 M101 (Full size 427KB) |
 M13 (Full size 294KB) |
 Comet 73P (Full size 137KB) |
| Attached are three images I took at
the TSP using Dana Lindstrom's equipment (Celestron CGE mount, Takahashi FS102, and SBIG ST2000XM camera. The image of Fragment "C" of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 was 7 X 60 sec. luminance. The images of M13 and M101 were L (7 X 60 sec.), RGB (5 X 60 sec.), all unguided). |
| Attached are two images I took at
the Winter Star Party. Both were taken with my Canon 20Da, Orion 80ED w/.67 AstroPhysics reducer. 3 min. X 5. |
| Attached are two images I took this past
weekend at the Site. The Witch Head nebula was taken with my Canon 20Da, 4 min. X 15, with a quarter Moon in the sky. Orion 80ED with AP .67 reducer. Losmandy G11 mount, guided with ST4 and Guidestar mount. Saturn and the Beehive were taken with the same setup, but 2 min. X 10. |
| The attached image of a sunset at the Site
is going to be used tonight (1/10/06) at 9:30 on Cecilia Sinclair's weather report on the local Fox News broadcast. |
 SUNSET (Full size 930KB) |
| Here are three images I took this past
weekend at the Site. All were taken with my Orion 80ED (with .67 Astro-Physics reducer) and my Canon 20Da, 800 ISO, 5 min. X 8. |
| Attached is an interesting image I took
this past weekend, showing "Earthshine" on the Moon. Taken with C8, Astro-Physics .67 reducer, Canon 20Da @ 800 ISO, 2 sec. |
 Earth Shine (Full size 224KB) |
| Attached are images I took this past
weekend at the Site. All were taken with my C8 and my Canon 20Da camera, 3 min. X 10 on each image, guided with C80 and my ST4. |
 FLAMING STAR (Full size 263KB) |
 M33 (Full size 221KB) |
 M35 (Full size 251KB) |
 M76 (Full size 119KB) |
 M81 (Full size 106KB) |
 M82 (Full size 46KB) |
 NGC 1893 (Full size 87KB) |
 NGC 891 (Full size 119KB) |
| Attached are images I took this past week.
The images of the Rosette, IC443, Crescent, Eastern Veil, and the Heart were taken with my Orion 80ED, Astrophysics 6.7 reducer, and Canon 20Da; 3min.X 10, 800 ISO. The image of Cygnus was taken with my Canon 20Da and a 28-105 lens, set at 28mm, f/4.5. |
 Rosette Nebula (Full size 367KB) |
 IC443 (Full size 383KB) |
 Crescent Nebula (Full size 363KB) |
 Eastern Veil Nebula (Full size 369KB) |
 Heart Nebula (Full size 386KB) |
 Cygnus (Full size 446KB) |
| Attached are images I took this past
weekend at the Site. All weretaken with my Orion 80ED refractor w/Astrophysics .67 reducer on a Losmandy G11 mount, guided with C80 & ST4; Canon 20Da, 800 ISO. Shots were 3 min. and stacks of between 10 and 15 images. |
Six Images by Ed
Szczepanski
10/24/05
| Attached are images I took this past
weekend. We had two of the best skies I've ever seen at the Site. All images were with my Canon 20Da. The last quarter moon was a single 1/320th shot through my C8, 100 ISO. The Dumbbell and Ring were also through the C8 @ f/6.3, 800 ISO, 10 X 3 min. M33 and M52 were through my Orion 80ED @ f/5, 800 ISO, 10 X 3 min. IC 1396 also was through the Orion 80ED @ f/5, 800 ISO, 15 X 3 min. |
 Last Quarter Moon (Full size 137KB) |
 Dumbbell Nebula (Full size 69KB) |
 Ring Nebula (Full size 23KB) |
 M33 (Full size 203KB) |
 M52 (Full size 105KB) |
 IC1396 (Full size 108KB) |
| Attached are images I took this past
Saturday night -- Sunday morning. All were taken with my Orion 80ED scope and my Canon 20Da camera. The Double Cluster shot is a single 3 minute shot. The remainder are stacks of between 5 and 9 five-minute shots. |
