This photo is very similar to the lunar photo a bit lower on this page. The main difference is there is a bit more detail in this shot. Like below this photo was shot through the 100ED telescope with a 40mm Optiluxe 2" eyepiece, but at a slightly higher magnification. ISO 100, F/3.1, 1/320 second exposure.

NGC 869 and NGC 884, also known as The Double Cluster. This beautiful cluster can be found in Cassiopeia, and is a favorite deep space object of many observers. This shot was taken through the 100ED telescope, with a 40mm Optiluxe 2" eyepiece. A series of 14 shots were stacked for this image. Each shot: ISO 100, F/2.8, 15 seconds.

Stock 2 is one of my favorite open clusters. It may not have as many stars as other open clusters, but it seems to sparkle like a jewel box when observed through a telescope. This shot was taken through the 100ED telescope, with a 40mm Optiluxe 2" eyepiece. A series of 12 shots were stacked for this image. Each shot: ISO 100, F/2.8, 15 seconds.

This photo of M45 is different from my earlier photo (posted lower on this page). This one was taken through my 100mm ED APO and a 40mm Optiluxe 2" eyepiece. The other shot was taken straight through the camera at 10x zoom. I need to take a long exposure of M45 next time. A series of 12 shots were stacked for this image. Each shot: ISO 100, F/2.8, 15 seconds.

This is a photo of both Sadr, the central star in Cygnus, and NGC 6910. It is one of my favorite binocular targets. You can see plenty of stars from the Milky Way in the background. This shot was taken through the 100ED telescope, with a 40mm Optiluxe 2" eyepiece. A series of 15 shots were stacked for this image. Each shot: ISO 100, F/2.8, 15 seconds.

The Open Cluster, M39 in Cygnus. This shot was taken through the 100ED telescope, with a 40mm Optiluxe 2" eyepiece, using my homemade Camera - Eyepiece adaptor. A series of 9 shots were stacked for this image. Each shot: ISO 100, F/2.8, 15 seconds.

This is the first photo I took using the Camera - Eyepiece adapter that I built. It was taken through the 100ED telescope, with the 40mm Optiluxe eyepiece. Clouds were moving in, and I was impatient to catch at least one photo. I'm happy with how it worked on it's trial run.

The constellation Cygnus. For this photo I mounted my Canon camera piggyback on top of my 100ED telescope, and used the mount for tracking. This is a series of 11 shots, 15 seconds each at F/3.1, ISO 100. The photos were then stacked in the Registax software program. I added star spikes on the larger stars in Photoshop CS. Photo taken on July 1, 2005.

Brocchi's Cluster, aka Collinder 399, aka The Coathanger is an open cluster of stars found in Vulpecula. For this photo I mounted my Canon camera piggyback on top of my 100ED telescope, and used the mount for tracking. This is a series of 12 shots, 15 seconds each at F/3.1, ISO 100. The photos were then stacked in the Registax software program. Photo taken on July 1, 2005.

This is a photo of the setting crescent moon, with Venus setting almost straight below the moon. Taken on July 8, 2005. ISO 100, F/8, 2 seconds.

I took this shot of Saturn on February 26, 2005 through the XT8 and using my 25mm plossl eyepiece, Canon camera, hand held. Camera settings ISO 100, F/3.1, 1/25 second exposure, no zoom used. No photo editing was done except for croping down to size. This turned out quite a bit better than my previous attempt which can be found lower down this page.

This is a grouping of my best photos of the lunar eclipse on October 27, 2004. Various F-stops and shutter speeds were used on each individual photo. All were using manual camera settings.

This picture of M45, also known as the Pleiades, or The Seven Sisters, was taken on the morning of October 10, 2004. I use my Canon camera at 10x optical zoom. ISO speed 400, F/3.5, 5 second exposure.

Early morning September 13, 2004. New Moon. This is the tiniest I have ever seen the new moon. I was in a hurry to go to work, and didn't have time to set up a better photo. ISO speed: 100, aperture: f/5, shutter speed: 0.3 seconds.

Same as above, except for zooming in at 10x. Not too bad of a picture, considering seeing conditions so far that morning. ISO: 100, aperture: f/3.1, shutter speed: 1/150 second.

