Astronomy

Here's me with my friend J.P.'s 25 inch f5 Obsession Telescope. What a photon hog.
 

J.P. and the equatorial mount he made for his Coulter 17.5 inch f4.5 Dobsonian Newtonian telescope. The whole thing folds up and can (almost) fit into a Mazda 323 hatchback.
 

Me and my puny 12.5 inch f6 dob newt, at Movie Flat, near Lone Pine and Mt. Whitney, California, during Astro 27 class taught by Rick Nolthenius at Cabrillo College. They also offer an excellent Astronomy/Geology class at Pinnacles National Monument .
 

You can take pictures of stars & stuff like these I made with an ordinary 35mm camera (that lets you leave the shutter open) and a tripod.
 

Sagittarius and the center of our Milky Way galaxy setting over June Lake, California. September 23, 1995. Unguided, 25 seconds exposure, 50mm f1.7 lens, 35mm Kodak Royal 1000 film.
 

Comet Hyakutake, Ben Lomond, California. 1996/3/23 22:23. Unguided 30 seconds, 50mm f1.7, Kodak Gold 400.
 

Comet Hale-Bopp. Note the blue gas tail at a different angle to the curved dust tail. Ben Lomond, California, 1997/3 Unguided 30 seconds, 50mm f1.7 Kodak Gold 400.
 

Lunar Eclipse. See the Earth's shadow? The world really is round. That's Mars to the left (I think). Cabrillo College Observatory, Capitola, California 1997/3/23 Unguided 2 seconds, 300 mm f5 Kodak Gold 400.
 

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