Astrophoto Gallery

Nebulae, Galaxies & Star Clusters

The Pleiades, an open star cluster in Taurus, images with an FLI ML11002-C and Takahashi TOA-150

Pleiades
Takahashi TOA-150

M81 and M82 with an FLI ML11002-C and Takahashi TOA-150

M81 & M82
Takahashi TOA-150

M13 with an FLI ML11002-C and Takahashi TOA-150

M13
Takahashi TOA-150

M101 with an FLI ML11002-C and Takahashi TOA-150

M101
Takahashi TOA-150

IC 1396 and the Elephant Trunk Nebula with an FLI ML11002-C and Takahashi FSQ-106ED X-III

IC 1396 & Elephant's Trunk
Takahashi FSQ & ML11002

North America and Pelican Nebulae with an FLI ML11002-C and Takahashi FSQ-106ED X-III

North America & Pelican
Takahashi FSQ & ML11002

A Perseid Meteor shoots through the Heart Nebula.

Heart & Perseid Meteor
Takahashi FSQ & ML11002

IC1318 (Butterfly Nebula) and NGC6888 (Crescent Nebula) from the CaliforniaStars Observatory in Landers, California.

Butterfly & Crescent
Takahashi FSQ & ML11002

M8 (Lagoon Nebula) and M20 (Trifid Nebula) from the CaliforniaStars Observatory in Landers, California.

Lagoon & Trifid
Takahashi FSQ & ML11002

Trifid Nebula
RC10C & Canon 5D Mark II

M42 with a Canon 20D and Takahashi TOA-130F from GMARS in Landers, California.

M42 – Great Orion Nebula
Takahashi TOA-130F & 20D

IC434 — Horsehead Nebula
Takahashi TOA-130F & 20D

Wide Field & Landscape

Milky Way mosaic from the Mojave National Preserve

Milky Way Mosaic
24mm Lens & Canon 5D Mark IV

Objects in Cassiopeia & Andromeda taken with a Canon 60Da and AstroTrac

Cassiopeia & Andromeda
16mm Lens & Canon 60Da

M8 (The Lagoon Nebula) and M20 (The Trifid Nebula) in the southern constellation of Sagittarius.

M8 & M20 in the Milky Way
105mm Lens & Canon 60Da

IC1318 (The Butterfly Nebula) and NGC6888 (The Crescent Nebula) from the CaliforniaStars Observatory in Landers, California.

Rho Ophiuchus Area
200mm Lens & Canon 60Da

M16 (Eagle Nebula) and M17 (Swan Nebula) from the CaliforniaStars Observatory in Landers, California.

Eagle & Swan Nebulae
200mm Lens & Canon 60Da

Cygnus Loop from the CaliforniaStars Observatory in Landers, California.

Cygnus Loop
200mm Lens & Canon 60Da

Moon, Jupiter, Venus & Pleiades Conjunction

Venus, Jupiter, and the Pleiades Rising

Circumpolar Star Trails
Mojave National Preserve

Circumpolar Star Trails
Chilao Campground

Solar System

Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) on 7/15/2020

Comet NEOWISE 7/15/2020
Canon 5D MIV & FSQ-106EDX-III

Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) on 7/7/2020

Comet NEOWISE 7/7/2020
Canon 5D MIV & 200mm lens

Total Solar Eclipse with Earth Shine on 8/21/2017

Total Solar Eclipse 8/21/2017
Tak FS-60Q & Canon 6D

Total Solar Eclipse with Inner Corona and Prominences on 8/21/2017

Total Solar Eclipse 8/21/2017
Tak FS-60Q & Canon 6D

Total Solar Eclipse with Baily's Beads and Prominences on 8/21/2017

Total Solar Eclipse 8/21/2017
Tak FS-60Q & Canon 6D

Annular Eclipse – 5/20/2012
Takahashi FSQ & 60Da

Partial solar eclipse on October 23, 2014 from Nightfall in Borrego Springs, California

Partial Solar Eclipse
10/23/2014

Super Blue Moon Lunar Eclipse on 1/31/2018.

Lunar Eclipse – 1/31/2018
FLI ML11002-C & TOA-150

Lunar Eclipse on 4/4/2015.

Lunar Eclipse – 4/4/2015
Canon 60Da & 200mm lens

Super Moon – 5/5/2012
RC10C & ML11002

Lunar Eclipse – 12/10/2011
Stellarvue SV80S & 450Da

Venus Transit – 6/5/2012
Takahashi FSQ & 60Da

Comet Lovejoy passing the Pleiades in January 2015.

Comet Lovejoy – 1/17/2015
Canon 6D & 85mm lens

Pan-STARRS – 5/14/2013
Takahashi FSQ & ML11K

Trips, Excursions & Events

Comet PanSTARRS from Rancho Palos Verdes

Comet PanSTARRS
Rancho Palos Verdes

The 2012 Total Solar Eclipse from Queensland, Australia!

Total Solar Eclipse
Queensland, Australia

Astrophotography workshop with Samy's Camera and Canon at the Mt. Wilson Observatory

Astrophotography Workshop
Mt. Wilson, CA

Catching Endeavour Fly Over Southern California – September 2012

Endeavour's Final Flight
La Cañada Flintridge, CA (JPL)

Overnight stay at Chilao Campground in the Angeles National Forest – July 2012

Night at Chilao Campground
Angeles National Forest, CA

Camping and imaging trip to the Mojave National Preserve – February 2010

Camping in the Mojave
Mojave National Preserve, CA