ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY

THE CLASSIC CELESTRON 8

TELESCOPE

photographs taken with this telescope

THE MOON

PRIME FOCUS F10

LUNAR ECLIPSE

PHOTO  SEQUENCE

OF TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON

CELESTRON 8 PRIME FOCUS F10

fuji 800 asa film

THE SUN

EYEPIECE PROJECTION

PRIME FOCUS

THE PLANETS

 

DEEP SKY OBJECTS

  

M13

 STAR CLUSTER IN HERCULES

40min exposure

THE DOUBLE CLUSTER

GALAXIES M81 & M82

IN THE BIG DIPPER

120 MINUTE EXPOSURE

THE WHIRPOOL GALAXY

2 EXPOSURES OF 40 MINUTES

LAYERED/MERGED ADOBE

KODAK SPECTROSCOPIC FILM

THE SEVEN SISTERS

IN TAURUS

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WIDE FIELD PHOTOGRAHY OF THE SKY

CELESTRON 8 USED AS GUIDE SCOPE

My Father With My Telescopes 1979

6 inch F5

14 inch F5

8 inch F8

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My 14 inch F5 Star-liner Telescope 1979

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Transit of Venus & The Partial Lunar Eclipse

The skies cleared for an hour or so on the morning of June 4th 2012, enough for a few shots of the Lunar Partial Eclipse.

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June 5th 2012 gave way through the clouds

to view the Transit of Venus

All images taken with Fuji Fine Pix

camera. Auto exposure 12x