M52

2012/01/13

Added a detail of Open Cluster M52.

Bubble Nebula & Double Cluster

2011/12/28

Added colors images of the Bubble nebula & M52 and a new image of the Double Cluster.

CED 214

2011/12/15

Added a hydrogen-alpha image of the CED 214 nebula and details of its "elephant trunks".

Star Circles

2011/12/04

Added an older digital image of northern star circles to replace an even older film-based image.

Bubble Nebula

2011/12/04

Added a hydrogen-alpha image of the Bubble Nebula. Removed the "Smaller/Larger Image" buttons in favor of using larger images throughout.

Cocoon Nebula

2011/11/24

Added color images of the Cocoon Nebula.

Pelican Nebula

2011/11/14

Added images of the Pelican Nebula with its dark globules and jets.

Veil Nebula

2011/11/12

Added three images of portions of the Veil Nebula.

Cocoon Nebula

2011/11/12

Added a new H-a image of the Cocoon Nebula.

Elephant Trunk Nebula, IC1396A

2011/11/05

Added an image of the Elephant Trunk Nebula, which is part of IC 1396.

M13

2011/09/01

Updated images of globular cluster M13. Two more hours of data was added and the images reprocessed.

ISS & Atlantis

2011/08/07

Added an image of ISS and Atlantis transiting the sun during the last space shuttle mission.

M13

2011/07/14

Added a new image of globular cluster M13. This image was the first taken with a new QSI 583 CCD camera.

Larger Analemma Movie

2011/06/20

Updated the analemma movie with a higher-resolution version.

Partial Eclipse, Christmas 2000

2010/11/27

Added an image of the partial solar eclipse that took place Christmas Day, 2000. (Yes, that is 10 years ago.)

New RSS Feed

2009/09/05

Added an RSS feed to the What's New page (this page).

The Pleiades, M45

2009/01/31

Added a new image of the Pleiades, M45.

The Dumbbell Nebula, M27

2008/12/10

Added a new image of the dumbbell nebula, M27.

The Ring Nebula, M57; ISS & the Moon

2008/09/20

Added new images of the ring nebula, M57 and of the International Space Station transiting the Moon.

M13

2008/09/06

Added a new image of globular cluster (replaced on 2011/09/01).

ISS & the Sun

2008/08/22

Added an image of the International Space Station transiting the Sun.

3-D Eclipsed Moon

2008/02/25

Added anaglyphic 3-D versions of the eclipsed Moon image added three days ago.

Lunar Eclipse in 3-D

2008/02/22

Added images of the February 20, 2008 lunar eclipse, including a 3-D view of the eclipsed Moon.

Comet Holmes

2007/12/08

Added an image of comet Holmes.

Slide shows

2007/10/09

Added slide shows throughout the site.

The Analemma with Video

2007/06/22

Added images of the analemma along with a related video.

The Moon in the Pleiades

2006/11/30

Added an image of the Moon in the Pleiades April 1, 2006.

Venus Transit

2006/11/30

Added an image of the 2004 Venus Transit.

Dust Storm on Mars

2006/11/05

Added an image of a dust storm on Mars taken in 2005.

9/11 Tribute in Light

2006/09/17

Added images of the September 11 Tribute in Light, including one with the rising Moon.

Aldebaran Occultations

2004/12/09

Added an image of the September 1998 lunar occultation of Aldebaran, which is almost a mirror image of the March 1998 occultation.

Lunar Occultation of Jupiter

2004/11/12

Added an image of November 9's daytime lunar occultation of Jupiter.

Earth's Shadow

2004/11/08

Added an image of the Earth's shadow taken during the lunar eclipse exactly one year ago. Also rearranged the Solar System page, collecting the lunar eclipse photos on a single page.

Jupiter Rotating

2004/05/03

Added several movies of Jupiter rotating: a 120 frame GIF movie, a smoother-but-larger (1.3 Megabyte) 240 frame QuickTime version, a 120 frame 3-D anaglyphic GIF movie, and, for those without red/blue glasses but with some eye control, a 240 frame stereo QuickTime version.

Jupiter's Moons in Transit

2004/03/30

Added an image of Jupiter with two moons in transit.

Larger Images of Globular Clusters

2004/03/18

Added larger versions of images: Globular cluster 47 Tucanae and Omega Centauri.

Aurora with Big Dipper

2004/03/15

Added a new view of the April 2000 Aurora with the Big Dipper and the Coathanger asterism. Also added larger versions of several images: The Lagoon & Trifid Nebulae & NGC 6559, M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy, The Small Magellanic Cloud & 47 Tucanae, The Center of the Milky Way Galaxy, Comet Hale-Bopp Passing M34, The Moon, The Big Dome at CTIO, 4 Meter Telescope at CTIO, 1.5 Meter Telescope at CTIO, and my large Astro-Physics Traveler.

3-D Mars Rotating

2004/02/10

Added three different three-dimensional views of the spinning Mars globe: a 120 frame anaglyphic GIF movie, and, for those without red/blue glasses but with some eye control, a 240 frame stereo QuickTime version. All show Mars rotating in 3D.

Larger Image of Aurora & Conjunction

2003/12/21

Added a larger view of the Aurora with Lunar & Planetary Conjunction

Mars Rotating Movie in Quicktime

2003/12/03

Added a smoother-but-larger (1.3 Megabyte) QuickTime version of the spinning Mars globe.

Map of Mars

2003/11/29

Added a map of Mars with major surface features and spacecraft landing sites marked.

Astro-Physics 155

2003/11/03

Added a picture of my Astro-Physics 155.

Mars & the Moon

2003/09/20

Added images of the Moon passing by Mars.

Mars Spinning Movie

2003/09/16

Added a spinning Mars globe constructed from 10 images of Mars taken over 4 weeks.

Larger Image of Aldebaran Occultation

2002/03/09

Added a larger view of the Aldebaran Occultation.

Andromeda Galaxy

2002/02/21

Rescanned and reprocessed images of the Andromeda Galaxy were posted.

Larger Images of M27 & M57

2003/01/12

Added larger versions of M27 and M57.

Larger Images of M42-M43

2003/01/02

Added a larger version of M42-M43.

Improved Navigation; Northern Cross; Double Cluster

2002/12/20

The "Next Image" and "Previous Image" buttons now remember if a "Larger Image" has been selected.

A few older images were added: the Northern Cross and the Double Cluster.

Various New Images from 2002

2002/12/18

Several photos taken during 2002, many with larger images, were added to the site: the North American and Pelican nebulae, the Cocoon nebula, the Eagle nebula, the Veil nebula, the Dumbbell nebula, the Butterfly nebula, nebula IC 1396, the Ring nebula, galaxy M101, and various photos of star fields.

New Server

2002/10/30

The site moved to a Linux-based server with a web-based Content Management system from FreeOrbit that will allow me to update site contents and maintain the site much more easily.

Improved Navigation

2001/12/22

The "Next Image" and "Previous Image" buttons now span directories and will walk through all the images on the site.

Site Improvements

2001/12/16

The site was given a major overhaul: A set of "Next Image" and "Previous Image" buttons were added. Larger versions of several images were added along with "Larger Image" and "Smaller Image" buttons. A "What's New" page was added. A new "Near Earth" section was added. Recent Images from 2001 were added.