Other Astrophotographs

Updated December 25, 2001

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Horsehead Nebula. The Horsehead Nebula taken by Don Himes with the 16" telescope.

Rosette Nebula - Also taken by Don with the 16 inch.

M27 - The Dumbbell Nebula. Taken at the prime focus of our 16"
Telescope on 10-31-1991. 15 Minutes on Ektar 1000 film. Photo by Don.

Jupiter after hit by Comet Shoemaker-Levy. July 1994. Notice the dark "hit" at the bottom center. Photo by Don Himes.

Moon. Archimedes region of the moon. Taken at 21 Pines Observatory (Don's home
observatory) 12.5" Newtonian with a 7mm eyepiece projection 200 ASA film, 1 second exposure.

Moon. Tycho region of the moon. Taken at 21 Pines Observatory. 12.5" Newtonian with a 7mm eyepiece projection 200 ASA film, 1 second
exposure.

M45. The Pleiades 8" f/6 Newtonian. Photo by Brick Bates

Milky Way in Sagittarius. A photo by Steve Fishman of our Milky Way galaxy in the constellation Sagittarius. The bright Lagoon
nebula appears lower left center while the fainter Trifid nebula appears above it. This photo was taken using a 5 1/2 inch Schmidt camera and Fujichrome 100 film for 10 minutes.

M108. The galaxy called M108 photographed by Joe Petrick from his home observatory.


 

    

 
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