Early morning September 12, 2004. Waning crescent, 7% of full. The sun was due to rise in about a half-hour when I caught this one. I like the Earthshine on the dark part of the moon. This photo was used on Spaceweather.com's homepage on September 17, 2004. Woo Hoo! ISO speed: 200, aperture f/3.1, shutter speed: 1 second.

Orion on the rise, early in the morning on September 7, 2004. The sky was mostly clear with some very high, thin clouds. ISO speed: 200, aperture: f/4, shutter speed: 15 seconds.

This is my first moon photo taken with the Canon Powershot S1 IS camera. No telescope used here. I had the camera set at full zoom. (10x optical + 3.2x digital = 32x). I'm really going to like this camera.

This photo was taken about 3 hours before sunset. I used the XT8 telescope, an Optiluxe 40mm 2" eyepiece, and no filters at all. The only editing I did was to crop and resize the image. Unfortunately re-sizing really hurts the sharpness of many photos. I still like this one.

This photo is the same one as above, just enhanced a bit. I adjusted the brightness, contrast, and did an unsharp mask. It looks more like a nighttime photo, but the colors are a bit off.

My youngest crescent moon photo to date. The moon was only 28 hours old (past a new moon) when this was taken in June of 2004. Used my 25mm plossl eyepiece, and a variable polarizing filter set at a bright setting. This photo was taken with the Kodak Easy Share camera. You can notice that the moon was starting to slip behind a tree.

This photo was taken the following evening, making the moon 2 days old here. I used the same setup as I did the previous night on the above photo. Only difference is the variable polarizing filter was set slightly darker.

Quarter moon taken December 30th, 2003. 25mm plossl eyepiece at 48x, no filter.

First quarter moon, using a yellow filter, and a 25mm plossl eyepiece at 48x. The yellow helped with the brightness of the moon tonight.

Crater Walter on the moon's terminator during quarter moon. This was taken December 30th, 2003. 7mm Nagler eyepiece at 174x, no filter.

The large crater group on the left consist of Heraclitus, Licetus, and Cuiver. 7mm Nagler eyepiece at 174x, no filter.

My first attempt at trying to take a picture of Saturn. I was using a 7mm Nagler eyepiece at 174x for this shot. Not very good, but you can see the Cassini Division, and a bit of shadow on the rings from the planet.

My first attempt at photographing Jupiter. I was using a 7mm Nagler eyepiece, and a 2x Shorty Plus barlow at 348x, and a blue filter for this shot. The blue filter didn't work as good as usual this night.

My second attempt at Jupiter. I was using a 7mm Nagler eyepiece at 174x, and a variable polarizing filter for this shot. Very hard to detect in this photo, but the Great Red Spot was very prominent this night. This is an upside down image (as they always are in a newtonian telescope) so the GRS is in the upper dark band, all the way to the right. I can see it, but it helps that I saw exactly where it was that night through my scope.

My first attempt at photographing Venus. I was using a 7mm Nagler eyepiece at 174x, and a variable polarizing filter for this shot. You can see the phase the planet was in.

My second attempt at Venus. I was using a 7mm Nagler eyepiece at 174x, and a variable polarizing filter for this shot. I also added an Apodizing mask. Hard to tell in the photos but the apodizing mask does help a bit for contrast when observing.

This attempt at Venus in its crescent stage turned out fairly well considering what I was using. Same hand held camera, a 25mm plossl eyepiece, a 2x Shorty Plus barlow (for 96x power), and a variable polarizing filter set at about 40%.

I recently found this while searching through some old photo albums while looking for something else. This is my first astronomy picture. It is comet Hale-Bopp on its April 1997 pass. I used my wife's Pentax ME Super 35mm camera, 200 speed black & white film, manual setting, 200mm Pentax lens, and 30-second exposure. I didn't remember to write down the f/stop.

Some of the first times trying to take a picture through my telescope. First attempt on the moon with the 25mm eyepiece at 48x and a blue filter.

Some of the first times trying to take a picture through my telescope. First attempt on the moon with the 25mm eyepiece at 48x and a green filter.

Some of the first times trying to take a picture through my telescope. Third attempt on the moon. Used my 25mm eyepiece at 48x and a polarizing filter.

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