Dick Locke's Astrophotography Gateway Page
Copyright © 1998-2013, Dick Locke.  All Rights Reserved.  Contact and Image Use Information

Welcome to my Astrophotography web page.   This is my astronomy photo index page to help locate pictures of interest.  People often want to know about the  astronomy equipment used in these pictures.  Most images use my Takahashi TOA 130 Telescope (a 5" APO refractor).  In late 2005 I began shooting with a Canon EOS 20Da DSLR camera.  In 2007 I switched from my Losmandy G11 to an AP 900GTO mount.   In 2008 I began using a QHY8 CCD Camera.  See Basic Astrophotography for information about how this is done.  I'm starting to use an SBIG ST-8300 CCD camera and a Takahashi FSQ-85 "Baby Q" telescope in early 2011.   More info about Processing Astrophotos is here. Chanel is using some of my astronomy images.
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November 2012 Davis Mountains Astronomy Picture Page


Moon Pictures


Planet Pictures
and
Planet Alignment Pictures


Galaxy Pictures



Comet Pictures


Messier Object Catalog Astrophotography Page


Nebula Page


Time-Lapse Videos


Dark Nebula Pictures


Fixed Tripod and Star Trails


Wide Angle Astrophotos


Meteor Pictures (Shooting Stars)


Star Clusters: Open & Globular


2012 Venus Transit

Thin Crescent Moon Pictures
 

Most of my recent images were acquired in dark skies of West Texas

New: Embrace the Trails: Satellite Trail Pictures, Include Iridium Flares


Astronomy Equipment

Narrowband Imaging and my ST-8300m Narrowband Page


Main West Texas Astronomy Pictures


Magazine cover moons: Eclipses

 

 

 


Sundog & Sun Halos


Solar Eclipse Pictures


Click on Sun to see solar pictures


Most older shots are Canon EOS D20 DSLR Images


Starry Nights Image


HAS Site pix indexed here


Big Moon + Labeled Images!

My Current Astronomy Image Processing Workflow

Basic Astrophotography


Dick's (older) Astrophotography Page

Articles: Basic Image Processing in Photoshop
Why Film Astrophotography?
Canon D20a and Nikon D100 noise comparison

Astronomy Features: Some of my best stuff rom a few years ago

 Here's my personal astronomy reference page
Lightning Pictures

 Opus tackles one of the great questions in astronomy: What's the center of it all?

Still More Astronomy Pictures:

 
Airplane Pictures

 


Lots of good stuff here from my Starry Nights trip in 2/2007


Milky Way Image Gallery
Mars 2003    New Galaxy Photos 
NHAC - moon and mercury pictures       Planet PicturesNikon D100 Astronomy Images
Moon HaloNew (6/03) Moon Pix PageMars Hoax of 2005.
Davis Mountain Astronomy PicturesIn Memory of Larry Freshnock Nova Sco 2007.

 

Paul Downing's Home PageNorth Houston Astronomy Club
Jerry Lodriguss's Home PageHouston Astronomical Society
Randy Brewer's Home PageDon Taylor'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, for best results 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.


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Copyright © by Dick Locke.  All Rights Reserved.
Contact and Image Use Information

Hit Counter after June 2009 cleanup
Heavens Above for Houston

Drift Method of Polar Alignment
Using the STV to Obtain Accurate Polar Alignment

Becky's 2012 Astronomy Bucket List is here

I would rather be in Fort Davis:  The weather there is here!