Don't you just wish . . .
	This is a shot of the Full Moon over the San Jacinto Monument that I took as we were coming home from some friends house on January 14th, 2006.
	This is the Moon with Mars 1.5 Degrees below and to the left.  The Moon is at 86% phase and Mars is at 95%.  North is to the left.  December 11th, 2005.
	It is Thursday night and here is what we are doing at TSP right now....
	In the background is the McDonald 82" & 107" on the left mountain and the Hobby Eberly on the right.
	My SkyTent is in the forground.
	This is Rigel and it's companion binary star.  Took this for Cynthia on 3-22-05 with the RC and Canon 10D with at 4X Big Barlow.
	This is M-31 with the Canon 10D and Sky 90.  The next 23 objects were between 2 & 5 minute shots.
	This is the core of M-31 with the FCT-150.
	This is M-81, M-82, and UGC-5427 (a 14th mag. galaxy).  Note the detail in M-82.  Taken with the Canon & FCT-150.
	This is M-51 The Whirlpool Galaxy.  Taken with the Canon & FCT-150.
	This is NGC-4565, NGC-4562, and IC-3546 a 15.3 mag. galaxy.  Taken with the Canon & FCT-150.
	Same shot but with the Sky 90.
	The Leo Trio with the FCT-150.
	Same with the Sky 90.
	This is the Sombrero Galaxy.
	This is a very tiny and very faint Planetary Nebula in Corvus.
	M-1.
	This is a widefield shot of M-46 and M-47.  Note the Planetary Nebula in M-46.  Taken with the Sky 90.
	Same shot taken with the Canon & FCT-150.
	This is a normal resolution crop of M-46 with the Planetary Nebula in it.  Note the red ring around the blue nebula.
	The Horse Head area taken with the Canon & FCT-150.
	This is a widefield of the Orion area taken with the Canon and a 70mm lens.
	This is the Rosette Nebula near Orion.
	The Double Cluster.  Note the red giants....
	This is M-38 in Auriga.
	The Milky Way - Cygnus area.  Taken with the Canon 10D and a 14mm lens.
	This is the Andromeda region.
	The Orion area.
	Taurus and friends.  I have many more constellation shots not posted.
	This is the 'tool of choice' used at Fort Davis last week.  Gotta love those skies...
	Here I am getting ready to tear it down in preparation to leave for home at daylight.
	Believe it or not, this is a single 5 minute shot of the Orion Nebula and the Running Man taken with my Canon 10D and the Tak Sky 90.  I did layer the trapezium area with a shorter shot to show the details.  Processing is simply subtracting 1 dark frame and a levels adjustment.  12/10/2004 from Ft. Davis.
	The McDonald 107" & 82" domes taken from Loyd's house with the Sky 90 at night.
	Andromeda - These are some shots taken with the Canon 10D on the Sky 90 a focally.  Not too bad for just playing around.  No special processing on any of these yet.  All are single 5 minute exposures.  I'll try stacking some of them later.  December 8th, 2004 in Ft. Davis.
	Pleiades
	This is a shot of Mercury (left) and Mars (right) taken at 7:30 PM on 7/10/2004.  They were only 0.2 degrees of separation between them.  Mercury is at about 70% phase at -0.21 magnitude.  Mars is magnitude 1.84.  They were about 15 degrees above the sun so I had to shoot them in the evening before they went down into the trees for me.  Taken with a Phillips TouCam and Takahashi FCT-150 at F/7.
	This is a shot of the fairly new moon next to Venus  (just over a degree away).  Taken at Ft. Davis on 3/24/04 with my Sony 707  digital camera.  Venus is to the upper left of the Moon between the clouds.  It is easier to see in the image below.
	Another shot of the Moon & Venus.  Same data as above.
	This is later that same evening.
	Moon and Venus over my Sky Tent getting ready for a night of capturing photons...
	This is a shot of the Orion Nebula taken on 1/19/04 with my Mewlon 300 and Sony 707 digital camera from my back yard.  If you download the larger version CLICK HERE you can see a lot more detail including the 'E' & 'F' stars bulging off of the 4 Trapezium stars.
	These are some shots of the Lunar Eclipse over the Fred Hartman Bridge in Baytown Texas.  They were shot with a Sony 707 digital camera on a tripod.
