2007 – Miscellaneous Images

September 29, 2007: Here is an image of the faint globular cluster Pal 13 (left and below centre) -15×45 second images combined using C11 and ST9. This image was shot remotely over the internet from the Carr Astronomical Observatory near Collingwood, Ontario.     September 29, 2007: Here is an image of the faint galaxy […]

2005 – Winter Star Party

All images were taken at the 2005 Winter Star Party with the following equipment: Astro-Physics 130mm f/6 APO refractor on Astro-Physics 600E mount, SBIG ST8XME CCD, RGB colour filters, Homeyer filter wheel. Exposure times were typically 15 minutes in each filter. Be sure to click on the images for the full resolution versions (also note […]

2004/2005 – Miscellaneous Images

September 23/24,2005: Here are two images taken about a day apart of Asteroid 2005 UB313, the so-called 10th planet (although lots of controversy surrounds that claim). It was an amazing 95 astronomical units from the Sun when these images were taken and it is nearly 19th magnitude. The exposure times were about 5 minutes (7×45 […]

2003 – Miscellaneous Images

November 27: Tonight I observed two comets: Encke and C/2002 T7 (Linear). This image of Encke was comprised of four 45 second images summed together.     November 27: The second comet images tonight was C/2002 T7 (Linear). This image was comprised of six 45 second images summed together and log scaled. Clearly Linear was […]

2007 – Comet Holmes

Notice that the comet grows in size as the days go by!   October 27, 2007 (morning): A log-stretched image of Comet Holmes with the C11 and ST9 camera (15x2s exposures unfiltered).     October 28, 2007 (evening): A log-stretched image of Comet Holmes with the C11 and ST9 camera (15x2s exposures unfiltered).     […]