Most of the photos on this site were taken in light polluted Hamden Connecticut by an amateur whose first and largest telescope is a Meade 2080 LX-3 SCT purchased in Summer 1997. I hope to provide an example of what can be done by a novice under adverse conditions. All film photos were taken with a Pentax K1000. In Fall 2000 I built a small back-yard roll-off-roof observatory and bought an SBIG ST-7E. Most photos since 2000 are taken with the SBIG except for some Solar System objects taken with Phillips ToUcam. In November 2006 I bought a Pentax DSLR for color shots of objects the SBIG has trouble with.
SBIG: Mar NGC-2685, Mar Satellites, Jun NGC-5395, Aug Pluto, Oct Asteroids, Jun NGC-6217
Pentax DSLR: Jan M1, Feb Comet Lulin Venus,Mar Moon M81 StarTrail Flame/Horsehead Leo-Trio,
Apr Markarian Chain, May NGC-4565, June M-17 M-12 M-4 M-57 M-16 M-20 M-13 M-27
ToUcam: Jun Jupiter, Aug ISS Jupiter, Sep Jupiter moon shadows, Jan Saturn, Feb Saturn
ISS: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr
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