Why not do it the hard way? Actually I was going to do some Halpha but then the clouds moved in and aren't forecast to leave for some time so I gave up and...

Hi John, Hurricane Ike is passing south of here by a wide margin (winds currently are about 35 knots on the reef). I've "retired" (moved it to the office)...

After dawn had set in this morning, for the heck of it, I took a shot of that area just in case it has made a miraculous reappearance. I about fell off my...

Taken from a farm just south of Blueknob State Park on 1 Sept 2008. Taken with an NP-127 at F/5.2. Three 20 minute exposures using a Hutech modified Canon...

7x15 minutes Intes-Micro M73 (7" F3 custom astrograph) Celestron CI-700 Mount w/Gemini QHY8 ccd camera cropped and reduced 50% full size...

10x15 minutes Intes-Micro M73 (7" F3 custom astrograph) Celestron CI-700 Mount w/Gemini QHY8 ccd camera cropped and reduced 50% -- John N. Gretchen III ...

Just yesterday I became aware of a new "bubble nebula" in Cygnus near the Crescent. It is so perfectly round with such a well defined border that it really...

I was really shooting M57, an object that has won in every encounter for the last three years. I can't seem to get a good shot of it. But IC 1296 sure came...

8x15 minutes Intes-Micro M73 (7" F3 custom astrograph) Celestron CI-700 Mount w/Gemini QHY8 ccd camera cropped and reduced 50% full scale cropped image...

first light, needs a collimation tweak..... 5x900 seconds Intes-Micro M73 (7" F3 custom astrograph) Celestron CI-700 Mount w/Gemini reduced 50% -- John N....

5x900 seconds Intes-Micro M73 (7" F3 custom astrograph) Celestron CI-700 Mount w/Gemini QHY8 ccd camera cropped -- John N. Gretchen III ...

Hi Group, I have not received any posts to this group for at least three days and I am wondering if my ISP, Demon, has abandoned you. Has any one else...

Taken from a farm just south of Blueknob State Park on 1 Sept 2008. Taken with an NP-127 at F/5.2. Three 20 minute exposures using a Hutech modified Canon...

This is a very weird planetary in Cygnus. Rather large compared to most planetaries and very oddly shaped. The bright star in the center is the central...

Hi, It has been very clear except for the volcano ash. It makes for some nice sunsets and sunrises. Here is m31 from last night and this morning. Its 45...

First I'd like to mention that I have difficulties posting replies to other images as my newsserver has not shown any new pictures in this group for almost a...

I hadn't planned on imaging due to the CSC calling for poor seeing and transparency, but I wanted to test out a new processing program I got and hoped to get...

I was using my AP180EDT at the ranch this past weekend: using a polar alignment from a month ago. I have concluded that the mount settled a bit in the dirt...

10x300 seconds Intes MK-69 (6" f/6 Mak-Cass 900mm fl) Celestron CI-700 Mount w/Gemini reduced 50% -- John N. Gretchen III http://www.tisd.net/~jng3

Open Cluster in Cepheus Cross Identifications: NGC 7235, OCL 229 8x300 seconds Intes MK-69 (6" f/6 Mak-Cass 900mm fl) Celestron CI-700 Mount w/Gemini reduced...