Other Objects

Assorted objects in Film and CCD

North Celestial Pole taken from CSP-12
Wide angle film shot, about 100 * 70 Degrees
Note that the what looks like skyglow is remnents of a spectacular Aurora.

Pentax K1000, KODAK 800, Vivitar 19mm Lens, 20 minutes (5 degree rotation)

North Celestial Pole taken from Litchfield CT

Pentax K110D, Vivitar 19mm Lens, 17.5 minutes (35 * 30 sec)

North Celestial Pole taken from Bethany CT

Pentax K110D, Vivitar 19mm Lens, 18.5 minutes (37 * 30 sec)

The popular Double Double Epsilon Lyra.
Elongated at f/10, split with Barlow, pairs are at 90 degrees.

Meade 2080 8 in f/10 SCT, SBIG ST-7E

Pete Palagonia's Double Double's Double as featured in Sky and Telescope July 1998.
Note wider separation and the pairs are parallel.

Meade 2080 8 in f/10 SCT, SBIG ST-7E, 8 sec * 21

Pete Palagonia's Baseball Diamond as featured in Sky and Telescope August 1998.
Note bright home plate, runner on first, batters on deck. Not visible from my
home with an eyepiece, I only saw it once from a dark site with Pete's help.

Meade 2080 8 in f/10 SCT, SBIG ST-7E

Iridium Satellite
Iridium flare of MAG 8.1 was the most intense nightime object I've seen.

Orion Short Tube 80 piggyback, 3 minute exposure

MAG 8 Iridium Satellite passing Polaris

Pentax K100D, 100 mm with tripod

Comet Linear 2000/WM1

Orion Short Tube 80 piggyback, SBIG ST-7E, 30 sec * 12

Comet C/2006 M4 Swan

Stellarvue NightHawk 80mm, SBIG ST-7E, 5 Min * 11

Comet C/2006 VZ13 Linear
Moving through Draco 16 arcminutes in 90 min 7/15/2007 21:45-23:15

Meade 2080 8 in f/10 SCT, SBIG ST-7E, 1 min exp, 3 min spacing, 28 frames

Comet 17P/Holmes 10/27/07
Taken when comet head was facing earth (near opposition)
The outer diameter is 4.5 arcminutes, aligned on comet yet stars barely moved in 90 min

Meade 2080 8 in SCT, f6.3 reducer, Pentax K110D, 10 sec exp every 30 sec, 140 frames

Comet 17P/Holmes 11/06/07
The outer diameter has increased to 16.5 arcminutes.

Meade 2080 8 in SCT, f6.3 reducer, Pentax K110D, 20 sec exp every 1 min, 49 frames

Comet 17P/Holmes 11/11/07
The outer diameter has increased to 19.9 arcminutes.

Stellarvue Nighthawk, Pentax K110D, 60 sec exp every 3 min, 16 frames

Coathanger Asterism

130mm lens, SBIG ST-7E, 1 min * 10

Asterism Coathanger Cr399

Orion Short Tube 80, PENTAX K1000 piggyback, 4 min

Asterism Mini Coathanger in Ursa Minor

Orion Short Tube 80, SBIG ST-7E, 60 sec*4

Constellation Orion
Note three stars of Orion's belt and nebula on sword's scabbard.

Pentax K1000, 210 mm piggyback, 10 min

Constellation Cassiopeia
Taken at a dark site, note increase in stars compared to shots taken at home.
The big "M" is up and left of center. Double cluster is right above trees.

Pentax K1000, 50 mm piggyback, 10 min

Constellation Leo
My namesake, taken from Colebrook CT.

Pentax K1000, 50 mm piggyback, 10 min

Hyades Cluster in Taurus

Pentax K110D, 210 mm, 30 sec * 14

Milky Way Lower Section
Jupiter is brightest object. Pink spots include M8, M20, M17, M16

Pentax K110D, 19 mm, 2min * 18

Milky Way Upper Section
Vega is brightest object.

Pentax K110D, 19 mm, 2min * 8

Asteroid Vesta
MAG 7 asteroid overwhelms starfield.

Meade 2080 8 in f/10 SCT, SBIG ST-7E, 15 sec * 136

Asteroid 2008 TT26
This 70 meter long MAG 17 asteroid's claim to fame is it will
pass less than 4 Lunar Distances from Earth only 2 weeks
after it was discovered by LINEAR sky survey

Meade 2080 8 in f/10 SCT, SBIG ST-7E, 30 sec * 18

Asteroid 2008 TT26 within Four Lunar Distances from Earth
Images every minute starting 10/24/08 01:14 EST
Angular speed is about 1 arcminute per minute

Stellarvue Nighthawk, SBIG ST-7E, 1 min * 11

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