NGC 7331 galaxy in Pegasus. An LRGB color composite CCD image taken with the 32-inch Schulman Telescope at the University of Arizona Mount Lemmon SkyCenter on July 3, 2016. (1.2MB)
LMC. The Large Magellanic Cloud (452KB) A color photo taken using a Nikon F2 camera and a Nikon 105mm lens at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile (October 10, 2013) This photo was published in the 2015 Vatican Observatory Calendar.
NGC 5033 galaxy in Canes Venatici. An LRGB color composite CCD image taken at the University of Arizona Mount Lemmon SkyCenter with an STX-16803 CCD using the Schulman 32-inch RCOS telescope on March 26, 2012. (558KB)
M31 The Andromeda Galaxy. An RGB color CCD image taken at the University of Arizona Mount Lemmon SkyCenter with an STL-11000M CCD using a Takahashi Epsilon 180ED telescope on November 22, 2009. (740KB)
Arp 94 An LRGB color CCD image of a pair of interacting galaxies in Leo (NGC 3227 and NGC 3226) taken with a 20-inch R-C telescope on the summit of Kitt Peak on March 28, 2004. (55KB). This image was published in the December 2005 issue of Astronomy Magazine at page 86 and again at page 5.
Arp 104 An LRGB color CCD image of a pair of interacting galaxies in Ursa Major (NGC 5216 and NGC 5218) taken with a 20-inch telescope on the summit of Kitt Peak on March 28, 2004 (12KB).
M65 & M66 galaxies in Leo with NGC 3628 (86KB) An LRGB CCD image taken with an STL-11000M CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor on March 11 & 15, 2008.
NGC 4631 The Whale Galaxy (12KB) (March 2004) A color composite LRGB CCD image taken with an ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor from my backyard. (March 17, 18 & 19, 2004) This image was published by Astronomy Magazine on their web site.
M88 galaxy in Coma Berenices (38KB) (May 2003) A color composite LRGB CCD image taken from my backyard with an ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 telescope.
NGC 772 galaxy. An LRGB color CCD image taken at the University of Arizona Mount Lemmon SkyCenter with an STL-11000M CCD using a 24-inch RCOS telescope on November 21 & 22, 2009. (187KB)
NGC 5775 galaxy group in Virgo (189KB) LRGB color CCD image taken at Kitt Peak with an ST-8E CCD using a Meade 16-inch SCT on May 12, 2002.
NGC 3628 galaxy in Leo (13KB) CCD image taken with an ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor at prime focus in March 2004.
M99 galaxy in Coma Berenices. (12KB) (March 14, 15 & 16, 2004) An LRGB CCD image taken with an ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor from my backyard.
M108 galaxy in Ursa Major. (22KB) (April 18-27, 2005) An LRGB color CCD image taken with an ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor. This image was designated by Astronomy Magazine as the "Picture of the Day" for May 17, 2005 and published in the May 20, 2005 issue of the Astronomy Magazine Newsletter.
NGC 4565 galaxy. This is an RGB color CCD image taken with an STL-11000M CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor on February 12, 2011. (96KB)
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 a Takahashi FS-128 refractor.
M83 The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy. (81KB) An LRGB color CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8XE using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor on April 7, 9 & 11, 2006.
NGC 253 The Sculptor Galaxy (77KB). A tri-color composite CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor.
M109 galaxy in Ursa Major (13KB) a color composite LRGB CCD image taken with an ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor at prime focus on Janurary 1 & 2, 2003.
M31 The Andromeda Galaxy. An LRGB color CCD image taken with an ST-8XE CCD using a Takahashi Epsilon 180ED telescope on January 29 & 31 and February 2, 2009. (260KB)
M33 The Pinwheel Galaxy (73KB) (June 24 2001). This color CCD image was taken with an ST-8E using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor.
M81 galaxy (24KB) (October 6, 2002). A color composite LRGB CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi Epsilon 250.
M100 galaxy in Coma Berenices. An LRGB color composite CCD image taken with a Takahashi Epsilon 250 telescope on May 23, 2004, using an ST-8E CCD.
M84 and M86 galaxies in the heart of the Virgo galaxy cluster (20KB) (January 13, 15 & 16, 2005) An RGB color CCD image taken with an ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor with a reducer at f5.9.
NGC 6946 An LRGB color CCD image of a galaxy in Cepheus taken with a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor and ST-8E CCD in my backyard. (36KB).
NGC 4565 galaxy. (15KB) An LRGB color CCD image taken from my backyard with an SBIG ST-8XE CCD using a Takahashi Mewlon 210 telescope on June 1, 2005.
M58 galaxy. (22KB) An RGB color CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8XE using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor. (April 22, 2006)
NGC 891 galaxy in Andromeda (47KB) CCD image taken with an ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor at prime focus on August 26, 2001.
M82 The Cigar Galaxy (29KB) An LRGB color composite CCD image taken with an ST-8 CCD using a 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.
M106 galaxy (80KB) color composite CCD image taken with an ST-8XE CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor at prime focus in January 2006.
NGC 5907 galaxy (472KB) A CCD image taken with an SBIG STL-11000M CCD and Takahashi FCT-150 refractor on April 6 & May 5, 2008.
M63 The Sunflower Galaxy (21KB) LRGB color CCD image taken with an ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor at prime focus (f7) on April 30 & May 1-8, 2005.
Arp 297 A CCD image of a pair of interacting galaxies in Bootes (NGC 5754 and NGC 5755) taken with the 90-inch Bok telescope maintained by Steward Observatory on the summit of Kitt Peak. (March 31, 2004) (19KB).
