ASTROPHOTOS BY THE AUTHOR

Here are some astrophotos I've taken. Now, I admit, I ain't the best astrophotographer around. I don't have a lot of patience, so I shoot mainly bright and/or easy stuff. I include them for your viewing enjoyment, NOT to be ripped off. I claim all copyrights to all these photos. If you are interested in using any of them, please send me email requesting permission. I will add more photos as time allows, since most of my collection is not yet digitized. If you have specific requests for photos, again, please email me. Be patient, this page is gonna take a while to load!


Comet Hale-Bopp

Hale-Bopp; 3/27/97; 20 sec.

Hale-Bopp; 3/27/97; 30 sec.

Double Rainbow

Double Rainbow

Double Rainbow

Jupiter

Jupiter
Ignore the stars around Jupiter; the photo has a transparent background,and the background of the web page comes through!

Jupiter & Galilean Moons

MOON

Mare Crisium

5 day old moon.

SUN

Sunspot groups.

 

 

This shot was taken at the prime focus of a Celestron C-8, F/10, using a full aperture solar filter. Exposure was 1 second.

LIGHTNING

Lightning

Lightning

SATELLITES

Mir & Perkins

Hubble Space Telescope

SATURN & MOON

Saturn

Full moon.

VENUS

Crescent Venus

 

This shot of the crescent Venus was taken at the prime focus of the Schottland 32" F/16.4 telescope at Perkins Observatory, near Delaware, Ohio, on UT 6/29/91, using 3200ASA film.

ECLIPSES

Annular Eclipse

Lunar Eclipse

DEEP SKY

Perseus Double Cluster

M-29

M-3

Orion Nebula

DIGI-CAM

These shots were all taken using the Sony Mavica MVC-FD7 digital camera.

Moon, taken LT08/07/98 - 21:26

 

These two shots were taken 02 hours, 30 minutes, 08 seconds apart, in order to show the large amount of orbital movement of the moon, relative to Jupiter.

The Moon & Jupiter: UT23:13:58 11/27/98.

The Moon & Jupiter: UT 01:44:06 11/28/98.

FUN PIX

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This is a shot of the Rho Ophiuchi region, as it rises over the Cape Neddick, Maine lighthouse Nubble Light. Any comments?

As a child growing up under the crisp, clean, clear skies of Vermont, I frequently saw "UFO's". This is what led to my interest in astronomy & physics. After several years of study, I reached the conclusion that, while it is possible that there is other intelligent life in the universe, the laws of physics render it impossible that any have visited Earth.

Or is it?

Aha!