• Taken with the Vixen 130ED refractor at prime focus (860mm f/6.6). 90 minute exposure on Kodak E200, pushed two stops. Mounted on the Celestron CGE with ST-4 guiding, poor guiding this time around. Another pretty but faint nebula in Cepheus.

• Taken with the Vixen 130ED refractor at prime focus (860mm f/6.6). 90 minute exposure on Kodak E200, pushed two stops. Mounted on the Vixen Atlux with ST-4 guiding (A1's, and unknown field rotation on one side, sigh). This is a beautiful reflection nebula in Cepheus.. check out the span of dark nebulosity around it. I want to retake this on Fuji film for some bolder blue pickup. This is one of my favorite nebulas.

• Taken with the Vixen 130ED refractor at prime focus (860mm f/6.6). 90 minute exposure on Kodak E200, pushed two stops. Mounted on the Vixen Atlux with ST-4 guiding (A1s, but why the star drift?!?).

• Taken with a 100mm refractor at prime focus (900mm f/9). Two 10 minute exposures. Manually guided with the Orion SkyView Pro mount. Canon EOS Rebel camera operating at ISO 1600.

• Taken with the Orion 8" f/4.9 reflector at prime focus; 1 hour exposure on Kodak E200; pushed 2 stops...Mounted on the Vixen Atlux. I'm still working out the calibration on the mount and autoguider, as the large image will reveal some drift (blast!).

• Taken with the Orion 8" f/4.9 relfector at prime focus; 25 min exposure on Kodak E200; pushed 2 stops...Mounted on the Vixen Atlux. This is one of the first autoguided shots with the ST-4, after making a custom cable to adapt it from the SkySensor 2000. (Full Size Image Here 2mb)

• Taken with the 4.5" f/5.3 Vixen 114 ED Refractor on the Atlux mount; 10 min exposure on Kodak E200; pushed 2 stops... I used the scope's cap as the closing shutter since the 30+ year old Minolta camera started displaying old age. Note the blue in the "Running Man" Nebula just to the apparent right of Orion. (Large Image)

• Taken with the 4.5" f/5.3 Vixen 114 ED Refractor on the Atlux mount; 10 min exposure on Kodak E200; pushed 2 stops

• Taken with the 4.5" f/5.3 Vixen 114 ED Refractor on the Atlux mount; 10 min exposure on Kodak E200; pushed 2 stops

• Taken with the 4.5" f/5.3 Vixen 114 ED Refractor on the Atlux mount; 10 min exposure on Kodak E200; pushed 2 stops

Saturn Updated Febuary 10, 2003

Celestron 11" Schmidt-Cassegrain with 9mm Orion Expanse eyepiece & SteadyPix Mount, Cannon PowerShot S230 3.2mp Digital Camera; 17 exposures

Jupiter Added Feburary 10, 2003

Celestron 11" Schmidt-Cassegrain with 9mm Orion Expanse eyepiece & SteadyPix Mount, Cannon PowerShot S230 3.2mp Digital Camera