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(Early images - caution some are rough
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May 5, 2012
Welcome to my website about astrophotography. Like many others, I have enjoyed astronomy and observing the night sky. What makes my astrophotography unconventional is that my equipment is modest and exposure time is constrained due to the need to travel to dark sites.
I became interested in the possibility of taking astronomical pictures after holding a digital camera to an eyepiece (afocal projection) and taking some pictures of the moon and Jupiter. In hindsight they were poor pictures, but I was intrigued with the possibilities. Since then I have taken many images and a number of them are presented on this website. Some are with modified webcams and some with dedicated astrophotography CCD Cameras - an Artemis285 and an SBIG ST8300M. I have also modified a Canon 350D Digital SLR for astrophotography with a separate section of this website for DSLR astrophotography.
There are many images on this site. I have deliberately left earlier images to help show improvement to the more recent images - some are archived where I have re-imaged an object. Replaced images are still available in Archives (available in sidebar). Newest Images links are gathered on one page for convenience (also available on sidebar). Finally, I have a Complete Image Index with links to all images organized by Messier Catalog or NGC/IC or other (solar system, lunar, other object catalog).
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