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Left Ray took this picture of comet Hale-Bopp on March 16, 1997 before sunrise from Crown Point, Indiana. Tripod mounted camera with 50mm lens at f/2; 15 second exposure on Kodak Gold 400 print film. Right Comet Hale-Bopp through an 8" f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain at prime focus taken after sunset on April 8, 1997. Kodak Gold 400, 40 second exposure.
Don captured these Hale-Bopp images on a recent trip to Arizona. Left 135mm, f/2.8, 20 seconds. Right 50mm, f/1.4, 20 seconds.
Jim took this great set of Hale-Bopp images from his Crown Point, Indiana back yard. Info on each image is given left-to-right, top-to-bottom.
1 8:00pm March 31, 1997, 50mm lens on Fujicolor Super G 800+. 2 4:30am March 23, 1997, 50mm, Super G 800+. 3 No exposure info given. 4 4:00am March 18, 1997, Kodak Elite II 400. 5 8:30pm March 31, 1997, Elite II 400. 6 4:00am March 18, 1997, 200mm Fuji Super G 800+. 7 4:30am March 18, 1997, 50mm, Elite II 400. 8 4:00am March 23, 1997, 200mm, Fugi Super G 800+.
Jim took this image of the constellation Orion from Crown Point on March 31, 1997 at 9:00pm. Kodak Elite II 400 slide film.
1 This is an image of Steve with his 20" Obsession, with an incredible view of the Milky Way in the background, taken at the Texas Star Party in 1996. 2 Steve took this Hale-Bopp image from Hammond, Indiana on March 31, 1997. It was taken with a 500mm lens piggybacked on a C-8 on Kodak Ektachrome Elite slide film. 3 This 5 minute exposure of the Orion Nebula was taken with a C-8+ using Ektachrome 400 slide film. 4 Moon shot 1/60 second on Kodak Ektachrome Elite 400.
Images of the May 10, 1994 annular solar eclipse taken by Paul Morow in Besanon, Indiana, east of New Haven. Paul used a Celestron 8" SCT at prime focus with Kodak Ektachrome 100 color slide film to capture this series.
A waxing gibbous moon shot by Paul taken with an AstroPhysics 155mm f/9 EDT refractor at prime focus on Kodak color print film. The exposure was 1/60 second at ISO 100.
Suspended in the western evening twilight, the 35-hour old cresent Moon was captured by Paul about 5 pm Central Time on January 2, 1995. AP 155mm refractor, Kodak Ektachrome 100, 1 second exposure. This image was published in the January 1998 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine. Congratulations Paul!
Some planetary pictures taken by Paul with his AstroPhysics refractor using eyepiece projection through a 6mm Clave Plossl on Kodak 100 color slide film. Mars, 1/4 sec exposure, from February 1995. Jupiter, 1 sec exposure, from July 24, 1994 showing a SL9 comet impact spot. Saturn, 4 sec exposure, from November 1994.
Joe took this picture of the North America Nebula, NGC 7000, using a "barn door" platform from South Haven, MI. on July 4, 1994. Exposure: Konica SRG 3200, 3 minutes, 85mm lens @ f4.6.
Lunar photos taken by Jack with his Celestron C8. Prime focus with a Minolta XG-1 using Fuji high-definition color print film. The full moon shot was ISO 100, the crescent ISO 200. Scanned on a Polaroid 500 print scanner. Exposure was manual, under 2 seconds, on each shot.
Wide angle photo of the March 23, 1997 lunar eclipse showing Mars just under 10 degrees from the partially eclipsed moon. This 5 second shot was taken with a 135mm telephoto lens on 400 speed print film and later manipulated with Photoshop by Jack to correct exposure.
Jack took this image of comet Hale-Bopp on April 5, 1997 using a 32mm Erfle eyepiece on a Cave Astrola. Exposure was 5 seconds on Ektachrome 400 slide film.
An image of the Double Cluster, NGC 869 and 884, taken from Crown Point, IN. The exposure was for 45 seconds with a 135mm telephoto lens, piggybacked on a C8, with 400 ISO film.
Images of the moon taken by Jack in November 1996 in Peoria, IL. Jack used a camcorder held up to the eyepiece of his telescope to record the original images onto videotape. He then took pictures of the tape as displayed on a television screen with his video camera connected to a video capture board in his computer, a PowerMac 7200. Further manipulation was done with Photoshop to enhance contrast and detail. The image on the left is a valley to the south of the craters Theopolis, Catherina, and Cyrillius. The right image is of those craters.
Left Hale-Bopp, taken the evening of April 3, 1997. Equipment was Olympus OM-1 w/50 mm lens at f/1.8, Kodak Royal Gold 200, 30 sec. exposure taken from back yard in Crown Point, Indiana. The sky glow seen was caused by neighborhood houses. Center Full Moon, taken Fall 1996 at Lemon Lake Park. Shot through Celestron C-8 at prime focus with OM-1, 1/60 sec. exposure. Kodak Royal Gold 200. Right The constellation Orion, taken April 3, 1997 in the evening. Equipment was Olympus OM-1 w/50 mm lens at f/1.8, Kodak Royal Gold 200, 30 sec. exposure. Taken from back yard.
Steve took this comet Hale-Bopp image on April 17, 1997, with a 100mm camera lens piggybacked on his Meade ETX. Exposure was 45 seconds at f/4 on Fuji 800 Super G Plus.
Steve took these Jupiter photos with his ETX from Schererville, Indiana on June 8, 1997. The exposures, which were manually made using an open camera shutter and a copy of Norton's Star Atlas to cover the objective, were 1.5 to 3.5 seconds on Kodak Gold 100 print film. This images were made by eyepiece projection with a 9.5mm Plossl and an extender pulled 0.0 inches.
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