• Taken with the Orion 190mm Mak-Newt Astrograph. Sixteen 8 minute shots combined using the Orion StarShoot Pro. Mounted on the Orion Atlas EQ-G.

• Taken with the Orion 190mm Mak-Newt Astrograph. Eighteen 8 minute shots combined using the Orion StarShoot Pro. Mounted on the AP900GTO.

• Taken with the Orion 190mm Mak-Newt Astrograph. Twenty-nine 8 minute shots combined using the Orion StarShoot Pro. Mounted on the AP900GTO. Awarded Editors' Choice by "Sky and Telescope" Magazine's online photo gallery!

• Taken with the Orion 190mm Mak-Newt Astrograph. Twenty-two 5 minute shots and Six 8 minute shots combined using the Orion StarShoot Pro. Mounted on the AP900GTO.

• Taken with the Orion 190mm Mak-Newt Astrograph. Six 5 minute shots and Twenty-three 8 minute shots combined using the Orion StarShoot Pro. Mounted on the AP900GTO.

• Taken with the Vixen 114ED. Fifteen 10 minute shots combined using the modified Canon 350D. Mounted on the Sirius EQ-G, StarShoot AutoGuider

• Taken with the Intes-Micro/ITE MK10, 10" f/10 Maksutov-Cassegrain. Five 30 minute shots combined using the Orion StarShoot Pro. I used an off-axis guider and SSDSI guide cam. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO.

• Taken with the Vixen 114ED. Twenty-three 10 minute shots combined using the modified Canon 350D. Mounted on the Sirius EQ-G, StarShoot AutoGuider. This nebula includes VDB 142 which is known as the "Elephant Trunk". It's a very faint nebula, but also pretty cool, and just huge. Without checking an Atlas, I am sure this thing takes well over 4º of sky.

• Taken with the Vixen 114ED. Nineteen 10 minute shots combined using the modified Canon 350D. Mounted on the Sirius EQ-G, StarShoot AutoGuider

• Taken with the Orion EON 120mm ED. Eight 15 minute shots combined using the Orion StarShoot Pro. Mounted on the Sirius EQ-G, StarShoot AutoGuider

• Taken with the Orion EON 120mm ED. Four 15 minute and three 30 mins shots combined using the Orion StarShoot Pro. Mounted on the Sirius EQ-G, StarShoot AutoGuider

• Taken with the Orion/Vixen 114 ED. Seven 12minute shots combined using the Orion StarShoot Pro. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, StarShoot AutoGuider.

• Taken with the Orion/Vixen 114 ED. Forteen 12minute shots combined using the Orion StarShoot Pro. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, StarShoot AutoGuider.

• Taken with the Orion EON 120mm ED Apochromatic Refractor. Ten 5 minute shots combined using the Hutech modified Canon 350D @ ISO400. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, StarShoot AutoGuider. I'm usually not to keen on shooting star clusters but this was a nice early morning shot that filled up more of my frame than I thought (note that the shot is still cropped).

• Taken with the ITE/Intes-Micro 10" f/10 Maksutov-Cassegrain. Five 40 minute shots for luminance, 3x12 min red, 3x11 green, and 3x13.3 min blue using the ST-10ME with Custom Scientific LRGB filters. I've always wanted to shoot this galaxy with some serious image scale. The new 10" Mak is starting to stretch its wings :)

• Taken with the ITE/Intes-Micro 10" f/10 Maksutov-Cassegrain. Six 2 minute shots of H-alpha and OIII using the Orion SSDSMI II. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, StarShoot AutoGuider with Radial Guider.

• Taken with the Orion 6" f/ Imaging Reflector. Twenty 7 minute shots combined using the Hutech modified Canon 350D @ ISO400. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, StarShoot AutoGuider. There are several background galaxies in this shot that I still want to identify.

• Taken with the Orion 6" f/ Imaging Reflector. Fifteen 7 minute shots combined using the Hutech modified Canon 350D @ ISO400. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, StarShoot AutoGuider.

• Taken with the Orion 6" f/ Imaging Reflector. Twelve 7 minute shots combined using the Hutech modified Canon 350D @ ISO400. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, StarShoot AutoGuider.

• Taken with the Orion 6" f/ Imaging Reflector. Fourteen 3 minute shots combined using the Hutech modified Canon 350D @ ISO400. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, StarShoot AutoGuider.

• My FAVORTIE spiral galaxy. Taken with the Intes-Micro 7" f/6 Maksutov-Newtonian at prime focus (1066mm). Nine 15 minute shots for luminance, 4x15minR, 4x15minG, 4x17minB with the ST-10ME CCD. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO.

