 M42 (Full size 13KB) |
 Eskimo Nebula (Full size 42KB) |
| M42 with an exposure of 15 seconds
at an ISO 1600. NGC 2392, The Eskimo Nebulae was shot in Houston with a Nexstar 5, at an exposure of 8 seconds at an ISO speed of 800. It is just a great feeling just to get the color & light of the bluish planetary nebulae from Houston. |
| I shot these with a Coronado PST & a Nikon
CoolPix 4500 at asa 100 at f/10.3. The exposure time was 1/15-130 for the Solar Prominences, 1/1000 for the Sun detail at the East & Western Poles. I learned that to get the Solar Prominences, You need a faster f/ speed.! This was done at 5:30 PM on Sat., April 22, 2006 in My backyard in Houston, Texas. |
| I shot Our Sun with a Nikon CoolPix 4500,
connected to a 32mm Tele Vu plossl eyepiece (12.5x) for 1/4 - 1/8th of a second (ASA 100) thru a Coronado P.S.T. H-Alpha Solar telescope. There's a lot of little Solar Prominences (hot gas) shooting off the edge of the Sun. |
| The seeing on Mars was not that great but
here is what My Nexstar 11 GPS telescope got at 12:30 am, Sunday morning. The temp was 58 degrees. I shot Mars with the 11" connected to 6mm Tele Vu Radian eyepiece via a Nikon CoolpIX 4500 for a focus of 1/4 - 1/8 of a second. The darker pix of Mars was taken with a Tele Vu Mars filter. |
| With Mars having another major dust storm,
I recorded these 3 images (Nov. 3-4, 2005). They were taken by My Nexstar11 GPS, via 6mm Radian eyepiece connected to a Nikon CoolPix 4500 for 1/4 of a second at asa 100. Notice the rotation. |
| Here is M 100 along with NGC 4322, NGC
4312, the largest of the 3 companions and NGC 4328. It was shot at the HAS Site with the 8" Schmidt Camera on hypered 2415 for 10 mintes at f/ 1.5. |
 M100 (Full size 58KB) |
| On Monday, June 20,2005 at 5 PM, I took
this shot of Our Sun with a Coronado PST, using a 32mm Tele Vu Plossl connected to a Nikon CoolPix 4500. Notice the huge Solar Prominences around the 5 o'clock position. |
 Solar Image (Full size 201KB) |
| Here is a small list of shots that I have
taken. Uranus-Shot with a 6mm Radian connected to a Nexstar11 in My backyard for 2 seconds. Jupiters' moon was shot using an eyepiece projection, conected to C-14 on 400 film for 1 second. M51 was shot ( as well as M99 & 100 region , and NGC 3184) for 10 minutes with the 8"Schmidt Camera ( at f/ 1.5) on hypered 2415. There is a light scratch in the middle of the picture of M100. Finally, M16 & 17 was shot on hypered Fugi RD 100 for 9 minutes with the 8"Schmidt Camera in Ft. Davis, on Skyline Drive, at the State Park. |
 Uranus (Full size 97KB) |
 Jupiter (Full size 4KB) |
 M99 - M100 (Full size 212KB) |
 NGC 3184 (Full size 7KB) |
 M51 (Full size 8KB) |
 M16 - M17 (Full size 413KB) |
| The M8 was Art Ciampi's favorite shot at
one time! It was done in Ft. Davis, with a 135 mm f/ 2 on fugi RD 100 for
20 minutes. The Corona Borealis Cluster of Galaxies was shot at the HAS Site hypered 2415 for nine minutes. The little fuzzies between the 2 stars are the galaxies Logan Rimes of Thomas Photo blew this little group of galaxies as much as he could on the wall of Thomas PhotoLab. Finally, Omega Centauri, shot by Mother, Edna, in Ft. Davis, shot with the 8"Schmidt Camera on hypered Fugi RD 100 for 3 minutes. Pretty good for someone who has never guided, much less shot a picture of a globular! |
 M8 (Full size 101KB) |
 Corona Borealis Cluster of Galaxies (Fill size 24KB) |
 OmegaCentauri (Full size 79KB) |
| Here's neat shot of the Milky Way, done on
Ectachrome Professional Daylite (ISO 200) film for 10 minutes at f/ 1.2, ( needed to be stopped down some) at the HAS Site. |
