Dick Locke's Astrophotography Gateway Page
Copyright © 1998-2008, Dick Locke.  All Rights Reserved.  Contact and Image Use Information 

Welcome to my Astrophotography web site.   This is my astronomy photo index page.  Most images use a D-SLR camera and Takahashi TOA 130 (a 5" APO refractor telescope).   As of late 2005 I am shooting exclusively with a Canon EOS 20Da DSLR camera and in 2007 I have switched to an AP 900GTO mount.  
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Opus tackles one of the great questions in astronomy: What's the center of it all?

Messier Object Astrophotography Page

Nebula Page

Astrophotography: Clusters

 


HAS Site pix indexed here


Moon
and Planets

Blue Mountain 2007 Star Trails & Daylight

Latest Comet Holmes Pictures

M31: Another Perspective Above: The ruddy dust lanes of M31 have always intrigued me.
M31 images here
 
 

Davis Mountain  Pictures

Galaxy Index

Newest Planets!  NexImage pictures
 

M8 and M20 Area Featured Pictures

Canon EOS D20 Images.

A handy index of my latest and greatest stuff. 
 
 


NGC 253, 20Da (Sculptor Galaxy)

This is a much closer re-shoot.  Winner of Yahoo group digital_astro challenge October 2007.

Starry Nights B&B Picture Index

Starry Nights trip in 2/2007
Starry Nights May 20th and 21st 2006
Starry Nights October 19th and 20th 2006

Dick's Home Page
Book Cover Moon
My Moonshot on the cover of a book!
 Nova Sco 2007.

Comet Pictures

(Comet & The Seven Sisters)


Star Trails
Articles: Basic Image Processing in Photoshop
Why Film Astrophotography?
Canon D20a and Nikon D100 noise comparison
Astronomy Features: Some of my best stuff

 

Various & More Recent Astronomy Pictures:

 


Big Moon + Labeled Images!

Astronomy Features: Some of my best stuff


Milky Way Image Gallery

Comet NEAT Q4:

See them all: West Texas Astrophotography


Thin Crescent Moon, less than one day old:

Airplane Pictures

North Houston Astronomy Club Pix

HAS Pix


Dick's (older) Astrophotography Page

Lightning Pictures:
Mars 2003    New Galaxy PhotosMars Hoax of 2005.
New for 2005: NHAC - moon and mercury pictures       Planet Pictures10/03: Starry Nights Astronomy
Nikon D100 Astronomy ImagesPlanet Alignment PixComet Ikeya-Zhang
Starry Nights 2002 Astro Pix
Orion Nebula (M42)
Starry Nights Pix 2003 Starry Nights
Moon HaloNew (6/03) Moon Pix PageBasic Astrophotography
Nikon D100 Astrophotograhy: M42 & M45 NHAC Pix Astronomy Links for beginners: Buying a telescope, etc. In Memory of Larry Freshnock

Some other astronomy links below.
Heavens Above for Houston

Drift Method of Polar Alignment

Using the STV to Obtain Accurate Polar Alignment

Latest, 10/04: Astronomy Pictures from 5/2004 West Texas Trip  Dick Locke's favorite astronomy links

Astronomy and Camera Equipment
Buy a Telescope?

International Initiative

in Defence of the Quality of the Night Sky

as Mankind’s Scientific, Cultural

and Environmental Right
 

DECLARATION
IN DEFENCE OF THE NIGHT SKY
AND THE RIGHT TO STARLIGHT


"The sky, our common and universal heritage, is an integral part of the environment perceived by humanity. Humankind has always observed the sky either to interpret it or to understand the physical laws that govern the universe. This interest in astronomy has had profound implications for science, philosophy, religion, culture and our general conception of the universe".

Proclamation of 2009 as International Year of Astronomy. UNESCO General Conference. Paris 2005.

 

“Persons belonging to future generations have the right to an uncontaminated and undamaged Earth, including pure skies; they are entitled to its enjoyment as the ground of human history of culture and social bonds that make each generation and individual a member of one human family.”


Universal Declaration of Human Rights for Future Generations. La Laguna, 1994.

 


 

Paul Downing's Home PageNorth Houston Astronomy Club
Jerry Lodriguss's Home PageHouston Astronomical Society
Randy Brewer's Home Page 
Dave Clark's LatestMatt Ben-Daniel's Home Page



Clear Sky Clock for a little ways west of where I live...

National Weather Service link for The Woodlands


Monitor Adjustment: you should be able to see 17 different shades in above.  If you do not see differences at both ends of the wedge you should adjust your monitor and/or room lighting until you do.  The images on this website are best viewed at 1024x768 or higher resolutions, with 32 bit color.

Update: 02/01/2006

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