Supernova SN 2005cs discovered in the Whirlpool Galaxy in July 2005 (35KB). This is a CCD image of the supernova taken with Takahashi Epsilon 250 and an ST-8XE at f3.4. (July 4, 2005)
M61 galaxy (150KB) CCD image taken with an STL-11000M CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor at prime focus on December 30, 2008.
M77 galaxy (151KB) An RGB color image taken with an STL-11000M CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor at prime focus on December 31, 2008.
M65 & M66 galaxies in Leo (42KB) CCD image taken with an ST-8 CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor on June 12 & 14, 2003.
M104 The Sombrero Galaxy (9KB) LRGB color CCD image taken with an ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor from my backyard.
M64 The Black-Eye Galaxy (11KB) CCD image taken with an ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor at prime focus on December 13, 2004.
M101 galaxy (18KB) (January 17 & 18, 2005). An RGB color CCD image taken with an SBIG ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor with a reducer at f5.9.
SMC The Small Magellanic Cloud (378KB) A color photo taken using a Nikon F2 camera and a Nikon 105mm lens at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile (October 10, 2013)
M31 The Andromeda Galaxy (52KB) (November 1997). A photograph taken with a Takahashi FS-128 refractor from my observatory near Iola, Texas.
M96 spiral galaxy in Leo (40KB) An RGB color CCD image taken with an ST-8XE CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor on February 22, 2006.
M90 galaxy. (99 KB) An LRGB color CCD image taken with an SBIG STL-11000M CCD and Takahashi FCT-150 refractor on January 11, 12, 14 & 15, 2008.
M60 galaxy. (199 KB) An LRGB color CCD image taken with an SBIG STL-11000M CCD and Takahashi FCT-150 refractor on January 18-19, 2008.
NGC 5128 Centaurus A Galaxy (77KB) LRGB color CCD image taken with an ST-8 CCD using a Takahashi FS-128 refractor at prime focus (f8) on March 22, 1999.
M49 elliptical galaxy in Virgo (38KB) An RGB color CCD image taken with an ST-8XE CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor on March 5, 2006. This image was published in the April 2016 issue of Astronomy Magazine, at page 33.
M85 elliptical galaxy in Coma Berenices (101KB) An RGB color CCD image taken with an ST-8XE CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor on April 25, 2006.
M89, M90 and M58 and other galaxies in the Virgo Galaxy Cluster (131KB) An LRGB color CCD image taken with an STL-11000M CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor on January 13, 14 & 16, 2008.
SMC. A portion of the the Small Magellanic Cloud (61KB) An RGB color composite CCD image of a region near the core of the SMC taken using a Takahashi FS-78 refractor and ST-8XE from Lake Titicaca, Bolivia on September 4, 2005.
LMC. A portion of the Large Magellanic Cloud (60KB) An RGB color composite CCD image of a region of star clusters in the LMC taken using a Takahashi FS-78 refractor and ST-8XE from Lake Titicaca, Bolivia on August 31, 2005.
M94 galaxy (23KB) LRGB CCD image taken with an ST-8XE CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor at prime focus (f7) on January 5, 2006.
NGC 4567 & NGC 4568 The Siamese Twin Galaxies (9KB) LRGB color CCD image taken with an ST-8 CCD using a Takahashi FS-128 refractor at prime focus (f8) on March 21, 1999.
M89 elliptical galaxy in Virgo (110KB) An LRGB color CCD image taken with an STL-11000M CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor on January 13, 14 & 16, 2008.
M31 The Andromeda Galaxy (50KB) (December 15, 2004). An LRGB CCD image using luminance data taken with an ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor from my backyard, and RGB data from an old photograph taken in 1997.
M110 galaxy in Andromeda (65KB) (October 6, 2002). CCD image taken with an ST-8E using a Takahashi Epsilon 250.
M74 galaxy (19KB) LRGB CCD image taken with an ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor at prime focus (f7) on January 1, 2003.
M98 galaxy (42KB) LRGB color composite CCD image taken with a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor at prime focus. RGB data acquired with an ST-8E CCD on December 31, 2002, and L data acquired with an STL-11000M on January 18, 2009.
M58 barred spiral galaxy in Virgo (22KB) An RGB color CCD image taken with an ST-8XE CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor on April 23, 2006.
M87 elliptical galaxy in Virgo (23KB) An RGB color CCD image taken with an ST-8XE CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor on March 3, 2006.
M91 spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices (40KB) An LRGB color CCD image taken with an ST-8XE CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor on April 27, 2006.
M95 barred spiral galaxy in Leo (16KB) An RGB color CCD image taken with an ST-8XE CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor on April 16, 2006.
Seyfert's Sextet A CCD image of an extremely compact group of six galaxies taken with a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor on March 14, 2004. (6KB).
M105 elliptical galaxy in Leo (25KB) color composite CCD image taken with an ST-8XE CCD using a Takahashi FCT-150 refractor at prime focus on February 18, 2006.
NGC 5905 galaxy (20KB) A CCD image taken with an SBIG STL-11000M CCD and Takahashi FCT-150 on April 6 & May 5, 2008.
M61 galaxy (26KB) CCD image taken with an ST-8 CCD using a Takahashi FS-128 on December 17, 1998.
NGC 7331 The Deer Lick Galaxy Group in Pegasus (37KB) (July 2003) An RGB color CCD image taken from my backyard with an ST-8E CCD using a Takahashi Epsilon 250 telescope.
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