Exploring the Earth and Sky of the West

Night Sky Photography: Telescopic Astrophotography

  • Orion Nebula, composite of three B&W images taken in R, G, and B filters, SBIG 11000XM CCD Camera, Celestron C14, processed in IRAF, stacked using Photoshop Elements
  • Transit of Venus, June 2012
  • The Veil Nebula
  • Jupiter through the historic 24″ Clark Refractor at Lowell Observatory
  • Globular star cluster (Messier 13? Can’t remember…)
  • Spiral galaxy, Messier 101
  • Galaxies in Ursa Major, M81 (left) and M82 (right)
  • The Dumbbell Nebula (M27)
  • The Lagoon Nebula (M8)