 (Full size 34KB) Bailey's Beads taken by Richard Nugent of Houston TX USA during the solar eclipse 26 Feb 1998, over Curacao. The image covers 30 seconds of the eclipse, using a Meade 2045D with a CCD Video camera. |
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(Full size 34KB) Bailey's Beads taken by Richard Nugent of Houston TX USA during the solar eclipse 26 Feb 1998, over Curacao. The image covers 30 seconds of the eclipse, using a Meade 2045D with a CCD Video camera. |
 (Full size 103KB) Richard Nugent of Houston took this photo of the partial solar eclipse as seen from Houston. Richard says: There was continuous overcast skies in Houston. But I patiently waited for small holes and breaks in the clouds from 10:30 AM to about 1 PM CST. About 3 holes opened up over a 30 minute period and I started snapping photos. Here are the specs for the photo: Location: Conroe, Texas Exposure: 1/500 second (no filter) Film: Fuji 400 print film Telescope: Meade 2045D 4 inch SCT (This scope is a portable workhorse !!).Notice the sunspots right above the Moon's bite. |
| On Feb. 23, 1999, there was a conjunction of Venus and Jupiter in the western
sky. Several members observed this and made a permanent record of the event. Member Raymond Youm drew the event (37K) while observing it at 49x with his Starfinder 8 telescope. You can see three of Jupiter's four moons. And member Leland Dolan shows the event (35K) in a combined photo image showing the planetary alignments on the evenings of February 17 and 18, 1999 Central Standard Time. This demonstrates how far the Moon moves in a 24 hour period. These pictures were taken from central Houston with a telephoto lens, mounted on a stationary tripod. No telescope was involved. |
 (Full size 26KB) 2/26/99 This past week was the great Jupiter & Venus conjunction in the west at sunset. Here is a "screen grab" of some video taken by Richard Nugent. You can see 3 moons of Jupiter. This is a single frame off a camcorder from Tuesday night's (Feb 23, 1999) conjunction. Taken thru a 10" Meade SCT at prime focus. |
 (Full size 4KB) Saturn taken by Richard Nugent using the Univ. of South Florida Observatory 10" Cassegrain to the limit. Taken in 1977. |
 (Full size 78KB) Southern Cross taken by Richard Nugent. Taken July 1, 1992 following the June 30th 1992 solar eclipse from Uruguay. Palm trees are in front of the Tropicana Hotel at the site of the Iguacu Falls. If you listen closely, you can hear the water from the falls.... |
 (Full size 30KB) Big Dipper/Man standing on ladder in red taken by Richard Nugent during the Texas Star Party 1995. The person on the ladder is Larry Mitchell at the eyepiece of his 36" scope. Notice that Alcor and Mizar, the double star in the middle of the handle, are split as 2 distinct stars.. |
 (Full size 46KB) Comet West taken by Richard Nugent. Took this one at the University of South Florida Observatory on Tri-X film for 5 minutes. 50mm lens. March 1976. Actually, at the time I took this picture, it was considered a good comet photo. Not today though, after Hyuakataki and Hale-Bopp! |
 (Full size 52KB) Trifid and Lagoon by Richard Nugent of Houston TX USA Taken during the 1995 Texas Star Party on Fuji 100 Print film for 15 minutes with a 200mm f/2.8 lens. |
 (Full size 45KB) Sagittarius area with the Dark Horse taken by Richard Nugent of Houston TX USA Using the new E100S Ektachrome Slide film from Ft Davis Texas USA. A 35 minute exposure with a 50mm lens on 18 May 1996. |
