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The Great Orion Nebula, M42. Distance: 1,500 l.y. Fifteen minute exposure on Kodak 400PPF Professional film. Location - Penfield, NY.

This image was taken with the Canon Digital Rebel camera and 7mm eyepiece projection with the7", f/9 refractor. The camera was set at ISO 100 and the exposure time was 1 second. Image processing was done in Images Plus and PhotoShop. It shows the craters Albategnius (136 km in diameter on the left) and Hipparchus (150 km in diameter to the right). The smaller crater, Klein, is on the upper left rim of Albategnius (about the 10 o'clock position from the central mountain peak) and is about 44 km in diameter.

The Globular Cluster, M13 in Hercules. Distance: 23,000 l.y. Diameter: 140 l.y. Estimated to contain between 300,000 & 500,000 stars. Twenty-five minute exposure on hypered Kodak Zoom 800 film. Color discarded to reduce file size. 6/3/2000 from Penfield, NY.

The "Swan Nebula" (also the Horseshoe or Omega Nebula), M17, in Sagittarius. Distance: 4,890 l.y. Photograph taken from Ionia, NY.

Double Cluster in Perseus, NGC 869 & 884. Distance: 7,100 l.y. and 7,500 l.y. respectively. Twenty minute exposure on Kodak 400 PPF Prof. film. Ionia, N.Y. site.

The Lagoon Nebula, M8, in Sagittarius. Distance: 5,200 l.y. Fifteen minute exposure on Kodak 400PPF Professional film. Photographed from Ionia, NY, 7/11/99.

The "Swan Nebula",M17, in Sagittarius. The STV images were taken from Ionia, NY, 6/17/2001 under relatively good sky conditions. The imaging was done using the "track and accumulate" method and eight 5" exposures were stacked with seven 5" exposures using AstroArt.

This is an overlay of 2 images of Jupiter taken with a Canon Digital Rebel camera through the 7" refractor and eyepiece projection (7mm eyepiece). The Great Red Spot is easily visible. Exposure times were 1 second each and processed using Images Plus and PhotoShop. Date: February 8, 2004 from Penfield, NY.

Lunar craters, top to bottom of chain: Theophilus (dia.=100 km, central peaks = 1400 meters), Cyrillus (dia.=98 km) and Catharina (dia.=100 km). The crater center/left is Delambre. Photograph taken by Paul Gilman using his DSC620C Kodak digital camera at 1/5 second on 2/11/00. Eyepiece projection with the Meade 7" refractor. Penfield, NY.

The first quarter moon photographed through the 7" refractor using a Canon Digital Rebel camera (6.3 megapixels) at prime focus. The exposure was 1/125 second with a camera ISO setting of 100. Date: February 27, 2004 Penfield, NY. The image was processed using Images Plus and PhotoShop.

Image of the walled plain Plato (Dia.=101 km)with the STV camera. The Alps Mountains separate Mare Frigoris on the right from Mare Imbrium on the left. The Alpine Valley cuts through the Alps near the bottom. The lone mountains Mons Pico (height = 2400 meters) stands in Mare Imbrium directly to the left of Plato and Mons Piton (height = 2250 meters) is near the left bottom edge of the photograph. Feb. 2, 2001.

Image of Jupiter using the STV camera and a 2X Barlow lens. Seeing quite poor. March 28,2001.

Fifteen minute exposure of part of the Pleiades Cluster, M45, from Ionia N.Y. on September 9, 2001. The brightest members CCW from lower left are Merope and its nebulosity NGC 1435, Electra and Maia. Distance to the cluster is about 407 l.y. Imaged on hypered Kodak 800 film and STV guiding off a Taurus III off-axis guider.

A huge sunspot group exiting the southwest limb of the sun on September 30, 2001. Images were frame-grabbed with "Snappy" from a PC-23C video camera. Seven inch Meade refractor with full aperture solar filter. North is up, west to the right.