• Special thanks to Ken Sablinsky for use of the ST-10ME CCD.

• Taken with the Vixen 114ED f/5.3. Five 1 second shots were combined using the modified Canon 350D at ISO 1600. Mounted on the Orion Sirius EQ-G.

• Taken with the Intes-Micro/ITE 7" f/6 Maksutov-Newtonian. Six 6minute shots were combined using the modified Canon 350D at ISO 800. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, ST-4 guiding.

• Taken with the Orion 120ED refractor with a f/7.5 (900mm). Twelve 9 minute shots were combined using the modified Canon 350D at ISO 800. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, ST-4 guiding.

• Taken with the Vixen 114ED refractor with a f/4.4 reducer at prime focus (~502mm).Eighteen 10 minute shots were combined using the modified Canon 350D at ISO 400. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, ST-4 guiding. There are tons of little galaxies everywhere on this one so I had fun with it and labeled the ones the planetarium software could find.

• Taken with the Vixen 114ED refractor with a f/4.4 reducer at prime focus (~502mm). Ten 10 minute shots were combined using the modified Canon 350D at ISO 800. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, ST-4 guiding. Check out the uncropped wide angle version, many little galaxies can be seen below, some are fainter than magnitude 16! I want to retake the Leo Trio portion with the Mak-Newt this year and get some nicer up-close detail on these beautiful galaxies.

• Taken with the Vixen 114ED refractor with a f/4.4 reducer at prime focus (~502mm). Fourteen 7 minute shots were combined using the modified Canon 350D at ISO 800. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, ST-4 guiding.

• Taken with the Vixen 114ED refractor with a f/4.4 reducer at prime focus (~502mm). Sixteen 8 minute shots were combined using the modified Canon 350D at ISO 800. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, ST-4 guiding.

• This is the first posted shot with my Canon 350D after it was modified by Hutech. It is 2.5x more sensitve in red than stock and I was still able to reset the white balance and use it during the day. Taken with the Vixen 114ED refractor with a f/4.4 reducer at prime focus (~502mm). Eleven 8 minute shots were combined using the modidied Canon 350D at ISO 800. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, ST-4 guiding.

• Taken with the SSDSI and the new MN76 optics at CalStar 2006.

• An awesome galaxy, visually or photographically. Taken with the Intes-Micro 7" f/6 Maksutov-Newtonian at prime focus (1066mm). Nineteen 8 minute shots were combined using the Canon 350D SLR. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, ST-4 guiding.

• Taken with the Vixen 114ED refractor with f/4.4 reducer (~502mm f/5.3). Eleven 7minute shots were combined using the modified Canon 350D SLR. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, ST-4 guiding.

• Taken with the Intes-Micro 7" f/6 Maksutov-Newtonian at prime focus (1066mm). Eight 8 minute shots were combined using the Canon 350D SLR. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, ST-4 guiding.
• Click here for the special wide field version (taken with 114ED)

• Taken with the Vixen 114ED refractor at prime focus (600mm f/5.3). Five 6 minute shots were combined using the modified Canon 350D. Mounted on the AP900GTO, ST-4 guiding.

• Taken with the ITE/Intes-Miro MN-76 7" f/6 Maksutov-Newtonian at prime focus (~1066mm). Thirtyseven 3 minute shots were combined using the Orion StarShoot Deep-Space CCD imager. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, ST-4 guiding.

• Taken with the Vixen 130ED refractor at prime focus (860mm f/6.6). 45 minute exposure on Kodak E200, pushed two stops. Mounted on the Celestron CGE with ST-4 guiding. "Pillars of Creation" are just seen the center mass of the nebula.

• Cepheus strikes again! Taken with the Vixen 130ED refractor at prime focus (860mm f/6.6). 45 minute exposure on Kodak E200, pushed two stops. Mounted on the Celestron CGE, manually guided.

• Taken with the Vixen 114ED refractor at prime focus (600mm f/5.3). 90 minute exposure on Kodak E200, pushed two stops. Mounted on the Losmady G11 with ST-4 guiding (A2s). Very little processing with color curves, the red & pinkish hue is pretty much what the film saw. Click here for the monster high-res version...ohh yeah.

• Taken with the Vixen 114ED refractor at prime focus (600mm f/5.3). 45 minute exposure on Kodak E200, pushed two stops. Mounted on the Losmady G11 with ST-4 guiding (A2s). I am beginning to improve my technique here & I was able to get a better scan from the film.

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