 The Milky Way (Full size 15KB) |
| Here is mid eclipse of the Sun. It was taken with a Nikon CoolPix 4500 for 1/60 of a second, connected to a 32mm Tele Vu eyepiece, via a Nexstar 5. Ed brandon showed my pictures on the 6 O'clock Eyewitness News. |
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Here is a shot of M 109 & NGC 3953. It was shot at the Houston Astronomical Society's Site, near Columbus, Texas with a Celestron 5 & 1/2" Schmidt Camera (f/ 1.65) on hypered 2415 for 10 minutes. |
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We have a partial eclipse of the Sun on April 8, 2005. This was taken a few years ago with a Nexstar 5 and 35mm film. |
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Here is a shot of M42, B 33 & IC 434 , shot with the Celestron 8"Schmidt
Camera at the Houston Astronomical Society's Site, near Columbus, Texas. The Schmidt Camera's speed is f/ 1.5 , on hypered Fugi 800 for 9 minutes. |
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| M42 was shot on hypered fugi 400, for 8 minutes, with the 8"Schmidt Camera, at f/ 1.5 at the HAS Site. |
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The M31 region was shot at the HAS site with an 8" Schmidt Camera , at
f/1.5, on hypered 2415 for 9 minutes. Here is M42 & B33, shot at the HAS Site in 1985, with a 5.5" Schmidt Camera , at f/1.65, with a #29 filter on hypered 2415, for 29 minutes. |
| Here
is my 1st attempt to shoot the Moon with My Meade Deepsky Imager. This was shot with the Nexstar 5, at f/10, for .0020 - .0090 of a second on Jan. 16th, 2005. |
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| Check
out the Sun on Jan.14, 2005 at 11:30am. I shot Our Sun with a Coronado PST
connected to Celestron tripod, using a 6mm Tele Vu Radian eyepiece connected to a Nikon CoolPix 4500 for about 1/4-1/8 of a second exposure on ISO 100 speed. Notice the Solar Prominence at the 7 o'clock position and the Solar business at lower left center. |
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| Here's
a shot of IC 443 , done at the HAS Site with a 5 & 1/2"Schmidt Camera
(f/1.65) on hypered Fugi RD 100 for 11 minutes. |
| Here's
a shot of M31, 32 and 110, done on Skyline Drive in Ft. Davis, with the 8"Schmidt Camera at f/ 1.5, on hypered Fugi RD 100, for 10 minutes. |
| Here's
M36, along with the surrounding nebulae, like Ae Auriga, to the left & IC 410, at the top. Done with an 8"Schmidt Camera, at f/1.5 on hypered 2415 at the HAS Site. |
| Ben
writes: The Veil-8"Schmidt Camera at f/ 1.5 on hypered Fugi 100 for a 10
minute exposure. The California Nebula is a 12 minute exposure with the 8" Schmidt camera at f/1.5 on hypered 2415. |
 (Full size 647KB) Veil Nebula |
 (Full size 365KB) California Nebula |
| Ben writes: Here is a shot of the North
American, done with an 8" Celestron Schmidt Camera ( f/ 1.5) , for 26 minutes on Fugi 100, developed as a negative at the Houston Astronomical Societys' Site near Columbus, Texas. |
Great Orion Nebulae by Ben Negy
11/8/04
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Ben writes: Here is the Great Orion Nebulae, shot at the
HAS site near Columbus, Texas on
Sat, Nov. 6, 2004. It was shot with a Nexstar 11, at f/10, using a 32mm Tele Vu eyepiece, via a Nikon CoolPix 4500 for 40 seconds! |
 (Full size 23KB) M22 M22 Here's a shot of M22, done with a STV, at f/6.3 for 6 x 5 seconds. A Nexstar 11 was used. |
 (Full size 22KB) M27 This is done with the Nexstar 11, with the Lumicon DeepSky Filter for 7 x 20 seconds. |
 (Full size 20KB) Ring Nebula Ring Nebula was done with a Nexstar 11, at f/6.3 for 10 x 5 seconds! Not too shabby, though not perfect, but a lot of FUN! |