 Double Cluster (Full size 379KB) |
 Eagle Nebula (Full size 347KB) |
 M31 (Full size 73KB) |
 M45 (Full size 51KB) |
 Swan Nebula (Full size 352KB) |
 Veil Nebula (Full size 329KB) |
| Attached are three images I took this past
Saturday night, Oct. 1. All were taken with Canon 20Da camera; unguided on Losmandy GM8. The image of the Seven Sisters and Mars was taken with a Canon zoon lens @ 105mm, 400 ISO, 3 min.X5. The image of the Lagoon and Trifid and the image of M6 were taken with a Canon zoom @ 300mm, 5 minX5. All captured and processed with ImagesPlus. |
| Attached are three images I took Sunday
night with my Canon 20Da, 28mm lens at f/4, 800 ISO. Each of the images is a stack of three two-minute images. |
 Cygnus Region (Full size 422KB) |
 Scorpius Region (Full size 396KB) |
 Sagittarius Region (Full size 391KB) |
| Attached are two images I took this past
weekend. Both were taken with my Canon 20Da. The Moon was taken through an Orion 80ED at prime focus, 1/450th second, 100 speed. The Sagittarius region of the Milky Way was shot through a 105mm telephoto lens, 800 speed, 2X 3min. Unguided shots with a nearly full moon in the sky. |
| Attached are three images I took this
weekend at the Site. The image of the Lagoon was taken with an Orion ED80 @f/6 with an AstroPhysics reducer (50min. Ha, 25min. LRGB). The images of M4 and M5 were taken with a C8 @ f/7 with the AstroPhysics reducer (1200 sec. L, 700 sec. RGB); all with ST2000 XM with CFW8a. |
| Attached are images I took this weekend.
All were taken with my ST2000XM camera and my Nikon 180 ED lens @ f/4. Guided with ST4,on Losmandy G11 mount. 1000 sec. L, 500 sec. RGB each. |
 M4 (Full size 275KB) |
 M8 (Full size 543KB) |
 Gamma Cygni (Full size 576KB) |
 North America (Full size 440KB) |
| Attached are the images I took on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights before TSP and the images of M63 and M13 that I took at the Site on Thursday night. The widefield images of M101 and M81-82 were taken with my Takahashi Sky 90, and the rest were taken with my C8. All were taken with my SBIG ST2000XM. |
 M101 Photo (Full size 171KB) |
 M101 Wide (Full size 100KB) |
 M108 Photo (Full size 140KB) |
 M13 Photo (Full size 193KB) |
 M63 Photo (Full size 155KB) |
 M81 - 82 (Full size 173KB) |
 M82 Photo (Full size 206KB) |
| The image of the Cone was taken with an
FS78 and the SBIG ST2000XM. 40 min. L, 25 min. RGB. The images of the Owl and M81 were taken with a C8and the SBIG ST2000XM. 35 min. L, 20 min. RGB. |
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Attached are images of M1, M51, M106, and NGC 2903. All were taken with a C8 with XLT coatings, an Astro-Physics reducer, and ST2000XM, on my G11 mount. I used a separate guidescope with an ST4. Data are: M1 (50Ha, 25 RGB), M51, M106 and NGC2903 (50L, 25 RGB). |
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Attached is an image of Saturn I took last night (Jan. 24) from my
driveway in Houston. C11 @ f/30, Toucam, best 100 of 900. |
 (Full size 11KB) |
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Attached are the images I took this past weekend. M1 was with a C11
andcST2000XM. M42 and Comet Machholz were taken with an Orion 80ED andcST2000XM. |
| I was out at our
Columbus site where I took this image of Comet Machholz and M45. Image was taken with a 180mm lens, SBIG ST2000XM with CFW8a, LRGB of 500 sec. each. |
 (Full size 290KB) |
| Here
