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Keith's Astrophotography Page |
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Greetings and Salutations! The telescopes, cameras, and software available to the amateur today allow the common man to take astrophotos with a quality exceeding that of the worlds biggest telescopes and best equipment of just 20 years ago. And even better, the cost and difficulty has gone way down, and the choice and quality have gone way up. All of these pictures were taken with an off the shelf Canon digital camera on commonly available scopes.
It is amazing when you look up at the sky, then take a picture through a
scope, and the stuff below shows up. You look back up in the area of the sky
you just photographed and just say "Wow". What's even more amazing is
that all the stars, galaxies, and nebulae that we see and photograph are
only a fraction of what is actually there. In much the same way that the
nighttime lights of towns from the window of a cross country jet
only hint at all the world below, so everything we see and photograph turns
out to be less than a half percent of what's actually all out there. To perceive
as much as we can,
astronomers use a multitude of instruments to look at the
spectrum from
radio waves to light rays, to gamma rays to gravity waves. |
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What's New? updated 7-20-10 A fairly nearby galaxy, on the other side of our own Milky Way |
What's New? updated 6-20-10 One of the most famous Hubble images, and an amateur's version. |
The Moon Tonight Only February can go without a full moon. That will occur when both January and March have a "blue", (second full) moon |
Jupiter's Great Red Spot 1:00am to 2:45am (CST), 3-14-2005.
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What's New? updated 6-2-10 C32, The Whale and Calf |
My Stuff & "A" Frame Obseratory | Astronomical Weather Forecast For N. Cntrl Wis, 90deg W & 45deg N |
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comments, suggestions, questions, are welcome
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My best photos, of what I find to be the sky's most interesting objects They are arranged starting closest to the north pole and descend to about 35 degrees below the celestial equator. Click on the thumbnails for a larger view, and lots of information about each object. |
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NGC 3034 |
NGC 3031 |
NGC 7023 |
IC 342 |
NGC2403 |
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NGC 7635 |
NGC 6946 |
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M82, Cigar |
M81, Bode's |
C4, Reflection |
C5 |
C7 |
C9 Cave |
C11, Bubble |
C12, Spider |
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NGC 457 |
NGC 869 |
NGC 281 |
NGC 5907 |
NGC 3556 |
NGC 3587 |
NGC 5457 |
NGC 3992 |
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C13, E.T. |
C14, Dbl Clstr |
Pac Man |
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M108 |
M97, Owl |
M101, Pinwheel |
M109 |
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NGC 650 |
NGC 4258 |
IC 5146 |
NGC 5194-5 |
NGC 7000 |
NGC 7000-S |
IC 5067 |
NGC 6341 |
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M76, Little Dumbbell |
M106 |
C19, Cocoon |
.M51, Whirlpool |
C20, N. Am. |
Central America |
Pelican |
M92 |
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NGC 891 |
NGC 5055 |
NGC 224 |
NGC 4736 |
IC 1318 |
NGC 4244 |
NGC 6888 |
NGC 1499 |
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C23 |
M63, Sunflower |
M31, Andromeda |
M94 |
Sadr Strait |
C26 |
C27, Crescent |
California |
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NGC 6205 |
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NGC 6720 |
NGC 2099 |
NGC 4631 |
NGC 6992 |
NGC 6960 |
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M13, Hercules |
C30, Deer Lick Group |
C31, Flaming Star |
M57, Ring |
M37 |
C32, Whale & Calf |
C33, E. Veil |
C34, W. Veil |
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NGC 598 |
NGC 5272 |
NGC 4565 |
NGC 1457 |
NGC 6853 |
NGC 1952 |
NGC 4826 |
NGC 4321 |
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M33, in Triangulum |
M3 |
C38, Needle |
M45, Pleiades |
M27, Dumbbell |
M1, Crab |
M64, Black Eye |
M100 |
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NGC 628 |
NGC 4548 |
NGC 4501 |
NGC 4254 |
NGC3628 |
NGC 4569 |
NGC 3623 |
NGC 3627 |
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M74 |
M91 |
M88 |
M99 |
M90 |
M65 |
M66 |
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NGC 3351 |
NGC 2264 |
NGC 2244 |
NGC 4303 |
NGC 5904 |
NGC 2068 |
NGC 2024 |
IC 434 |
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M95 |
Xmas tree & Clstr |
C49-50, Rosette |
M61 |
M5 |
M78 |
Flame |
Horse head |
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NGC 6402 |
NGC 6254 |
NGC 1977 |
NGC 1976 |
NGC 6705 |
NGC 4594 |
NGC 246 |
NGC 2359 |
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M14 |
M10 |
Running Man |
M42, Orion |
M11, Wild Duck |
M104, Sombrero |
C56 |
Thor's Helmet |
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NGC 6611 |
NGC 2437 |
NGC 6618 |
NGC 247 |
NGC 7293 |
NGC 6514 |
NGC 6656 |
NGC 6523 |
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M16, Eagle |
M46 |
M17, Swan |
C62, Whale |
C63, Helix |
M20, Trifid |
M22 |
M8, Lagoon |
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NGC 243 |
NGC 6273 |
NGC 6121 |
NGC 5236 |
NGC 1097 |
NGC 6809 |
NGC 6405 |
NGC 6475 |
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C65, Sculptor |
M19 |
M4 |
M83, Southern Pinwheel |
C67 |
M55 |
M6, Butterfly |
M7, Ptolemy's |
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NGC 5128 |
NGC 5139 |
Subfolder A |
Subfolder B |
Subfolder C |
Subfolder D |
Subfolder E |
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C77, Centaurus A |
C80, Omega Centauri |
Comets |
Widefield |
Planets |
Lunar |
Solar |
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USEFUL AND INTERESTING ASTRONOMY LINKS
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Locations of current visible Comets, & where the International Space Station right now. |
ASTROMART: buy, sell, trade astronomical equipment. Plus, astronomical news and equipment reviews | SKY & TELESCOPE Magazine On Line | The 110 Messier objects |
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Digital AstroPhoto Email Group |
Astronomy Clubs in Your Area | ASTRONOMY Magazine On Line | ||
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