Recent Photos

Date & Location Object Name Comment Exposure
04/04/08
Montura Ranch
The Trifid Nebula
The Lagoon Nebula
Spiral Galaxy M106
Open Cluster M67
Whale & Hockey Stick
M20
M8


NGC4631 & NGC4656
30 * 120s
30 * 120s
20 * 240s
20 * 30s
30 * 240s
04/03/08
Montura Ranch
Molecular Cloud IC4606
Globular Cluster M4
Globular Cluster M13


Hazy sky
28 * 240s
30 * 120s
30 * 60s
03/29/08
Area 51
The Leo Trio
Omega Centauri
M65, M66, & NGC3628
NGC5139
16 * 240s
30 * 120s
03/27/08
Area 51
Comet Holmes
Bode's Galaxies
Fading away
M81 & M82
20 * 240s
30 * 240s
03/08/08
Kissimmee Prairie
Comet Holmes & NGC1499
M78 & Barnard's Loop
Owl Nebula
Pinwheel Galaxy
Centaurus A Galaxy
3.3° x 2.2° FOV
3.3° x 2.2° FOV
M97
M101
NGC5128
60 * 120s
19 * 120s
30 * 120s
45 * 120s
60 * 120s
03/02/08
Area 51
Virgo Cluster of Galaxies
M46, M47, and NGC2423


15 * 120s
40 * 30s
02/28/08
Area 51
M35 & NGC2158
Jellyfish Nebula

IC443
15 * 120s
30 * 240s
02/25/08
Area 51
Comet Holmes

25 * 240s
02/20/08
Kye's Star Farm
Luna in totality
Luna in egress
Luna in penumbra
Midway through totality
Mid-egress of umbra
Just after umbral egress
19 * 0.5s
20 * 0.005s
20 * 0.001s * 0.05 filter
02/15/08
Area 51
Luna
Whirlpool Galaxy
M53
M3
Pizza Cutter Galaxy
Pinwheel Galaxy
M13
Gibbous first quarter moon
M51


NGC4565
M101

20 * 0.001s
20 * 60s
19 * 60s
10 * 120s
11 * 120s
15 * 240s
10 * 120s
02/05/08
Area 51
Seagull Nebula
Comet Holmes
Dragonfly Cluster
15 megapixel mosaic

NGC457
3 * 15 * 240s
22 * 240s
15 * 120s
02/04/08
Area 51
IC348
Pleiades Cluster
Monkeyhead Nebula
Monkeyhead with Airplane

M45
NGC2175
Short exposure

30 * 120s
30 * 120s
1 * 120s
02/03/08
Area 51
Rosette Nebula
Witchhead Nebula
10 megapixel mosaic
IC2118
2 * 40 * 120s
18 * 240s
01/30/08
Area 51
Double Cluster
Comet Tuttle
Bode's Galaxies
Orion Nebula
NGC869 & NGC884
in Eridanus
M81 & M82
Composite exposure
15 * 20s
60 * 60s
40 * 120s
30 * 240s + 30 * 15s
01/29/08
Area 51
Comet Holmes
in Perseus
40 * 120s
01/08/08
Area 51
Barnard's Loop (NE)
Comet Holmes
Comet Tuttle
Flaming Star Nebula
near NGC2112
in Perseus
in Cetus
IC405
25 * 240s
30 * 120s
40 * 60s
20 * 120s
01/05/08
Kissimmee Prairie
California Nebula
10 megapixel mosaic
2 * 30 * 120s
01/04/08
Kissimmee Prairie
Omega Centauri
NGC5139
13 * 60s
12/30/07
Area 51
M33 & Comet Tuttle
Comet Tuttle & M33
star aligned
comet aligned
20 * 60s
20 * 60s
12/29/07
Area 51
Central Auriga
Central Orion
IC1396

Belt and Sword
in Cepheus
20 * 240s
6 * 240s
20 * 240s
12/28/07
Area 51
Comet Tuttle
Flame & Horsehead
in Andromeda
NGC2024 & IC434
80 * 30s
20 * 120s
12/27/07
Area 51
Comet Holmes
Comet Tuttle
Perseus Supercluster
in Andromeda
25 * 120s
32 * 120s
12/12/07
Area 51
Comet Holmes
Few background galaxies
13 * 60s
12/10/07
Area 51
Pleiades Cluster
M45
15 * 240s
12/09/78
Area 51
Jellyfish Nebula
Open Cluster M35
Sculptor Galaxy
IC443
Insufficient exposure
NGC253
30 * 120s
15 * 30s
30 * 30s
12/07/07
Area 51
Seagull Nebula
M78
Comet Holmes
Christmas Tree Cluster
Insufficient FOV

Still expanding
NGC2264
30 * 120s
30 * 120
10 * 120s
28 * 120s
12/04/07
Area 51
Constellation Casseopeia
Constellation Taurus
Comet Holmes
56° field of view
56° field of view
56° field of view
23 * 240s
23 * 240s
23 * 240s
12/03/07
Area 51
Flame & Horsehead
M78
Perseus Supercluster
NGC2024 & IC434

Vicinity around NGC1275
27 * 120s
25 * 120s
12/01/07
Area 51
Valentine Nebula
10 megapixel mosaic
2 * 12 * 240s
11/30/07
Area 51
Comet Holmes
Stable shape
10 * 120s
11/15/07
Area 51
Comet Holmes
Near Mirfak
20 * 120s
11/09/07
Area 51
Andromeda Galaxy
Orion Nebula
Rosette Nebula
Omega Nebula
3.5° x 1.25° mosaic
Composite exposure
Insufficient FOV
M17
2 * 30 * 120s
30 * 120s + 30 * 15s
30 * 120s
15 * 120s
11/08/07
Area 51
Orion Nebula
Insufficient exposure
30 * 15s
11/04/07
Area 51
Andromeda Galaxy
California Nebula
Insufficient FOV
Insufficient FOV
30 * 120s
19 * 120s
11/03/07
JD Park
Summer Milky Way
10° field of view
5 * 60s
11/02/07
Area 51
Comet Holmes
1 week old
15 * 30s
10/21/07
Area 51
Double Cluster
in Perseus




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