are three images I took this past weekend at the site. The closer view of Comet Machholz was taken on Friday night, Dec. 10, with Takahashi FS102 @f/8, SBIG ST2000XM with CFW8a, LRGB of 500 sec. each. The wide-field view of Comet Machholz was taken Saturday night with a Nikon 300mm ED lens @f5.6, ST2000XM with Mandel wide-field adapter, LRGB 500 sec. each. This image clearly shows that Comet Machholz has two tails (one likely an anti-tail). The image of the Crab Nebula (M1) was taken Saturday morning with a Celestron C9.25 @f/10, Ha (30 min.) LRGB (25 min. each). |
 (Full size 466KB) Comet Machholz (Small) |
 (Full size 458KB) Comet Machholz |
 (Full size 513KB) Crab Nebula |
| Ed
writes: I was the only person there on Friday night, and the sky was glorious. Saturday night was good also, and many people were there (Steve Sartor, Steve & Amelia, Buster and Barbara, Quentin, & Benny, among others). Attached are some images I took over the weekend. The images of the Helix, M13 and M33 (luminance only) were taken Friday night with a new Celestron 9.25 with XLT coatings, ST2000XM with CFW8a. The image of M31 was taken Saturday night with an Orion 80ED. |
(Full size 336KB) Helix Nebula |
(Full size 234KB) M13 |
(Full size 608KB) M31 |
(Full size 94KB) M33 |
| Ed writes: Attached are the images I took
this past weekend. All were taken with my Takahashi FS102 @ f/8 and ST2000XM camera with CFW8a. |
 (Full size 508KB) Double Cluster |
 (Full size 581KB) M11 |
 (Full size 1.2MB) M15 |
 (Full size 372KB) M22 |
 (Full size 295KB) M35 |
 (Full size 265KB) M38 |
 (Full size 348KB) M55 |
| Ed
writes: Here are two images I took on Saturday morning. The Crescent Nebula is an HaLRGB image (40 min. Ha, 25 min. each LRGB). The Lagoon is an Ha image. Both taken with Takahashi FS102 @ 5.9, SBIG ST2000XM camera with CFW8a. |
 (Full size 430KB) Crescent Nebula |
 (Full size 383KB) Lagoon Nebula |
| Ed writes:
Attached are three images I took this past Saturday night at the
HAS Site. All were taken with the ST2000XM, CFW8a, and FS102 @f/8. |
 (Full size 670KB) M10 |
 (Full size 432KB) M12 |
 (Full size 499KB) M13 |
| Ed writes: Attached are the images I
took this past weekend at the Site. All were taken with my SBIG ST2000XCM one-shot color camera. The Veil, the Heart, the wide-field Lagoon & Trifid, and the False Comet were shot with my Nikon 180ED f/2.8 lens @ f5.6. The remainder were shot through my Orion 80ED refractor, with an Astro Physics reducer. |
 (Full size 112KB) False Comet |
 (Full size 104KB) Heart Nebula |
 (Full size 129KB) Lagoon Nebula |
 (Full size 118KB) M11 |
 (Full size 112KB) M20 |
 (Full size 119KB) M23 |
 (Full size 129KB) M24 |
 (Full size 120KB) M26 |
 (Full size 115KB) M6 |
 (Full size 127KB) M7 |
 (Full size 127KB) M8 |
 (Full size 130KB) NGC 7789 |
 (Full size 118KB) Swan Nebula |
 (Full size 114KB) Trifid Nebula |
 (Full size 489KB) Veil Nebula |
| Ed writes: Attached are images I took this past weekend at the Site. The images are the North America and Pelican nebulas, and M52 and surrounding nebulosity (including the Bubble Nebula). Both images were taken with my ST2000XCM one-shot camera attached to a Nikon f/2.8 180ED lens @ f5.6. Both are thirty minute (5min. X 6) shots. Notice the large area of nebulosity below and to the right of the Bubble Nebula. |
 (Full size 108KB) North American Nebula |
 (Full size 124KB) Pelican Nebula |
| ED writes: Attached are the images I took over
the weekend. All were taken with my Takahashi FS102 and my SBIG ST2000XCM one-shot color camera. The images are of the Veil, the two Cat's Paws, the Cocoon nebula, the Eagle, the nebulosity around Gamma Cygni, the Lagoon, and the Trifid. |
