2009. This is an RGB color composite CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8XE CCD using a Takahashi Epsilon 180ED telescope. I have a diagram that shows why this comet appears to have two tails. This image was published in the 2010 Vatican Observatory Calendar. This image was featured in a story published by the St. Louis Beacon entitled, "Comet Lulin Makes a Unique Appearance." This image was also published in the photo gallery on the Anacortes Telescope & Wild Bird website. The image was used to illustrate a story in Ciência Hoje das Crianças, which is a magazine in Brazil that teaches science to children. The image was used by the Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium at the University of Maine.
Comet C/2007 N3 (Lulin) Image taken before dawn on the morning of January 27, 2009. This is an RGB color composite CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8XE CCD using the Takahashi Epsilon 180ED telescope. This image was published in the 2010 Vatican Observatory Calendar. This image was published on the Spaceweather.com website. This image was used in the Google Earth planisphere website, and on the Cosmic Visibility website. This image was also published in the photo gallery for the Anacortes Telescope & Wild Bird website. The image was published in a Night Sky Columnist article on SPACE.com. (January 27, 2009) (165KB)
Comet C/2009 P1 (Garradd) An RGB color composite CCD image taken with an SBIG STL-11000M CCD using the Takahashi Epsilon 180ED telescope. (December 30, 2011) (307KB)
M31 The Andromeda Galaxy. An RGB color CCD image taken at the University of Arizona Mount Lemmon SkyCenter with an STL-11000M CCD using the Takahashi Epsilon 180ED telescope. (November 22, 2009). (740KB)
M31 The Andromeda Galaxy. An LRGB CCD image taken with the Takahashi Epsilon 180ED telescope using an ST-8XE CCD. (January 29 & 31 and February 2, 2009)
M67 open star cluster. An RGB color CCD image taken with the Takahashi Epsilon 180ED telescope using an SBIG STL-11000M CCD. (January 1 & 2, 2012) (335KB)
M41 open star cluster. An RGB color CCD image taken with the Takahashi Epsilon 180ED telescope using an SBIG ST-8XE CCD. (January 27, 2009) (162KB)
M26 open star cluster. An RGB color CCD image taken with the Takahashi Epsilon 180ED and STL-11000M CCD. (March 15, 2009) (430KB)
NGC 6811 open star cluster. An RGB color CCD image taken with the Takahashi Epsilon 180ED and STL-11000M CCD. (June 14, 2009) (463KB)
NGC 869 & NGC 884 The Perseus Double Cluster of stars. An RGB color composite CCD image taken with the Takahashi Epsilon 180ED. (November 22, 2009) (552KB)
M7 Ptolemy's Star Cluster. An RGB color composite CCD image taken with the Takahashi Epsilon 180ED using an SBIG STL-11000M CCD. (July 3, 2010) (534KB)
M44 The Beehive Star Cluster. An RGB color CCD image taken with an SBIG STL-11000M using the Takahashi Epsilon 180ED telescope. (December 30 & 31, 2011) (197KB)
IC 1396 The Elephant Trunk Nebula. An RGB color CCD image taken with an STL-11000M CCD using the Takahashi Epsilon 180ED telescope. (June 9 & 10 and July 10, 2011) (1MB)
IC 1318 The Gamma Cygni Nebula. An RGB color CCD image taken with the Takahashi Epsilon 180ED telescope using an STL-11000M CCD. (May 29 & 30, 2011) (845KB)
IC 1805 The Heart Nebula. An RGB color CCD image taken with an STL-11000M CCD using the Takahashi Epsilon 180ED telescope. (December 11 & 13, 2010) (406KB) A larger version of the image is also available. (2.5MB)
IC 2177 The Seagull Nebula. This is an RGB color CCD image taken with an STL-11000M CCD using the Takahashi Epsilon 180ED telescope. (January 1 & 2, 2012) (570KB)
The Veil Nebula An RGB color composite CCD image taken on May 28, 29, 30 & 31, 2009, from my backyard using the Takahashi Epsilon 180ED telescope and an STL-11000M CCD. (607KB)
NGC 7000 The North America Nebula. (555KB) An LRGB color composite CCD image assembled from data acquired on four different nights using the Takahashi Epsilon 180ED telescope and an STL-11000M CCD. A full size version of the image is also available. (3,275KB)
IC 2118 The Witch Head Nebula. (819KB) An RGB color CCD image taken with an STL-11000M CCD using the Takahashi Epsilon 180ED telescope on November 22, 2009. This image was taken at the University of Arizona Mount Lemmon SkyCenter.
IC 405 The Flaming Star Nebula. (302KB) An RGB color composite CCD image taken on February 1, 2009, from my backyard using the Takahashi Epsilon 180ED telescope and an SBIG ST-8XE CCD.
M17 The Omega Nebula (387KB) An RGB color composite CCD image taken on May 28, 2009, using the Takahashi Epsilon 180 telescope and an STL-11000M CCD.
NGC 6888 The Crescent Nebula. An RGB color CCD image taken with an STL-11000M CCD using the Takahashi Epsilon 180ED telescope on June 13, 2009. (752KB)
NGC 2237 The Rosette Nebula. (173KB) An LRGB color composite CCD image. The luminance data was taken with the Takahashi Epsilon 180ED telescope using an SBIG ST-8XE CCD on January 29 & 31, 2009. The RGB data was taken on December 30, 2008, using a Takahashi FCT-150 telescope and an SBIG STL-11000M CCD.
IC434 The Horsehead Nebula. (524KB) This is an LRGB color composite CCD image taken with the Takahashi Epsilon 180ED telescope using an SBIG STL-11000M CCD. The luminance channel was shot with a hydrogen alpha filter in my backyard. The color data was taken on Mount Lemmon at the University of Arizona Mount Lemmon SkyCenter. (November 20 & 21, 2009)
NGC1499 The California Nebula. (1025KB) This is an LRGB color composite CCD image taken with the Takahashi Epsilon 180ED telescope using an SBIG STL-11000M CCD. The luminance channel was shot with a hydrogen alpha filter in my backyard. The color data was taken on Mount Lemmon at the University of Arizona Mount Lemmon SkyCenter. (November 16, 17 & 22, 2009)
Moon A CCD image taken with the Takahashi Epsilon 180ED and STL-11000M CCD on June 14, 2009. (33KB)
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