Whiteoaks Photo Albums » Dark Sky Observing, February 2008

Five sidewalk astronomers headed to the desert for a great night of observing. Mojo tried his hand for the first time at astrophotography with his Canon 20D digital SLR camera.

Dave was already set up when we arrived at sunset.	Dave getting ready for the evening.	Dave Hasenauer with his 18-inch.	Dave
Thin crescent moon with lots of earthshine.	M 41 open cluster in Canis Major.	M42 and M43, the great nebula in Orion.	Slightly longer exposure of M42 and M43
Comet 46P/Wirtanen	Comet 17P/Holmes -- the comet dust cloud has expanded and...	Another shot of 46P/Wirtanen -- note that it shifted...	The double cluster in Perseus.
The M95 at the top, M96 in the middle, M105 with NGC 3384...	NGC 4565, my first attempt at a stack. Made from three...	The Pleides, M45, fill the frame. A short exposure that...	A longer exposure of the Pleides showing the nebulosity.
M104, the Sombrero galaxy is in the lower left. Above it...	M101 in Ursa Major.	M64 in Virgo, the "black eye" galaxy.	M86 is in the center, surrounded by virgo galaxies. ...
NGC 4627 is a favorite small spiral galaxy near the...	M66 in the center, M65 above it, and NGC 3628 to the left.	M81 on the left, M82 in the center.	Dawn with Venus and Jupiter.
Dawn at Ocotillo Flat observatory at Chuckwalla Bench.	Jane's 17.5-inch Litebox dobsonian at dawn.	Jane works on packing the car, and the 4-inch refractor...

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