 (Full size 120KB) Veil Nebula |
 (Full size 112KB) Cats Paw Nebula (South) |
 (Full size 111KB) Cats Paw Nebula (North) |
 (Full size 122KB) Cocoon Nebula |
 (Full size 126KB) Dumbell Nebula |
 (Full size 125KB) Eagle Nebula |
 (Full size 119KB) Gamma Cygni Region |
 (Full size 115KB) Lagoon Nebula |
 (Full size 123KB) Trifid Nebula |
| Ed writes: Attached are some of the images I took at the TSP. All images were taken with the SBIG ST2000XM. The wider field image of Comet Neat was taken through a Nikon 300mm ED f/4.5 lens (at f/5.6). The closer image of Comet Neat was taken through my Takahashi FSQ. All other images, except M13 and M5, were taken through the FSQ. The images of M13 and M5 were taken through a C8. |
 (Full size 84KB) Comet Neat FSQ3 |
 (Full size 103KB) Comet Neat TEL3 |
 (Full size 92KB) Wild Duck |
 (Full size 101KB) Omega Centauri |
 (Full size 104KB) Lagoon Nebula |
 (Full size 83KB) Owl Nebula |
 (Full size 116KB) Cocoon Nebula |
 (Full size 112KB) M13 |
| Attached are more images from the TSP. The two photos of Comet Neat and M44 were taken with a Nikon F2, Fuji Superia 800 film. The wider field was through a 135mm lens at f/4. The closer was through a 300mm lens at f/5.6. The other images were through the Takahashi FSQ and the SBIG ST2000XM. |
 (Full size 112KB) Comet Neat (wide) |
 (Full size 109KB) Comet Neat (close) |
 (Full size 475KB) Swan Nebula |
 (Full size 681KB) Veil Nebula |
 (Full size 667KB) Veil Nebula (East) |
| Attached are two images of Comet NEAT
taken Saturday night, May 8. Both were shot through my FSQ. The black and white was shot through my SBIG ST2000XM, 3 one-minute exposures. The color was shot with Nikon F2, Fuji 800 Superia film. The comet was easily visible naked eye, but it did not appear to have a visible tail naked eye. |
 (Full size 117KB) Comet Neat (B&W) |
 (Full size 98KB) Comet Neat (Color) |
| The attached photos (yes, photos, not CCD images) were taken this morning
(April 28) at the Site. I awoke at 4:45 a.m. and stepped outside my RV. Most of the sky was clear (see the Lagoon-Trifid photo), but the east and northeast part of the sky (where Comets Bradfield and Linear are located) was clouded over. While I was waiting and hoping the clouds would dissipate, I shot the Lagoon and Trifid (FSQ 106N, 35mm Nikon). At about 5:30 the clouds thinned considerably. Even through the high clouds, Comet Bradfield was very impressive. For those of you who have not been to the Site recently, the fairway is lush and green and ready for action. Come on out. |
 (Full size 159KB) Lagoon-Trifid Nebula |
 (Full size 56KB) Comet Bradfield |
 (Full size 46KB) Comet Linear |
 (Full size 80KB) Clouds at Sunrise |
 (Full size 112KB) The "Fairway" (par 3, sand trap coming soon) |
| Attached are images I took on the nights of April 15 & 16 from the Site. The images are: Omega Centauri, M35, M3, M96 & M105, NCG4565, and M13. All were shot with my Takahashi FSQ 106N. |
 (Full size 86KB) Omega Centauri |
 (Full size 140KB) M35 |
 (Full size 48KB) M3 |
 (Full size 54KB) M96 & M105 |
 (Full size 50KB) NGC4565 |
 (Full size 65KB) M13 |
| Ed Szczepanski writes: Saturn from, appropriately,
Satur(n)day night. Celestron 9.25 SCT with Televue 3X barlow, Phillips ToUcam, 1/50 sec. exposures, best 60 of 300; stacked in K3CCD, processed with Registax2 & Photoshop. |
 (Full size 17KB) Saturn |
| Ed Szczepanski writes: The images of M42 and M101 were
