I had a cloudy sky and it warranted taking out just my digital camera. The images are poor in quality as I am using 10x digital zoom, but the images suffice in providing a momento of the event.
June 15, 2011 L...
Here is a 17.5" Newtonian with a Coulter Optics 8" Cassegrain, 5" refractor and 4x5 wide field camera mounted on an astro Works fork mount. This belonged to AVAC member Rick Balogh at the time. Kodachrome 64 slide taken 1982.
17.5" Newtonian
Taken March 9, 1997 at saddleback Buttes. The dark triangle to the lower right is the ground.
Comet Hale-Bopp
Tom with his 12" F/8 that he built over 40 years ago. Tom ground the mirror, which is made from plate glass. It gives outstanding images. For purposes of scale, Tom stand 6'-4.25" tall.
Tom Hames & 12"...
The back cover of the first issue, August, 1973.
First Issue Bac...
August, 1973. Their first issue.
First Issue Cov...
Messier Objects
1986-06 copy
1984-RTMC-C8
1983-61
1988-DavidLevy-...
1993-40inch
1993-30in-F4-St...
Cave6inF15-refr...
Keith's 1983 entry at RTMC. He won an award for this emtry. The telescope was a 3.9-inch f/15 refractor.
Keith Lawson & ...
AVAC members at the 1985 RTMC.
AVAC Members
Venus and large prominence at the start of the transit.
Venus Transit 2...
AVAC Membership...
Taken afocally through a C11 with a Sony digital camera and Williams Optics eyepiece. This image is at maximum eclipse
Partial Lunar E...
He is a compilation of a few images that I took from the lunar eclipse on December 31, 2009.
Time Lapse Luna...
Lunar Eclipes
Lunar Eclipes
Lunar Eclipes
Lunar Eclipes
Lunar Eclipes
Lunar Eclipes
Lunar Eclipes
Lunar Eclipes
Lunar Eclipes
August 16, 2008 lunar eclipse. Maximum luner coverage was 81%. Taken through a C90 using a Sony digital camera.
Lunar Eclipse
Aug. 16, 2008 eclipsed moon over the western extant and standing column of the temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens. Taken with a Sony digital camera.
Lunar Eclipse
Aug. 16, 2008 eclipsed moon through a C90 with a Sony digital camera.
Lnar Eclipse
Aug. 16, 2008 eclipsed moon over the southeast corner of the temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens.
Lunar Eclipse
Aug. 16, 2008 eclipsed moon through a C90 with a Sony digital camera.
Lunar Eclipse
Eagle Nebula
Prime focus with a C14 on a Paramount Mount. Using Apogee ccd camera.
Eagle Nebula
Lunar Eclipse, Aug.6,1971
Lunar eclipse of August 6, 1971. Taken in Athens, Greece using afocal method with Kodacolor II print film and a Zeiss Contaflex camera.
Lunar Eclipse
The Sun in h-alpha
Taken through a Coronado Maxscope 60 with a Sony DSC-F717 digital camera and a William Optics 40mm thread-on eyepiece. Athens, Greece.
The Sun in h-al...
Lunar-Eclipse-May-4-2004-web
May 4, 2004 Total Eclipse of the Moon. Athens, Greece. Taken with a C90 and Sony DSC-F717 with William Optics 40mm eyepiece afocally.
Lunar Eclipse
Lunar Eclipse-March3-2007
Taken at 1048 UT with an 10-inch LX200 f/6.3 and a Williams Optics 40mm eyepiece and a Sone DSC-F717 digital camera afocally. This is the last image taken before clouds ended the observing run. Location: Athens, Greece.
Lunar Eclipse
M57
Prime focus with a C14 on a Paramount Mount. Using Apogee ccd camera.
M57
The Moon,Dec.1995
Taken December 1995 through a Cave Optical 6-inch f/15 refractor at prime focus with Kodachrome 64 film. Camera was a Canon A-1 set on auto. Place: Campbell, California.
The Moon
The Moon and Venus
Taken at prime focus through a C90 on print film with a Canon A-1. July 17, 2001. Place: Saddleback Buttes, California.
The Moon and Ve...
Partial Solar Eclipse
Partial Solar Eclipse of June 10, 2002. Taken afocally with an Olympus 1.2 megapixel camera through a 10-inch f/10 LX200. Place: Saddleback Buttes, California.
Partial Solar E...
VenusMoonJupiter
Conjunction of Moon, Venus and Jupiter with temple of Hephaestus in the foreground. Athens, Greece Dec. 1 at 1806 local time (GMT+2). Sony DSC-S780 8.1MP camera.