Comet 168P/Hergenrother on November 5th, 2012. Taken with an 8″ F/4 Newtonian and a modified Canon T3 DSLR.
Image Gallery for October 2012
The October 2012 Waxing Moon
This is a composite of 3 moon images into one to show the progression of the Moon’s waxing phase. All images were taken with an 8″ F/4 GSO Newtonian telescope.
Galaxy NGC 891 w/6″ Schmidt-Newtonian
Here’s a famous edge-on galaxy that I like to shoot from time to time. This particular rendition was created with the help of a Meade Schmidt-Newtonian with a 6″ mirror. Exposure: 50×180 sec @ ISO 1600, modified Canon T3.
Image Gallery for June, 2012
Transit of Venus
Single image of the transit of Venus across the solar disk . This link is an animation of all frames captured.
Image Gallery for May 2012
Image Gallery for April, 2012
Image Gallery for March 2012
The Seagull Nebula
The Seagull Nebula done as a mosaic of 2 separate panes and combined together. My trusty Televue TV-85 refractor was used for this one.