Third place "mechanical": A 22-inch F/4.1 Dob made by Allan Rahill of Laval, Quebec, Canada. George N

This ATM scope was a winner in prior years. This year it was set up right next to my scope. The scope featured an attached laptop running a planetarium...

The newest (late 2003) observatory at Stellafane. It contains a 10-inch RC Cass of early make. The dome was rescued from being sent to the trash when the...

I gotta get Art to take better pictures...... but anyway...... I believe this is one of the earliest RC's ever made. Also note that the brass "Springfield...

Hi everyone, I am arriving in New York September 28th where I plan to spend 6 days. Does anyone know any nice astronomical/space places of interest in New...

Well, maybe it's not "the best" that was there, but I own it! :) Obsession 20 #745 The building in the background is "the bunk-house". It was a farm house...

Same as before but 1 day older. Joe

HI all, Here a quick shot of the centre of the eagle nebula. 10 x 90 sec H-Alpha filter 10" SCT. Homebuild CCD cam cooled to -14degr. the sky wasn't that clear...

OK..... this is the scope that won "everything"; First place in "mechanical" and "craftsmanship. It's a 18-inch F/4 Newtonian made by Ross Sackett of Memphis...

This 4-inch Clark was made in 1911, and was in beautiful shape. The only think not original was the Hershel wedge and eyepiece. There was at least one other...

My third scope (but first decent one) as a 12-year old, was an Edmund Newt on a GEM. The guys set up next to me had this neat old 10-inch. The same guys were...

First place Junior "mechanical" and "optical". The judges said that the mirror was so good that the maker should have entered it into the adult contest where...

Have been playing with a setup, which should have the potential to give me some nice 'widefield' images: STL11000 GM8 TMB115 Williams optics field...

I took a detailed crop from the center of my highest resolution source image and made this: you can also see it...

Jupiter is getting pretty low on the horizon. I'm thinking I'll only have a few more weeks to image it. Seems as though quite a few have given up on it due...

Its a little bright to shoot much of anything else. 70mm refractor with 1.8x barlow and modified XTi @ 100asa for 1/30th sec. Joe

this has been another multi-night project. four to this point it is 29x20 minutes of exposure in...

NGC 6910 is an open cluster in Cygnus that is embedded in the nebula around gamma Cygni. I imaged the area through an Astronomik 13nm Halpha filter. I also...

Having seen so many advances in planetary astrophotography lately with the high dollar cameras, the bar has been set pretty high for guys like me who still...