This is an image of the waxing gibbous Moon. It is a montage of seventeen images taken with a Celestron C-8 telescope. Each image used an exposure time of 0.11 seconds. 04/29/04
This is my first attempt at imaging the Orion Nebula. The image was taken with a Celestron C-14 telescope. The central stars are overexposed so that the detail in the nebula can be seen. A 3 second exposure was used with no filtering or image processing. 4/01/00
This is the Orion nebula taken in tri-color.
Here is a closeup of the Orion Nebula taken in color. The image is tilted to match the orientation of the image above it. This is my first attempt at imaging in tri-color.
This is my first attempt at imaging Saturn. The planet was low in the western sky and the seeing was pretty poor. The rings are clearly visible, and the five small white "stars" are five of Saturn's moons. The largest one is the moon Titan. Taken with a Celestron C-14 telescope. 3/2000
This is an image of Jupiter taken at TDS (SDAA's Observatory) with the Lipp 22inch telescope masked down to 6 inches. It is three, 1 second images combined. In the lower middle of the disk of Jupiter is the Great Red Spot. 4/9/04
This is an image of Jupiter taken on campus at Palomar College with our Celestron C-8 telescope. It is 14, 0.11 second images combined. The three "stars" on the left are three of Jupiter's largest moons. 4/29/04
This is the globular cluster M3. It is a combination of three, 20 second exposures.
This is the globular cluster M13 located in Hercules. It was taken at TDS (SDAA's Observatory) with the Lipp 22-inch telescope. 4/9/04
This is M57, the "Ring Nebula" taken at TDS (SDAA's Observatory) with the Lipp 22-inch telescope. It is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Lyra. This is four 30 second exposures stacked. 4/9/04
This is part of M51, the "Whirlpool Galaxy" taken at TDS (SDAA's Observatory) with the Lipp 22-inch telescope. It is a composite of six, 20 second images stacked. 4/9/04