Dick Locke's Astrophotography Gateway Page
Copyright © 1998-2009, Dick Locke.  All Rights Reserved.  Contact and Image Use Information

"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.

Welcome to my Astrophotography web site.   This is my astronomy photo index page.  Many are interested in the equipment used.  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. 

Latest West Texas Astronomy Pictures are at this link

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

Nebula Page	Messier Object Astrophotography Page
Moon Pictures	Planet Pictures
Wide Angle Astrophotos	Galaxy Index
Dark Nebula Pictures	Comet Pictures
Star Trails	Astrophotography: Clusters
Most older shots are Canon EOS D20 Images.	Newer Shots: QHY8 CCD Camera
Astronomy Equipment	Meteor Pictures (Shooting Stars)
Planet Alignment Pictures	Fixed Tripod and Star Trails
Astronomy Features: Some of my best stuff	My Current Astronomy Image Processing Workflow
Basic Astrophotography	Main West Texas Astronomy Pictures Page Is Here

 

Images (non-Astro) Home

 

HAS Site pix indexed here

 

Magazine cover moons: Eclipses	NGC 253, 20Da (Sculptor Galaxy) This is a much closer re-shoot.  Winner of Yahoo group digital_astro challenge October 2007.	Thin Crescent Moon Pictures
Articles: Basic Image Processing in Photoshop Why Film Astrophotography? Canon D20a and Nikon D100 noise comparison	Big Moon + Labeled Images!	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

 

Still More Astronomy Pictures:

Airplane Pictures	Dick's (older) Astrophotography Page	Milky Way Image Gallery
North Houston Astronomy Club Pix HAS Pix	In Memory of Larry Freshnock	Lightning Pictures:
Mars 2003	New Galaxy Photos	Mars Hoax of 2005.
NHAC - moon and mercury pictures	Planet Pictures	10/03: Starry Nights Astronomy
Nikon D100 Astronomy Images	Nova Sco 2007.
Starry Nights 2002 Astro Pix	Latest, 10/04: Astronomy Pictures from 5/2004 West Texas Trip	Some other astronomy links below. Heavens Above for Houston Drift Method of Polar Alignment Using the STV to Obtain Accurate Polar Alignment
Moon Halo	New (6/03) Moon Pix Page	Nikon D100 Astrophotograhy: M42 & M45 NHAC Pix
Davis Mountain Astronomy Pictures   Also: Lots of good stuff here from my last Starry Nights trip in 2/2007

 

2009 is the International Year of astronomy

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 Page	North Houston Astronomy Club
Jerry Lodriguss's Home Page	Houston Astronomical Society
Randy Brewer's Home Page
Dave Clark's Latest	Matt 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.

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Copyright © 1998-2009, Dick Locke.  All Rights Reserved.
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 after June, 2009 update.