 (Full size 147KB) NGC 253 & 288 was shot using an 8" Schmidt Camera at f/1.5 on hypered 2415 for 9 minutes at the HAS Site. |
 (Full size 239KB) M 32 region done with the 8" Schmidt Camera at the HAS Site. It was shot on hypered 2415 for 9 minutes at f/1.5. |
 (Full size 77KB) M8, 20 & 21 , shot with an 8" Schmidt Camera at f/1.5 on hypered Fugi 400 in Ft. Davis for 8 minutes. |
 (Full size 52KB) M17, shot with an 8" Schmidt Camera at f/1.5 on hypered Fugi 100 for 10 minutes in Ft. Davis. |
 (Full size 888KB) The N. American & the Pelican Nebulae was shot with an 8" Schmidt Camera at f/1.5 for 26 minutes on regular Fugi 100 |
 (Full size 74KB) M33 was shot using my 8" Schmidt Camera on hypered Fugi 100 for 10 minutes at f/1.5. |
 (Full size 324KB) A close up of M8, done with My old C-14 at f/7 on hypered Konica 3200 for 8 minutes at the HAS Site. |
 (Full size 123KB) Took this shot of M31, 32 & 110 on hypered Fugi 100 with an 8" Schmidt Camera at f/1.5 for 9 minutes at the HAS Site. |
 (Full size 35KB) Here is NGC 6822-Barnard's Galaxy. It was shot at the HAS Site with an 8" Schmidt Camera at f/1.5 for 9 minutes on hypered Fugi 100. |
 (Full size 31KB) Ben writes: Here's M 8, taken with the/ f/ 6.3 Nexstar 11, connected to a 32mm Tele Vu eyepiece, via a Nikon CoolPix 4500 for 30 seconds. |
 (Full size 491KB) Here's a shot of Gamma Cygni, done with an 8"Schmidt Camera (f / 1.5) on Hypered Fugi 100 for 9 minutes. Notice the supernovae remnants on the bottom( NGC 6888). |
 (Full size 77KB) Here is M8 & M20 . It was done using a 5 -1/2 " Schmidt Camera (f/ 1.65) on Hypered Fugi 400 at the HAS Site. The exposure was 10 minutes. |
 (Full size 145KB) Here is IC 4592, in Scorpio. It was done in Ft. Davis, Texas, using Hypered 2415, for 11 minutes at f/ 1.5, with the 8" Schmidt Camera. |
 (Full Size 130KB) Here is a shot of Comet N.E.A.T., done on a fixed tripod, shot on May, 6, 2004, near Hockley, Texas with a Nikon 135 f/ 2 lens, for about 12-15 seconds, using Elite Professional 200. Those are telephone wires. |
_5_30.jpg) (Full size 78KB) Antaras Region Here is an 8"Schmidt shot of the Antares' section, done on hypered 2415. It was 10 minute shot at f/ 1.5. |
 (Full size 28KB) The "Snake Nebula":B-72, The Snake Nebulae, done with an 8" Schmidt Camera on hypered Fugi 800, for 8 minutes at f/ 1.5. |
_5_29.jpg) (Full size 20KB) M3 Ben writes: A 20-25 second shot with the Nikon Coolpix 4500 at f/10. |
_5_29.jpg) (Full size 20KB) M3 (25 second exposure, same equipment as to left) |
 (Full size 28KB) Omega Centauri (25 seconds long shot with the Nikon Coolpix 4500. |
 (Full size 25KB) Here is Comet Neat, taken with a Nikon Coolpix 4500, for about 20 seconds, thru a 32mm Tele Vue Plossle, connected to a Nexstar 11. |
 (Full size 71KB) With Antares rising earlier, here's a shot of the Antares region. Done with an 8" Schmidt Camera (f/ 1.5) on Hypered Fugi 100, for 10 minutes. There's M4, NGC 6144, the little globular and all the nebulosity around Rho-Ophiuchi. |
 (Full size 39KB) Here is M3, done with an 8" Schmidt Camera (f/1.5) on Hypered 2415 for 6 minutes. |
 (Full size 145KB) With Scorpio rising early in the evening, at the top of Scorpio is the nebulae IC 4592. This was done at Fort Davis, on Skyline Drive (The Fort Davis State Park) using an 8" Schmidt Camera at f/ 1.5, for 10 minutes on Hypered 2415. |
 (Full size 5KB) Here's a snapshot of Jupiter, done with a Nexstar 11, using a NikonCoolpix 4500 for 1/4 of a second, connected to a 6 mm Radian eyepiece. |
