This is now a better link for my Astronomy Pictures

Another Alternate/Old Astro Index is here

Astronomy Features: Some of my best stuff	Messier Object Astrophotography Page	Nebula Page
Canon 20Da First Light New M45	Book Cover Moon My Moonshot on the cover of a book!	Canon D20a and Nikon D100 noise comparison here.
Astrophotography: Clusters New for 2005: NHAC - moon and mercury pictures   and New Galaxy Photos - NHAC Pix - Comet Machholz & The Pleiades (The Seven Sisters)	Newest Planets!  NexImage pictures	Moon and Planets Articles: Basic Image Processing in Photoshop Why Film Astrophotography?

 This was where I began to publish my first astronomy photos.  It's in reverse chronological order.

Some good stuff: check out Featured Astronomy Photos.  If you're interested in how to "do" astrophotography, see: Basic Astrophotography

Mo' Mars: Click on the pic.  (Click on Mars to go to my Mars page.)

I began to experiment with astrophotography with my Nikon D100 as of 8/2003

2002/2003 Starry Nights Pix
Comet Ikeya-Zhang! 
Leonid Meteor Shower, November 17/18, 2001
Planet Pictures
Early & Easy Astropix and D100 Fixed Tripod Astronomy Pictures/Images
2002 Starry Nights Pix
M45, The Pleiades or Seven Sisters (11/17/2001)
Lunar Attitudes
Moon Halo
Lunar Images
Scope Setup

Starry Nights B&B, Wimberly TX, October 17-21, 2001
We had some great weather on this trip.

M31, The Andromeda Galaxy
M33, The Triangulum or Pinwheel Galaxy (Newer M33 here)
Star Trails (very wide angle)

Davis Mountains, Texas, April 2001
The weather wasn't terribly cooperative on this trip where I had the opportunity to try out my new Losmandy G-11 mount...

• M20 (Trifid Nebula) and M8
• M17 (Swan/Omega Nebula)
• Leo Trio (3 galaxies for the price of one!)

Davis Mountains, Texas, November 2000
Here are Astronomy images images from our latest dark sky trip! My daytime shots are worth checking out too.

• Perseus Area (new 4/01)
• Persues & Auriga, Wide Angle (new 4/01)
• Double Cluster (new 4/01)
• North American Nebula, telephoto (135K)
• North American Nebula Area, normal lens (127K)
• Gamma Cygni (Butterly Nebula) (new 4/01)
• Orion Area, wide angle (132K) revised 12/16/00
• Orion, 50mm, with a little haze (93K) (new as of 12/16/00)
• Orion Telephoto (180mm) (99K)
• Cassiopeia Area, wide angle
• Star Trails - link to several pix
• Andromeda Galaxy, M31 (114K)

Davis Mountains, Texas, May/June 2000

• Milky Way, Pipe Nebula
• North American Nebula Area
• Northern Sagittarius Area
• Telescope and Milky Way, fixed tripod #1
• Telescope and Milky Way, fixed tripod #2

North Houston Astronomy Club's "Sammy" Neal Observing Site, September 30, 2000 -- This was an outstanding night! Very clear, very dark!

• Venus & Moon Set
• Wide angle Venus & Moon Set
• Star Trails ....(80 min, 50mm f1.4 lens @f5.6, fixed tripod)
• North American Nebula ....(10 min, 50mm f1.4 lens @f2.5)
• Andromeda Galaxy, 135mm lens, close up (20 min @f2.8, Kodak Supra)

North Houston Astronomy Club's "Sammy" Neal Observing Site, August 26/27, 2000

• Venus Setting
• Andromeda Galaxy, 100mm lens, close-up
• Andromeda Galaxy, 100mm lens, full frame

NHAC Neal Site, June, 2000

• Nice Evening Sky!

Back Yard, The Woodlands, Texas

Lunar Eclipse, January 20, 2000 -- Fuji 100 print film, prime focus, Takahashi FS 102 telescope with 2X tele-extender at f16

• Near-totality, 16 second exposure
• Short exposure of bright half during eclipse, about 1/60 sec.
• Exposure showing dark half during eclipse, about 2 sec.

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