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.
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.
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.
M31 The Andromeda Galaxy (52KB) (November 1997). A photograph taken with a Takahashi FS-128 refractor from my observatory near Iola, Texas.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sagittarius Star Cloud A photo taken with a Takahashi FS-128 refractor using a reducer at f5.9. (July 8, 1997) (76KB)
Total Eclipse of the Moon (May 15, 2003) A photo taken during totality with a Takahashi FS-128 refractor at f8. (20KB)
Saturn (September 21, 1998) (7KB)
Mars CCD image (April 30, 1999) (4KB)
Mars (April 21, 1999) (3KB)
Mars (April 21, 1999) (2KB)
Mars (April 21, 1999) (2KB)
Venus appeared as a thin crescent in the evening sky as it approached inferior conjunction with the Sun. This is a color image taken on March 14, 2009, just after sunset using a Takahashi FS-128 refractor and a ToUCam webcam. (61KB)
Venus A photograph of a near half phase Venus. (April 21, 1999) (5KB)
Transit of Mercury An image of the transit of Mercury. Image taken with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel camera on a Takahashi FS-128 refractor. (November 8, 2006) (57KB)
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)
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 f5.9. (April 8, 1997) (11KB)
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/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 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)
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