A morning image of Comet C/2006 P1 McNaught taken on January 7, 2007 from the outskirts of Regina, Saskatchewan. 

A stunning image of the Noctillucent clouds taken on July 12/13, 2004.  The display was even more spectacular in person. 

ANIMATION (4.7 MB animated GIF).  This was the best animation of the summer.  The cloud movements are easily seen along with an interesting pocket of air moving in from the right. 

ANIMATION (4.0 MB animated GIF).  The images are at 1 minute intervals.  I zoomed in towards the flag pole.  The dark tropospheric clouds are seen moving in front of the Noctillucent Clouds.  NLC's reside at 83 km up in the mesosphere. 

ANIMATION (7.5 MB animated GIF). With the success of last year's Noctillucent Cloud animation, I decided to try some more.  Needless to say, the views were awesome!  This wide field view shows the large scale movements, especially in the reflections off the water.

A picture of Mars taken by hand holding my digital camera to my 20" Obsession on Aug. 1st, 2003.  Exposure was 1/15th of a second and processed using MaximDL.  Notice the kidney bean shape of the south polar ice cap.  The dark spot in the middle is Meridiani Sinus.  The central meridian is at 0 degrees longitude. 

ANIMATION (1 MB AVI MPEG-4 v2).  I took 10 second exposures every minute for 21 minutes to record this cool animation.  The large structures can be seen moving with the naked eye but I had no idea how fast the clouds actually moved.  AWESOME! 
ANIMATION.  A larger 4.2 MB animate GIF is available here.

Noctillucent clouds from my parents farm on June 24, 2003.  There were beautiful displays every night for a whole week.

This was about all we got to see of the total lunar eclipse before the clouds rolled in for the night.  Image taken on May 16th, 2003 from Regina, Saskatchewan.

A wonderful morning conjunction of the Moon, Venus and Mars.  Image taken on December 1, 2002.  A 1 second exposure with a 10x zoom lens just as the clouds were coming in.

The dimming along the northern edge of the moon was very noticeable to the naked eye during this Penumbral eclipse on November 19, 2002.

I zoomed on a filament of noctilucent clouds on the night of July 9th, 2002.  16 seconds with Olympus C-2100UZ at ASA 100.

Noctilucent clouds on July 9th, 2002.  8 seconds with Olympus C-2100UZ at ASA 100.  Notice the dark cirrus clouds in the lower right that are not illuminated.

More noctilucent clouds on July 9th, 2002.  6 seconds with Olympus C-2100UZ at ASA 100.  I thought these were cirrus clouds earlier in the evening.  They were much higher in elevation earlier in the evening.

Wonderful noctilucent clouds in the north on the morning of July 6th, 2002.  16 seconds with Olympus C-2100UZ at ASA 100.

A thin curtain of aurora above the noctilucent clouds on the morning of July 6th, 2002.  16 seconds with Olympus C-2100UZ at ASA 100.

Incredible aurora on the morning of July 6th, 2002.  The earth was subject to a high-speed solar wind.  16 seconds with Olympus C-2100UZ at ASA 400.

Aurora on the morning of December 24th.  The earth was subject to a high-speed solar wind emanating from a coronal hole on the sun.  24 seconds on Fuji ASA 100.

Aurora on December 24, 2001 with a 28 mm lens and Fuji ASA 100.  

Aurora filled the sky protruding as far south as the star Sirius in the sky.  A great show at 3:00 am!

Aurora fills the Big Dipper.  Fuji ASA 100 print film.  24 seconds with 28 mm at F/2.8.

Leonids.  Imaged on November 18, 2001 with a 28 mm lens and Fuji ASA 800.  There is a lone meteor with 4 orange meteor trails surrounding it.

Leonids.  Imaged on November 18, 2001 with a 28 mm lens and Fuji ASA 800.  There are numerous orange meteor trails and a double Leonid in the upper left. 

Leonids.  Imaged on November 18, 2001 with a 28 mm lens and Fuji ASA 800.  A meteor below Orion.  The street lights were illuminating the trees at the bottom.