The Moon & Saturn shortly after the occultation of Feb. 20, 2002. Time = 8:55 p.m. Clouds prevented viewing the occultation. Imaged with the PC-23C video camera to digital 8 tape then frame grabbed with Snappy. Image is the result of superimposing 2 images to obtain a reasonable brightness for Saturn.

Large sunspot groups entering the northheast limb of the sun on October 21, 2002. The image was captured with a STV camera at the prime focus of the 7" Meade refractor. A Thousand Oaks solar filter was used also.

One of the large sunspot groups shown above on October 21, 2002 with the STV in the "zoom" (high resolution) mode. Exposure time was 10 ms.

This image is a composite of red, green and blue separation images taken of Saturn with the STV unit and color filter wheel. The Images were taken on March 16, 2003 with the Meade 7" refractor and 2X Barlow lens.

This is a another early attempt to create a color image from R,B & G images taken with the STV at the high resolution mode through the 7" refractor and a 2X Barlow lens. The exposure times were: R & G = 0.1" and B=0.2". Images were stacked using PhotoShop. The southern Martian pole cap is clearly visible and the large dark marking is Syrtis Major.

This is a first attempt to image a nebula with my Canon Digital Rebel camera. It is an SLR with a sensor having 6.3 megapixels. It is a composit of 4 exposures totaling about 12 minutes taken on February 24, 2004, prime focus with the Meade 7" refractor.

Jupiter is seen with the two moons Io and Europa, their two shadows on the disc and the great red spot at 21:00 EST on March 23, 2004. It is a composite of RG&B images taken with the STV unit and worked up in PhotoShop. Each separation exposure was 0.2" in the "zoom" mode (binned 1x1). The telescope was a Meade 7" refractor and a 2X Barlow (F/18).

This image was taken on the morning of June 8, 2004 at sunrise from Victor,NY looking through horizon haze. No filtration was used as the sun was quite dim. Canon Digital Rebel camera at prime focus of the 7" refractor.