taken Friday night, Feb. 20, with my Takahashi FSQ106N and my SBIG ST2000XM camera. |
 (Full size 226KB) M101 |
 (Full size 206KB) M42 |
| Ed Szczepanski writes: Attached are four images I took this past Saturday
night, M33, the Trio in Leo, M45, and Comet Linear (C/2002 T7). The scope is the Takahashi FSQ106, SBIG ST2000XM camera. |
 (Full size 88KB) M33 |
 (Full size 56KB) Trio in Leo |
 (Full size 79KB) M45 |
 (Full size 114KB) Comet Linear |
| Ed Szczepanski writes: I took this image on Jan. 10 at the
Site,through high clouds, with SBIG
ST2000XM and C8. As you can see, Comet Linear is now sporting a tail (which actually is more impressive visually). |
 (Full size 48KB) Comet Linear |
| Ed Szczepanski writes: Folks who were in Houston Saturday night
(1/17) will have a hard time believing that the sky at the Site was excellent, up until about 3:30 a.m. Sunday. M81 & M82, and IC443 (Jellyfish Nebula) were shot before clouds rolled in. I was in the process of shooting M98 & M99 when the clouds came. That's why it is in black & white (actually the image shot through a red filter). The G, B & Luminance layer will have to wait until next time. All images shot through Takahashi Sky 90 with SBIG ST2000XM. |
 (Full size 46KB) M81 & M82 |
 (Full size 45KB) M98 & M99 |
 (Full size 113KB) IC443 |
| Ed Szczepanski writes: Here are five images I took on Dec. 19 &
20 from the Site. All were shot through my Takahashi Sky 90 @ f/4.5, with the SBIG ST2000XM camera. The images of the Horsehead, the Rosette, and M52/Bubble Nebula were shot through the standard RGB filters plus an Ha filter. |
 (Full Size 152KB) Rosette Nebula |
 (Full size 139KB) Galaxy M31 |
 (Full size 121KB) M45 Pleiades Cluster |
 (Full size 100KB) Horsehead Nebula |
 (Full size 121KB) M52 Cluster Note the Bubble Nebula to the lower right of the cluster |
| Here are some images taken by Ed Szczepanski and Bob Rogers from the ColumbusObservatory |
 (Full size 9KB) The Saturn image was taken through the Society's C-14, with a Toucam and 1.8x barlow (best 120 of 600 images) |
 (Full size 210KB) The image of Comet 2002T7 was also taken through the C-14, with my SBIG ST2000XM |
 (Full size 9KB) The image of the Horsehead was taken through my Takahashi Sky 90, with the 2000XM and an H-Alpha filter |
| Ed Szczepanski
writes: Here is an image I took on Friday night of Comet 2002 T7 (LINEAR). As you probably know, this comet is predicted to be magnitude 0.4 on May 16, 2004, the first day of TSP. |
 (Full size 370KB) Comet Linear |
| Ed Szczepanski writes: Here are images I took this weekend
of M1 (Crab Nebula) and M46 (star cluster), respectively, at the Columbus Site. I used my Celestron-9.25 @f/6.3 and an SBIG 2000 XM CCD camera. |
| Ed Szczepanski writes: No longer does the Moon dictate
when astro-imaging can take place. I took this Saturday night at the Site, with a bright first quarter Moon in the sky. ST2000XM on Takahashi CN 212, in Cassegrain mode @ f/9.9. |
 (Full size 139KB) Ring Nebuls |
| These images were taken by Ed Szczepanski at the
Columbus
Observatory site with his Takahashi FS78 at f/5.9 and his SBIG ST2000XM. |
 (Full Size 237KB) Double Cluster |
 Full Size 276KB) M31 Andromeda |
 (Full size 117KB) M33 in Triangulum |
 (Full size 127KB) M45 The Pleiades |
| Ed Szczepanski writes: The Trifid from the
HAS
site. Taken with an ST2000XM camera on a C9.25 scope f/6.3, on Losmandy G11 mount. LRGB image, processing in MaximDL and Photoshop 7. |
 (Full Size 153KB) The Trifid |