 (Full size 34KB) Here's a pretty COOL shot of the lunar terminator. It was shot with a Nexstar 11"GPS , using a 32mm Tele Vue eyepiece, connected to a Nikon CoolPix 4500. |
 (Full Size 10KB) This shot of Mars was taken at The Drakes' house in Willis with an STV through a Nexstar 11 at f/25. |
 (Full size 18KB) Check out the small Solar Prominence at the 8 o'clock position. It was the largest one around. I shot this with the Lumicon Solar Prominence Filter on an 11" Nexstar and a Nikon Coolpix 4500, amazing camera!!! |
 (Full Size 6KB) This was done with the Nexstar 5 with a Nikon CoolPix 4500. The time was 1 second. |
 (Full size 2KB) This was done with the Nexstar11 GPS, at f/ 25 with the STV , for 1/2 of a second. |
 (Full size 28KB) Bennie shot this on Sunday with the Nexstar 5, using a 32mm(39x) & a digital camera, and 1 megapixel image. |
 (Full size 62KB) Here's a shot of M42 to the upper right & B33( The Horsehead Nebulae), bottom left. It was done with a 5.5" Celestron Schmidt Camera at f/ 1.5, on hypered 2415 through a # 29 red filter for 25 minutes at the Houston Astronomical Site. |
 (Full size 60KB) Here's Venus, shot thru a 6mm Radian for 1/15 of a second, thru a Nexstar11, using a Nikon CoolPix 4500. |
 (Full size 83KB) Here's the Owl Nebulae(M97) & M108, shot,with an 8"Schmidt Camera at f/1.5 on hypered 2415 for 9 minutes. |
 (Full size 64KB) Here's M35 & NGC 2158, shot thru a 5 & 1/2" Schmidt Camera on Hypered Fugi 100, for 8 minutes, at f/1.65. |
 (Full size 25KB) The Beehive Cluster with an 8"Schmidt Camera on Hypered 2415 for 6 minutes at f/1.5. |
 (Full size 62KB) Here's a shot of the Orion Nebulae (to the upper right) & the Horsehead Nebulae (lower left), that I did w/ a 5.5" Schmidt Camera. It was done w/ hypered 2415 at f/ 1.65 (225mm fl) thru a #29 red filter. |
 (Full Size 1KB) Here's a shot of the double star Eta Cassiopeia. Notice the ruby red companion below the primary. It was shot through the Nexstar 11, using a 32mm TeleVu eyepiece, connected to a Nikon 4500 for 4 seconds! |
 (Full size 9KB) Here's a shot of the core (Trapezium) of M42. It was done through a Nexstar 11GPS with the Nikon 4500 for 8 seconds at ASA 200. It was done when M42 was just above the horizon as seen in my backyard. Notice that I have color in the nebulosity. |
 (Full size 239KB) Thought I'd take a snapshot of Our Moon. It was done with a Nexstar 5" telescope on March 29, '04 at 8:40 PM, thru a Tele Vu 32mm eyepiece. |
(Full size 17KB) Here's a shot of IC 2118, in Eridanus, done on hypered 2415, with the Schmidt Camera( 8") at f/ 1.5, for 8 minutes at the HAS Site. |
 (Full size 365KB) Here's a shot of the California Nebulae! I shot this with a Celestron 8" Schmidt Camera, at f/1.5 on hypered 2415 back in the 80's. |
 (Full size 81KB) Can you count the number of stars. I did this with My 8" Schmidt Camera at the HAS Site on hypered Fugi RD 100 for 8 minutes at f/ 1.5. |
 (Full size 145KB) Here's a shot of M46 and M47. Notice NGC 2438 (the planetary nebulae) at the bottom of M46 (the right side cluster). This was done w/ an 8" Schmidt Camera (f/1.5), using hypered Fugi RD 100 for an exposure time of 8 minutes at the HAS Site. |
 (Full size 114KB) Here's a shot of the M35 region, done with a Celestron 5.5" Schmidt Camera (f/1.65), using hypered Fugi 100 for an exposed time of 9 minutes. There's M35, and to the bottom of M35 is NGC 2158. To the upper right is IC 443 & IC 444( Supernovae remnant) and to the lower right of the picture is NGC 2174-5, an open cluster embedded in nebulosity. It was shot at the HAS Site back in the 80's. |
 (Full size 49KB) M45-Pleiades Using the 8" Schmidt Camera, at f/1.5, for 9 minutes, using hypered Fugi 100 RD. |