	The color wasn't as brilliant as the January 2000 eclipse in my opinion.
	Here is an Iridium Flare that we saw and photo'd while in West Texas during TSP.  It was a -8 according to Heavens Above.  It is just below Coma Bernices.
	This is a quick snapshot of a piece of the moon taken with the digital camera while I was observing last night (2-10-03).
	This is Comet 2002V1-Neat that is currently near Pegasus in the early evening Western sky.  There is a faint tail going up and to the right across the star in the picture.  It was very obvious visually in the eyepiece.  Taken with my Sony 707 digital camera through my Mewlon 300 on 1/31/03.
	Jupiter taken with the Sony 707 & Mewlon 300 on 1/31/03. Io is at the 7 o'clock position and Europa is between us and the surface of the planet casting the shadow on Jupiter itself.
	This is the same as the above but not zoomed in at all.  Notice the 3 visible moons.  Ganymede is bottom left, Io is close to the planet, and Callisto is to the upper right.  Europa is between us and the planet and is not visible.
	Maybe it is not comparable with the shot that I got off of the 82" at the McDonald, but it isn't bad for a single quick snapshot.
	Here I am at the George Observatory on 1/31/03 getting "First Light" on my new Mewlon 300 Takahashi telescope.  Photo courtesy of Loyd Overcash.
	Here is another of the same.  Notice Orion above the scope.
	This is a shot of Saturn taken on the 82" Telescope at the McDonald Observatory on 1-4-03 with my Sony digital camera.  The image was taken 'a focally' with a Scopetronics 40mm eyepiece.   Notice the fainter 'C' ring inside the two outer brighter ones.  Also, notice that there are five moons showing in this shot.  This is the night that Saturn was on top of M-1 the Crab Nebula.  However, Saturn washed out the Crab severely.
	This is a similar shot but zoomed in a little.
	This is the Eskimo Planetary Nebula (NGC-2392).  I have always loved this image visually through this scope because you can easily see the "fur lining" and the "chin" on the face.
	This is NGC-1535, a nice little Planetary Nebula.
	This is M-77.  I couldn't believe that I could get a decent image of a galaxy with the digital camera.  The image is a little out of focus, but I put it up anyway just to show that it can be done.
	This is the Blue Snowball (NGC-7662).  It is a little out of focus also.
	Here is a Saturn shot that I took on my first night (1-2-03) on the 82" scope with my Sony digital camera.  I have several that I plan to stack later for a sharper image.
	This is the well know Orion Nebula Trapezium area.  It is cool as it clearly shows the normal four stars (A, B, C, & D), as well as E & F, with G, H, and J thrown in for fun.... Taken on 1-2-03.
	These are some images that I took with my Sony 707 digital camera at the George observatory on 11-30-2002.  The first 3 are M-42 the Orion Nebula
	M-42
	M-42 zoomed in a little
	This is the Pleiades or Seven Sisters or M-45
	Moon Ring.  This is a shot of the almost full moon through the haze at 9:30 pm on November the 18th, 2002.  I was venturing outside to see how the skies were for observing the Leonids from here.  Shot with my Sony 707 digital camera.
	These are some shots of the moon that I took with my Sony 707 digital camera attached to my Takahashi FCT-150 telescope.  No special processing done.  Taken at Ken Miller's house in Hockley on November 9th, 2002.  All exposures were 30 seconds with the camera's noise reduction process.
	Same
	Same
	This is the Ring Nebula - M57 in Lyra
	Same as above but zoomed in a little
	This is the Dumbell Nebula - M27.
	This is the Andromeda Galaxy - M31.  Note also M32 & M110.  Notice the 2 dust lanes in the main galaxy.
	This is the Double Cluster in Perseus
	This is M-52 cluster and the Bubble Nebula to the right.
	This is the ET star cluster otherwise known as NGC-457.
	Good old M-13 star cluster in Hercules.
	And finally Alberio in Cygnus.  Note the blue and gold color of this binary star.
	Moon taken with an Olympus 340 digital camera through the eyepiece of my old LX-200
	Jupiter taken with an Olympus 340 digital camera through the eyepiece of my old LX-200

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