Dick Locke's Astrophotography Gateway Page
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 Welcome to my Astrophotography web site.   This is my astronomy photo index page to help locate pictures of interest.  People often want to know about 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.  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.
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Latest: Chanel is using some of my astronomy images.

Newish: Narrowband Imaging and my ST-8300m Narrowband Page


Check out the California Nebula Narrowband

Newest: Fall 2011 Davis Mountains Trip

Late Spring 2011 Astronomy Pictures

West Texas Scenic and 2011 Fire Pictures

New Spring 2011 Astronomy Pictures


New Feb 2011:  Horsehead Nebula Portrait

Newest Dec 2010 West Texas Astro Pics

2009 West Texas Astronomy Pictures are at this link



Nebula Page


Messier Object Astrophotography Page


Moon Pictures


Wide Angle Astrophotos


Planet Pictures


Galaxy Index


Comet Pictures


Dark Nebula Pictures


Star Clusters: Open & Globular


HAS Site pix indexed here


Fixed Tripod and Star Trails


Most older shots are Canon EOS D20 Images.


Astronomy Equipment


Click on Sun  to see the sunspot picture.


Magazine cover moons: Eclipses

Planet Alignment Pictures

Meteor Pictures (Shooting Stars)


Thin Crescent Moon Pictures

My Current Astronomy Image Processing Workflow

Basic Astrophotography

Astronomy Features: Some of my best stuff

Images (non-Astro) Home

Main West Texas Astronomy Pictures Page Is Here

 


NGC 253, 20Da (Sculptor Galaxy)

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


Lightning Pictures:


Big Moon + Labeled Images!


Dick's (older) Astrophotography Page

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

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

 

 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
In Memory of Larry Freshnock 
Mars 2003    New Galaxy PhotosMars Hoax of 2005.
NHAC - moon and mercury pictures       Planet Pictures10/03: Starry Nights Astronomy
Nikon D100 Astronomy Images Nova Sco 2007.  
Starry Nights 2002 Astro PixLatest, 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 HaloNew (6/03) Moon Pix PageNikon D100 Astrophotograhy: M42 & M45 NHAC Pix
   

Davis Mountain Astronomy Pictures  
 

  

 

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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