Select a Gallery... 2008_12 Paul Dybvig 2008_12_Paul_Dybvig 2009_01 Paul Dybvig 2009_03_01, Paul Dybvig, Comet Lulin Bob Hebert Bob Kepple Bruce Gary Chris Hanawalt Crazy Ed Dave Healy Dave Healy Comets Dave Healy JBO Dave Healy JBO 32inch Install Del Gordon Dennis Whitmer Doug Snyder Doug Snyder Building PO Doug Snyder Light Pollution 2003 Emil Bovich Gary Myers Glen Sanner HAC Member Photos HAC Observatories 2007 Hans Clahsen High Knoll Obs Holmberg GX Howard Day Jim McCaw John Cassella Keith Mullen Mike Shade Mike Shade 2003 Mike Shade 2004 Mike Shade 2005 Paul Dybvig 1 Paul Dybvig 2 Paul Dybvig Building Observatory Phil Stickney Rich Swanson Ward Sherwood 2009_01 Paul Dybvig All images in this gallery: 14-inch Mak-Newt, F4.5 on a ParamountME mount, using a Canon Digital Rebel 350xt (ISO 800) modified by HuTech. HuTech IDAS-P2-FF filter (light pollution front filter for the Canon). FOV: about 0.5 X 0.67 degrees. Guide scope is a Borg 101ED using an Orion SSAG autoguider. Also using TheSky 6, ImagesPlus, MaximDL, and PhotoShop CS2. No stacking. No dark or flat field frames. Copyright 2009 Paul Dybvig. All rights reserved. 1280 x 853 | 1/2 | 1/4 size M106, Spiral Galaxy Canes Venatici Exposure: 900 seconds. Image taken Jan. 28, 2009. An "Sb" class galaxy: it has a round nucleus with medium wound arms. Copyright 2009 Paul Dybvig. All rights reserved. 1280 x 853 | 1/2 | 1/4 size M61, (NGC 4303) "The Swelling Spiral" Virgo Cluster Galaxy Jan. 28, 2009 This image contains Supernova 2008in, which was discovered in M61 on December 26 by Koichi Itagaki. Can you find it? (see the next image (inverted) for the location of the supernova.) Copyright 2009 Paul Dybvig. All rights reserved. 1280 x 853 | 1/2 | 1/4 size M61, (NGC 4303) Virgo Cluster Galaxy Image taken Jan. 28, 2009. This inverted image shows the location of Supernova 2008in, which was discovered in M61 on December 26 by Koichi Itagaki. He reported it at magnitude 14.9. It is a type IIP supernova. This is the classic massive star that goes SN when it runs out of fuel. M61 has shown a surprising number of supernovae in it. The previous one was found in November 2006 also by Itagaki. M61 is part of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster and thus is about 60 million light years away. © 2009 Paul Dybvig. All rights reserved. 1280 x 853 | 1/2 | 1/4 size M83, Spiral Galaxy Hydra Exposure: 900 seconds. Image taken Jan. 28, 2009. A face-on spiral galaxy. Copyright 2009 Paul Dybvig. All rights reserved.