Sky Gallery
Here are some examples of celestial objects and events that we have photographed through the years.
Venus-Saturn conjunction next to
the Minute Man Monument in Concord,
Massachusetts, June 30, 2007.
Venus-Saturn conjunction over Horn Pond, Massachusetts,
June 29, 2007.
North circumpolar star trails
Equatorial star trails
The Milky Way over Tatakoto atoll in French Polynesia's
Tuamotu Archipelago, July 11, 2010.
The Milky Way with a sporadic meteor.
This sequence shows the rotation of the sunspot complex
10039/44/50 on 2002 August 1, 2, and 3. Afocal projection using
an 8-inch f/10 Meade Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope with Baader
solar filter and Nikon Coolpix 990 camera.
Partial solar eclipse
Diamond ring at second contact, March 29, 2006,
in Salloum, Egypt.
The Sun's corona at totality, March 29, 2006.
Close-up of solar prominences and the inner corona,
March 29, 2006.
Diamond ring at third contact, March 29, 2006.
Solar eclipse sequence, March 29, 2006.
Moonrise over Boston's Back Bay.
Young waxing crescent Moon with earthshine.
Total eclipse of the Moon, October 28, 2004.
Partial phase of the lunar eclipse, October 28, 2004.
Earth's umbral shadow on the Moon, February 20, 2008.
Penumbral lunar eclipse sequence over
Motif No. 1 in Rockport, Massachusetts,
March 14, 2006.
First-quarter Moon
Lunar terminator, 8-inch f/10 Meade Schmidt-Cassegrain
telescope, Nikon Coolpix 990 camera.
Lunar craters, 8-inch f/10 Meade Schmidt-Cassegrain
telescope, Nikon Coolpix 990 camera.
The planet Venus showing its crescent
phase, April 23, 1988. 8-inch f/10 Celestron
Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. Eyepiece
projection with a 7-mm Orthoscopic eyepiece
and Kodak Ektachrome 400 film.
Comet Machholz, C/2004 Q2, passing by M45, the Pleiades star cluster
in Taurus, January 7, 2005.
Wide-field shot of the night sky with the Pleiades
near the center.
M81, a spiral galaxy in Ursa Major. 60-minute
self-guided exposure with an SBIG ST-4000XCM
single-shot color CCD camera and 10-inch f/6.3
Meade LX200 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope.
February 18, 2009.
M42, the Orion Nebula. 60-minute self-guided
exposure with an SBIG ST-4000XCM single-shot
color CCD camera and 10-inch f/6.3 Meade LX200
Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. January 24, 2009.
NGC 1973-75-77, the Running Man Nebula in Orion.
60-minute self-guided exposure with an SBIG
ST-4000XCM single-shot color CCD camera and
10-inch f/6.3 Meade LX200 Schmidt-Cassegrain
telescope. January 29, 2009.
M13 globular cluster in Hercules. 30-minute self-
guided exposure with an SBIG ST-4000XCM single-
shot color CCD camera and 10-inch f/6.3 Meade
LX200 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. May 26, 2009.
Magnitude -8 flare produced by sunlight reflecting off
the Iridium 52 satellite on January 14, 2003. Nikon FM2
SLR camera with Sigma 70mm f/4 lens and Kodak Royal
Gold 400 color film.
Aurora display over the suburbs of Boston,
November 10, 2004.
Aurora display over the suburbs of Boston,
November 10, 2004.
Aurora display over the suburbs of Boston,
October 30, 2003.
Aurora display over the suburbs of Boston,
October 30, 2003.
Aurora display over the suburbs of Boston,
October 30, 2003.
A double rainbow following a late-afternoon
thunderstorm.
A 22-degree ice-crystal halo around the Sun on a
cold winter morning.
An ice halo and parhelion (sundog) around the Sun as
it sets behind the White Mountains in New Hampshire.