Philmont, 2001 & 2009

My Trek from 2001

Conclave 2009

We're gonna Bowl tonight

Kitchen

Put up a new shelf and utensil rack in the kitchen and made sweet and sour pork

Dining Out

Klondike Derby

Backpacking!

Deep Space Objects

For starters these are images that Stella and I took at New Mexico Skies.  We were on dome 2 which has a Meade 16" LX200 computer controlled telescope.  We were using a SBIG ST-2000XCM color CCD camera.  And it was housed in a clamshell dome.  I talked about the process some in this post.

The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)

Equipment above

Series of exposures (3 - 20 Min; 6- 5 Min; 1- 1 Min) 

Edited using CCDOPS and Photoshop

The Sombrero Galaxy (M104)

Equipment above

Series of exposures (2 - 15 Min; 4- 5 Min) 

Edited using CCDOPS and Photoshop

The Spiral Galaxy (M81)

Equipment above

Series of exposures (3 - 15 Min; 6- 5 Min) 

Edited using CCDOPS and Photoshop

The Horsehead Nebula

Equipment above

15 Min Exposure 

Edited using CCDOPS and Photoshop

The Flame Nebula

Equipment above

25 Min Exposure 

Edited using CCDOPS and Photoshop

The Cigar Galaxy (M82)

Equipment above

Series of exposures (2 - 20 Min; 4- 5 Min) 

Edited using CCDOPS and Photoshop

The Bubble Nebula

Equipment above

20 Min Exposure 

Edited using CCDOPS and Photoshop

The Christmas Tree Cluster

Equipment above

Series of exposures (2 -15 Min; 6 - 5 Min)

Edited using CCDOPS and Photoshop