M-42 - The Great Orion Nebula

This 10-minute exposure of the Orion Nebula was taken on April 14, 1994 using the
30-inch f/5 Newtonian reflector telescope at Powell Observatory in Louisburg, Kansas.

Lunar Occultation of Antares

May 24, 2005

Video of the disappearance

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Antares Lunar Occultation
May 24, 2005 2:49 AM CST
MPEG-1 file, 3900KB
Duration 24 seconds

Total Lunar Eclipse 10/27/2004

Photos from the Canary Islands

Comet Hale-Bopp was here!

Click here to see more than
5,000 images of Hale-Bopp
collected by JPL/NASA since July 1995.

Annular Solar Eclipse of May 10,1994

On May 10, 1994, much of North America was treated to a rare celestial spectacle -- an annular solar eclipse. This type of eclipse occurs when the moon is near its apogee, or the farthest point in its orbit from the earth, and hence appears too small to completely cover the sun's disk. A ring, or annulus, of bright photosphere remains visible surrounding the moon's black silhouette. There will not be another eclipse of this type visible from the U.S. until the year 2012. Click HERE or on the title or the image above to see some photos taken during that event.

Some more of my astrophotos

Making 10x50 Binocular Solar Filters using
aluminized Mylar and PVC pipe & parts

Some favorite hobby-related web sites...

The Astronomical Society of Kansas City

Sky & Telescope Magazine
NASA's Main Home Page
NASA JPL's Main Home Page
Latest SOHO Solar Images
Hubble Space Telescope Page
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Vic Winter's ICSTARS

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