Welcome to My CCD Astro-Images Gallery
Unless otherwise noted... all images are taken with the Meade 416XT
System using a Meade LX-50 10" F/10 Schmidt Cassegrain.
Planetary images taken at prime focus using a 2X Meade 4000 Series Barlow.
All images processed with PictorView 3.45 & Epoch 2000ip.
If you are using Netscape, you may view the images at full size by
right-clicking the image and choose "view image".

 
Planetary Images
Image of Jupiter - 1 sec. exp at f/10 prime focus with 2x Barlow (f/20)
Image of Saturn - 1 sec. exp at f/10 prime focus with 2x Barlow (f/20)
Mercury Transit in front of the Sun,
single .04 millisec. exp at f/6.3 in November1999
Pluto, June 3, 2000

 
 
Planetary Nebulae Images
M57 "The Ring Nebula", three 60 sec. exposures stacked at f/10
The Dumbbell Nebula (M27), fifteen 10 sec. exposures stacked at f/6.3

 
 
Open Cluster Images
M11 Open Cluster, three 15 sec. exposures stacked at f/10
M11 Open Cluster, four 10 sec. exposures stacked at f/6.3
Open cluster NGC6910, the "Rocking Horse" in Cygnus,
seven 10 sec. exposures stacked at f/6.3

 
 
Nebulae Images
The Trifid Nebula (M20), twelve 20 sec. exposures stacked at f/6.3
The Lagoon Nebula (M8), fifteen 10 sec. exposures stacked at f/6.3 
The Eagle Nebula & M16, ten 20 sec. exposures stacked at f/6.3
M42 & M43  "The Great Nebula" In Orion.
Twelve 20 sec. exposures stacked at f/6.3.

 
 
Globular Cluster Images
M13 in Hercules (NGC6205). Nine 10 sec. exposures stacked at f/6.3
M5 in Serpens Caput (NGC5904). Five 20 sec. exposures stacked at f/6.3

 
 
 
Galaxy Images
"The Whirlpool Galaxy" M51 (NGC 5194 ),
Twelve 20 sec. exposures stacked at f/6.3


 
Planet X Analysis
January 10th Images
January 18th Images

 
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