Leonids.  Imaged on November 18, 2001 with a 28 mm lens and Fuji ASA 800.  Meteors radiate from the constellation Leo.  Can you spot 10 meteors?

Leonids.  Imaged on November 18, 2001 with a 28 mm lens and Fuji ASA 800.  There's 6 meteors in this image with Orion on the right.

Venus at the bottom and Mercury on the right, join the crescent moon early in the morning.  Imaged on November 13, 2001.

A thin crescent moon two days before the new moon.  Image taken on November 13, 2001.

Jupiter taken on November 3, 2001 using an Olympus C-2100UZ.  Note the shadows of Io (centre) and Ganymede (right).

This double shadow transit image was taken on November 3, 2001 at 2:02 am.

This image was taken 5 minutes later at 2:07 am.  Note how far Ganymede's shadow has moved.

My first attempt at taking pictures of Saturn by holding the camera up to the eyepiece.  The image was taken on November 3, 2001.

Another image of Saturn.  I'm still learning how to focus the camera.  The colors are very apparent at 421x in the eyepiece.

The crater Posidonius taken on November 3, 2001 by holding the camera to the eyepiece.

The crater, Cleomedes which is south of Mare Crisium.  Notice all the white mountain tips appearing along the terminator.

The eastern mountain range on the edge of Mare Crisium.

Small craters on the moon somewhere in Mare Fecunditatis.  Image taken on November 3, 2001 using an Olympus C-2100UZ.

Somewhere on the moon.  I really need a moon atlas.

Another image of Cleomedes.

Mare Crisium taken on November 3, 2001.  The hills and mountains are fabulous.

My 20" Obesssion Telescope (#703).  The F5 focal length makes it 8 1/2 feet tall so I usually need a ladder while observing.  The views are incredible!

Installing the 20" mirror.  It was made my Steve L. Dodds at Nova Optical.  It has a special reflective coating which reflects 96% of light hitting it.

Telescopes are all about gathering light and focusing it into your eye.  Here are 8-inch and 20-inch cardboard circles for comparison.  The 20-inch is 6 times larger than the 8-inch (surface area).

Mercury and Venus in the morning twilight.  Taken on November 2, 2001 using an Olympus C-2100UZ.

Jupiter taken by holding the digital camera to my 12 mm Nagler attached to my 20" Obsession Telescope.  More detail could be seen in the eyepiece than in the image.  November 2, 2001. 

The smoke from the forest fires in British Columbia turned the sun orange.  Taken on September 1, 2001.  1/800 second, F8.0, 1048 mm digital zoom (27x), ASA100.  No solar filter was used.

The moon rising down the block.  Taken on August 31, 2001 using an Olympus C-2100UZ. 

Sunspot group 9289 taken on December 31, 2000.  1/500 second, F8.0, 1048 mm digital zoom (27x), ASA100, Baader astro-solar film using an Olympus C-2100UZ.

January 7, 2001 9:52 PM. Double Shadow transit on Jupiter.  Photo was taken using an Olympus C-2100UZ hand held to the eyepiece of above 8" dobsonian.  1/15th second, F3.2 using ASA100.

Aurora during the Perseid Meteor Shower in August 2000.  50mm  F1.8  60 seconds on Fuji ASA100

Perseid Aurora in the constellation Pegasus.  50mm  F1.8  30 seconds on Fuji ASA100

Jupiter's Moons - October 2000.  27mm Eyepiece projection, 2X TeleNegative  1/4 second on Kodak ASA 800 (8" scope below)

Saturn's Rings - October 2000.  27mm Eyepiece projection, 2X TeleNegative  1/8 second on Kodak ASA 800 (8" scope below)

Southern Moon - October 2000.  27mm Eyepiece projection, 2X TeleNegative  1/30th second on Fuji ASA 100 (8" scope below)

Waxing Gibbous Moon.  Prime Focus with 2X TeleNegative, 1/60th second on Fuji ASA 100 (8" scope below)

Regina Centre's 8" F/6 Dobsonian built by Al Andrews