AstroShots Gallery

Below are some shots.  Those in color were taken with an Olympus OM1 while the B&W ones were taken with a modified Grayscale Connectix QuickCam.  All celestial shots were taken through a Meade 8" LX50 SCT.

Jupiter and Saturn

Jupiter    can actually see Great Red Spot near meridian

Saturn

The Moon

Craters Theophilus, Cyrillus, Catharina, and  Mare Nectaris

Craters Segner, Zucchius, Bettinus, Kircher and Bailly

   
Craters Schikard, Inghirami, and Wargentin

Mare Tranquillitatis using Meade f/6.3 Focal Reducer


Crater field in south-eastern sector using Meade f/6.3 Focal Reducer
Crater Maurolycus lower center

         
Just Past First Quarter     

The Sun

The Sun showing visible sunspots, taken using Orion Solar Filter

    Deep Space


Orion Nebula using Meade f/6.3 Focal reducer and Orion Broadband Filter
5 minute exposure on Fuji Super G Plus 800
Guiding could be better, and shot definitely won't be seen in Sky & Telescope, but
this is the first real deep space object I've had any type of success with yet.

Here on Earth

While dining at Lovell's of Lake Forest, I was
fortunate to meet and take a picture with
Astronaut James Lovell
(Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, and Apollo 13)

Click on Mission Patch for Mission Summary



"Steeds of Apollo"  mural
behind bar at Lovell's of Lake Forest

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