	The Great Orion Nebula, M42. Distance: 1,500 l.y. Fifteen minute exposure on Kodak 400PPF Professional film. Location - Penfield, NY.
	This image was taken with the Canon Digital Rebel camera and 7mm eyepiece projection with the7", f/9 refractor. The camera was set at ISO 100 and the exposure time was 1 second. Image processing was done in Images Plus and PhotoShop. It shows the craters Albategnius (136 km in diameter on the left) and Hipparchus (150 km in diameter to the right). The smaller crater, Klein, is on the upper left rim of Albategnius (about the 10 o'clock position from the central mountain peak) and is about 44 km in diameter.
	The Globular Cluster, M13 in Hercules. Distance: 23,000 l.y. Diameter: 140 l.y. Estimated to contain between 300,000 & 500,000 stars. Twenty-five minute exposure on hypered Kodak Zoom 800 film. Color discarded to reduce file size. 6/3/2000 from Penfield, NY.
	The "Swan Nebula" (also the Horseshoe or Omega Nebula), M17, in Sagittarius. Distance: 4,890 l.y. Photograph taken from Ionia, NY.
	Double Cluster in Perseus, NGC 869 & 884. Distance: 7,100 l.y. and 7,500 l.y. respectively. Twenty minute exposure on Kodak 400 PPF Prof. film. Ionia, N.Y. site.
	The Lagoon Nebula, M8, in Sagittarius. Distance: 5,200 l.y. Fifteen minute exposure on Kodak 400PPF Professional film. Photographed from Ionia, NY, 7/11/99.
	The "Swan Nebula",M17, in Sagittarius. The STV images were taken from Ionia, NY, 6/17/2001 under relatively good sky conditions. The imaging was done using the "track and accumulate" method and eight 5" exposures were stacked with seven 5" exposures using AstroArt.
	This is an overlay of 2 images of Jupiter taken with a Canon Digital Rebel camera through the 7" refractor and eyepiece projection (7mm eyepiece). The Great Red Spot is easily visible. Exposure times were 1 second each and processed using Images Plus and PhotoShop. Date: February 8, 2004 from Penfield, NY.
	Lunar craters, top to bottom of chain: Theophilus (dia.=100 km, central peaks = 1400 meters), Cyrillus (dia.=98 km) and Catharina (dia.=100 km). The crater center/left is Delambre. Photograph taken by Paul Gilman using his DSC620C Kodak digital camera at 1/5 second on 2/11/00. Eyepiece projection with the Meade 7" refractor. Penfield, NY.
	The first quarter moon photographed through the 7" refractor using a Canon Digital Rebel camera (6.3 megapixels) at prime focus. The exposure was 1/125 second with a camera ISO setting of 100. Date: February 27, 2004 Penfield, NY. The image was processed using Images Plus and PhotoShop.
	Image of the walled plain Plato (Dia.=101 km)with the STV camera. The Alps Mountains separate Mare Frigoris on the right from Mare Imbrium on the left. The Alpine Valley cuts through the Alps near the bottom. The lone mountains Mons Pico (height = 2400 meters) stands in Mare Imbrium directly to the left of Plato and Mons Piton (height = 2250 meters) is near the left bottom edge of the photograph. Feb. 2, 2001.
	Image of Jupiter using the STV camera and a 2X Barlow lens. Seeing quite poor. March 28,2001.
	Fifteen minute exposure of part of the Pleiades Cluster, M45, from Ionia N.Y. on September 9, 2001. The brightest members CCW from lower left are Merope and its nebulosity NGC 1435, Electra and Maia. Distance to the cluster is about 407 l.y. Imaged on hypered Kodak 800 film and STV guiding off a Taurus III off-axis guider.
	A huge sunspot group exiting the southwest limb of the sun on September 30, 2001. Images were frame-grabbed with "Snappy" from a PC-23C video camera. Seven inch Meade refractor with full aperture solar filter. North is up, west to the right.
	The Moon & Saturn shortly after the occultation of Feb. 20, 2002. Time = 8:55 p.m. Clouds prevented viewing the occultation. Imaged with the PC-23C video camera to digital 8 tape then frame grabbed with Snappy. Image is the result of superimposing 2 images to obtain a reasonable brightness for Saturn.
	Large sunspot groups entering the northheast limb of the sun on October 21, 2002. The image was captured with a STV camera at the prime focus of the 7" Meade refractor. A Thousand Oaks solar filter was used also.
	One of the large sunspot groups shown above on October 21, 2002 with the STV in the "zoom" (high resolution) mode. Exposure time was 10 ms.
	This image is a composite of red, green and blue separation images taken of Saturn with the STV unit and color filter wheel. The Images were taken on March 16, 2003 with the Meade 7" refractor and 2X Barlow lens.
	This is a another early attempt to create a color image from R,B & G images taken with the STV at the high resolution mode through the 7" refractor and a 2X Barlow lens. The exposure times were: R & G = 0.1" and B=0.2". Images were stacked using PhotoShop. The southern Martian pole cap is clearly visible and the large dark marking is Syrtis Major.
	This is a first attempt to image a nebula with my Canon Digital Rebel camera. It is an SLR with a sensor having 6.3 megapixels. It is a composit of 4 exposures totaling about 12 minutes taken on February 24, 2004, prime focus with the Meade 7" refractor.
	Jupiter is seen with the two moons Io and Europa, their two shadows on the disc and the great red spot at 21:00 EST on March 23, 2004. It is a composite of RG&B images taken with the STV unit and worked up in PhotoShop. Each separation exposure was 0.2" in the "zoom" mode (binned 1x1). The telescope was a Meade 7" refractor and a 2X Barlow (F/18).
	This image was taken on the morning of June 8, 2004 at sunrise from Victor,NY looking through horizon haze. No filtration was used as the sun was quite dim. Canon Digital Rebel camera at prime focus of the 7" refractor.