M8 The Lagoon Nebula (70KB). A 30 minute photo taken on July 5, 1997, with a Takahashi FS-128 refractor, using Kodak Ektapress multispeed 640 color negative film. The photo was guided using an ST-4 autoguider.
M27 The Dumbell Nebula (50KB). A tri-color CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8 CCD using the Takahashi FS-128 refractor on October 17, 1998.
M20 The Trifid Nebula (78KB). An LRGB color CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8 CCD using the Takahashi FS-128 refractor on March 22, 1999.
M31 The Andromeda Galaxy (52KB) (November 1997). A photograph taken with the Takahashi FS-128 refractor from my observatory near Iola, Texas.
M100 Galaxy in Coma Berenices. An RGB color composite CCD image taken with the Takahashi FS-128 refractor on January 27, 2004, using an ST-8E CCD.
M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy. (31KB) An LRGB color CCD image using luminance data taken on April 30, 2006, with an ST-8XE CCD and a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor, and color data taken on December 15, 1998, with an ST-8 CCD and the Takahashi FS-128 refractor.
M82 The Cigar Galaxy (29KB) An LRGB color composite CCD image taken with an ST-8 CCD using the Takahashi FS-128 refractor at f8 on November 11, 1998, and with an ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor at f7 on February 2, 2004.
M61 Galaxy (26KB) CCD image taken with an ST-8 CCD using the Takahashi FS-128 refractor at prime focus on December 17, 1998.
NGC 5128 Centaurus A Galaxy (77KB) LRGB color CCD image taken with an ST-8 CCD using the Takahashi FS-128 refractor at prime focus (f8) on March 22, 1999.
NGC 4567 & NGC 4568 The Siamese Twin Galaxies (9KB) LRGB color CCD image taken with an ST-8 CCD using the Takahashi FS-128 refractor at prime focus (f8) on March 21, 1999.
NGC 5139 The Omega Centauri globular star cluster (109KB) A tri-color CCD image with an SBIG ST-8 taken on March 16, 1999, using the Takahashi FS-128 refractor.
M15 globular star cluster (34KB) An RGB CCD image taken with the Takahashi FS-128 refractor and an ST-8E CCD from my backyard. (August 10, 2003)
M22 globular star cluster (121KB) An RGB color CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8E using the Takahashi FS-128 refractor on July 2, 2000.
NGC 869 & NGC 884 The Perseus Double Cluster of stars (35KB) An ST-4 guided 20 minute exposure on hypered Kodak PPF 400 film taken on October 4, 1997, with the Takahashi FS-128 refractor.
M14 globular star cluster (30KB) An RGB CCD image taken with the Takahashi FS-128 refractor and an ST-8E CCD from my backyard. (April 25, 2004)
M13 The Hercules globular star cluster (49KB) An LRGB color CCD image with an SBIG ST-8 taken on September 28, 1998, using the Takahashi FS-128 refractor.
M103 open star cluster (33KB) An RGB color composite CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8E on July 16, 2000 using the Takahashi FS-128 refractor.
M52 open star cluster (69KB) A 21 minute photo taken with Kodak Ektapress multispeed 640 color negative film using the Takahashi FS-128 refractor. The photo was guided using an ST-4 autoguider.
M92 globular star cluster (59KB) An LRGB color CCD image with an SBIG ST-8E taken on July 9, 2000, using the Takahashi FS-128 refractor with a reducer at f5.9.
Sagittarius Star Cloud A photo taken with the Takahashi FS-128 refractor using a reducer at f5.9. (July 8, 1997) (76KB)
Total Eclipse of the Moon (May 15, 2003) A photo taken during totality with the Takahashi FS-128 refractor at f8. (20KB)
Saturn (7KB) A photo taken with the Takahashi FS-128 refractor using eyepiece projection and a 5mm occular. (September 21, 1998)
Mars (4KB) An RGB CCD image taken with the Takahashi FS-128 refractor and an ST-8E CCD (April 30, 1999)
Mars (3KB) A photo taken with the Takahashi FS-128 refractor using eyepiece projection and a 5mm occular. (April 21, 1999)
Mars (2KB) A photo taken with the Takahashi FS-128 refractor using eyepiece projection and a 5mm occular. (April 21, 1999)
Mars (2KB) A photo taken with the Takahashi FS-128 refractor using eyepiece projection and a 5mm occular. (April 21, 1999)
Venus appeared as a thin crescent in the evening sky as it approached inferior conjunction with the Sun. This is a color image taken on March 14, 2009, just after sunset using the Takahashi FS-128 refractor and a ToUCam webcam. (61KB)
Venus A photograph of a near half phase Venus. (April 21, 1999) (5KB)
Transit of Mercury An image of the transit of Mercury. Image taken with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel camera on the Takahashi FS-128 refractor. (November 8, 2006) (57KB)
Mercury This photo shows the grazing transit of Mercury across the sun. This photo was taken with a Nikon F2 camera on the Takahashi FS-128 refractor. (November 15, 1999) (8KB)
Comet Hale-Bopp The great comet of 1997. This photograph was taken with the Takahashi FS-128 refractor at prime focus. (May 4, 1997) (23KB)
Comet Hale-Bopp A photograph taken with the Takahashi FS-128 refractor at f5.9. (April 8, 1997) (11KB)
Comet Hale-Bopp A photograph taken with the Takahashi FS-128 refractor at f8. This was one of my first attempts at astrophotography. (April 8, 1997) (17KB)
Comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR) A CCD image of the comet passing near a triple star. This is a CCD image taken with the Takahashi FS-128 refractor at f8. (July 2, 2000) (32KB)
Comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR) A composite CCD image taken with the Takahashi FS-128 refractor. (July 2, 2000) (25KB)
Comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR) A color CCD image of the comet taken with the Takahashi FS-128 refractor. (July 2, 2000) (25KB)
Comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR) A composite CCD image taken with the Takahashi FS-128 refractor. (July 15, 2000) (58KB)
Comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR) A color CCD image of the comet taken with the Takahashi FS-128 refractor. (July 15, 2000) (76KB)
Comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR) A composite CCD image taken with the Takahashi FS-128 refractor. (July 21, 2000) (44KB)
Comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR) A color CCD image of the comet taken with the Takahashi FS-128 refractor. (July 21, 2000) (21KB)
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