One of my main hobbies/addictions is astrophotography. I say addiction because that is what it has become. I have spent thousands of dollars (actually, my wife got me hooked with the initial purchase of my Celestron Ultima8 in 1993) and hundreds of hours attempting to photograph the wonders of the night sky. The main reason I decided to get into photography of the heavens is that film can capture much more of the faint beauty and oh-so-subtle color that the eye just cannot detect. I will attempt to present some of my more successful results here for your enjoyment.
So...without further ado...here goes nothing.
Page 2: Orion's belt region Page 3: Orion over Wilder Observatory Page 3a: Orion from Arunah Hill Page 3b: Reprocessed Orion from Arunah Page 4: Summer Milky Way Page 5: Hale Bopp Page 6: Another Hale Bopp Page 7: My Harley Page 8: M65 & M66 Page 9: M57 Page 10: Close pass of the Moon and Saturn Page 11: Plieades and Hyades rising Page 12: M101 Page 13: Wide angle M101-Alcor, Mizar and Eta Ursa Majoris Page 14: M65, M66 and NGC3628 Page 15: M13 and NGC 6207 Page 16: Supernova 1998aq in NGC3982 Page 17: My GEM mounted 12.5" Newtonian Page 18: Cygnus the Swan and Lyra |