Astronomical Images

Equipment used (please don't laugh, I'm a novice)
Orion StartBlast™ 4.5" EQ Equatorial-Mounted Newtonian Reflector Telescope Beginners skill level, decent quality 114mm aperture mirror, 450mm focal length Eyepieces: 15mm and 6mm, 66 degree field of view Zoom: 30x(15mm) and 75x(6mm) Barlow 2x lens for 60x and 150x zoom	Celestron 80mm Wide View Refractor Spotting Telescope Beginners skill level, decent quality 400mm focal length Eyepieces used: 15mm and 6mm, 66 degree fov Zoom: 26.6x(15mm) and 66.6x(6mm) Barlow 2x lens for 53.3x and 133.3x zoom
Image thumbnails link to images at higher resolution and original camera quality or color corrected images Except where noted, no images have been "Photoshopped" or "GIMPed"
08 September 2006 click here for the original 3264x2448 resolution image	11 September 2006 click here for the original 3264x2448 resolution image
11 September 2006 click here for the original 3264x2448 resolution image	12 September 2006 click here for the original 3264x2448 resolution image
12 September 2006 click here for the original 3264x2448 resolution image	12 September 2006 click here for the original 3264x2448 resolution image
12 September 2006 click here for the original 3264x2448 resolution image	12 September 2006 click here for the original 3264x2448 resolution image
10 October 2006 Red filter attached to the eyepiece click here for the original 3264x2448 resolution image	10 October 2006 Red filter attached to the eyepiece click here for the original 3264x2448 resolution image
07 October 2006 click here for the original 3264x2448 resolution image	08 December 2006 click here for the original 3264x2448 resolution image
22 January 2007	22 January 2007
Venus and stars at dusk Pentax A30: 4.0sec. f/2.8 64-ISO	Venus and stars at dusk Pentax A30: 4.0sec. f/2.8 64-ISO