 (Full size 86KB) Jupiter |
 (Full size 100KB) Jupiter/Europa |
 (Full size 129KB) Jupiter/Io |
 (Full size 83KB) Saturn |
| Don Bates writes: Here are a few of my latest images of Saturn and Jupiter. |
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(Full size 86KB) Jupiter |
(Full size 100KB) Jupiter/Europa |
(Full size 129KB) Jupiter/Io |
(Full size 83KB) Saturn |
 (Full size 74KB) HAS member Don Bates took this picture this morning (6/19/03) with his f/21 system. See the image for the specifications of the image. |
 (Full size 222k) 3/28/97 By Don Bates. Here is a photo I took on 3/28/97 of Comet Hale-Bopp from Ft. Davis, TX. I used a 135mm Nikkor at f/3.5 for 10 minutes with Hypered Kodak PPF-400 film. The image was started around 9:55pm CST. Note the small red object in the upper right hand corner. That is planetary nebula PK130-11.1. |
 (Full size 23k) 2/11/97 Comet Hale-Bopp by Don Bates, Houston TX USA. Here is a photo that I took on February 11,1997 at 4:36am from northwest of Houston. I used a 200mm f/4 Nikkor and piggybacked the guided exposure for 8 minutes using Kodak 400 Gold film. Note the red hourglass shaped M27 above the comets tail. You can also see two different shades of color in the dust and ion tails. The comet and M27 were visible in the same field of 10X50 Binos. Spectacular sight! |
 (Full size 397k) 9/7/96 North American Nebula by Don Bates, Houston TX USA NGC7000 - This image of the North American and Pelican Nebulas was taken on 9-7-96 from a country road near Hempstead, TX. I used a 200MM Nikkor at f/4, piggybacked on a Meade 8"SCT. The exposure was 20 minutes using the new Kodak PPF-400 film. I processed the image with Photoshop 2.5. |
 (Full size 29K) 2/18/96 M51- Whirlpool by Don Bates, Houston TX USA. This image of the Whirlpool nebula was taken from Ft Davis, TX on 2-18-96. I used a Meade 8" SCT at f/6.3. The exposure lasted 20 minutes on Fujucolor HG-400. |
 (Full Size 16K) 1/9/96 M1- Crab Nebula by Don Bates, Houston TX USA This image was taken with a Meade 8"SCT at f/6.3 from my backyard in suburban Houston on 1-9-96. I used Hypered Tech Pan flims and a Lumicon Deep Sky filter for 25 minutes. |
 (Full size 9k) 3/25/96 Comet Hyakutake by Don Bates. This was taken at Ft. Davis, TX USA on Monday, March 25 at 2:24am with a 135mm Nikkor piggybacked on his 8" Meade SCT. Using hypered Fuji 400, he exposed the film for 12 minutes. |