 (Full size 10KB) M74 Here's a 10 minute shot on hypered 2415 of M74, done at the HAS Site, using an 8" Schmidt Camera, at f/1.5. |
Full size 15KB) Here's a shot of NGC 891 in Andromedae. It was done at the HAS Site. It was shot using an 8" Schmidt Camera on hypered 2415, at f/1.5, for 9 minutes. |
 (Full size 170KB) Here's my 8" Schmidt Camera version of NGC 253 and the globular cluster NGC 288. It was shot at the HAS Site on hypered 2415 black and white film for 9 minutes at f/1.5. |
 (Full size 170KB) While this not the recent Lunar Eclipse, this is what it might have looked if we had not been clouded out. This was done in Jan of 2000, I believe. It was done with a Celestar Deluxe 8" f/10 on Ecktachrome 400 film. |
 (Full size 377KB) Here's a shot of the California Nebula (NGC 1499), done with an 8" Schmidt Camera (f/1.5) on hypered 2415 for 10 minutes at The Houston Astronomical Society's' Site near Columbus, Texas. |
 (Full size 11KB) This HUGE Solar Prominence was shot through a Nexstar 11 GPS, using a Lumicon Solar Prominence Filter with a Nikon Coolpix 4500 digital camera . The exposure time was 1/15 at ISO 200 on auto focus! |
 (Full size 20KB) I just got this Nikon Coolpix 4500 from Land, Sea & Sky. Already, I've been playing with it on my Nexstar 5. Here's a shot (close-up) of the crescent shape Moon. Exposure time was about 1/60 of a second. |
 (Full size 17KB) Here is a shot of IC 2118- The Witchead Nebulae, taken with an 8"Schmidt Camera at the HAS Site. |
 (Full size 263KB) Bennie Negy, Jr sends this negative image of the Horsehead (B33) and M42 regions. He writes: It was done with an 8" Schmidt Camera on Hypered PPF 400 for 8 minutes at f/ 1.5 at the HAS Site. |
 (Full size 220KB) Here's a shot of the California Nebulae, done at the HAS Site with an 8" Schmidt Camera (f/1.5) on hypered 2415 for 9 minutes. |
 (Full size (239KB) Bennie Negy, Jr. took this photo with an 8" Schmidt Camera, at the HAS Observatory Site. It was exposed for 9 minutes at f/ 1.5 on Hypered 2415 in the mid 80's. |
 (Full size 27KB) M 27 thru a C-14 using un-hypered Konica 3200 at f/ 10 for 10 minutes. |
 (Full size 92KB) The Milky Way thru a 55mm f/ 2.8 on hypered 2415 for 20 minutes. |
 (Full size 80KB) Hypered 2415. 8" Schmidt Camera. |
(Full size (239KB) M31-M32-M101 I took this photo with an 8" Schmidt Camera. It was exposed for 9 minutes at f/ 1.5 on Hypered 2415 in the mid 80's. |
 (Full size 101KB) Here's a shot of M4 & Rho Ophiucus taken w/ an 8"Schmidt Camera at f/1.5 on hypered 2415 for 11 minutes. Note the ghost image around Antares! NGC 6144 is the tiny globular between M4 & Antares. |
 (Full size 131KB) Here is the North American Nebula in Cygnus taken by Bennie Negy, Jr. He writes: I took this shot of the North America Nebula & Pelican with an 8" Schmidt Camera at f\ 1.5 on un-hypered Fugi RD 100 for 26 minutes. This was taken at The Houston Astronomical Society's site in Columbus,Texas in May of '92. |
 (Full size 6KB) M108 & M 97 Was taken on a Celestron 8" Schmidt Camera, 9 minutes exposure on Hypered Fugi 100 in Ft. Davis, Texas. |
 (Full size 124KB) Here is the Andromeda Galaxy, M31, and the companions M32 and M110. This was 12 minutes at f/1.5 on an 8" Schmidt Camera. |
 (Full size 6KB) And the Omega Centauri cluster, one of the most magnificent in the sky. This was 3 minutes at f/1.5 on an 8" Schmidt Camera. |
 (Full size 25KB) This photo taken by Bennie Negy, Jr. of M42, the Orion Nebula, was shot on hypered Fugi 100 for 10 minutes w/ an 8" Schmidt Camera. With the central part over exposed, the outer nebulosity can be seen that is normally under exposed. |
