Recent additions and changes to the site:
Supernova SN 2023ixf in M101 |
2023/06/03Added an image of Supernova SN 2023ixf in galaxy M101. |
The Whirlpool Galaxy, m51 |
2022/12/20Reprocessed the image of the Whirlpool Galaxy, M51 to bring out faint and fine features and also expanded the caption. |
Comet Neowise |
2020/08/08Added a wide-angle view of Comet Neowise under the Great Bear. |
HDR Lunar Eclipse |
2019/02/04Added a high dynamic range composite of the Earth's shadow during the lunar eclipse of 2019-01-21. |
3-D Lunar Eclipses |
2019/01/29Added new 3-D images of lunar eclipse pairs in both stereo-pair form and anaglyphic stereo form (for viewing with red/blue glasses) combining photos from various lunar eclipses. |
Earth's Shadow |
2019/01/24Added new images of Earth's shadow, combining photos from total lunar eclipses in 2003 and 2019. |
Another 2017 Solar Eclipse Image |
2017/12/24Added an image of the end of totality, processed to show the brightness range present in an eclipse. |
Tulip Nebula & Cygnus X-1 |
2017/11/11Added images of the Tulip Nebula and Cygnus X-1. |
Veil Nebula |
2017/10/19Added a color image of Pickering's Triangle in the Veil Nebula. |
More of the 2017 Solar Eclipse |
2017/10/11Added an image of Baily's Beads and prominences at the end of the solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, a composite showing partial phases, and an image of the sun before the eclipse started inset on an image of the corona. |
Solar Prominences |
2017/10/06Added images of the solar prominences from the solar eclipse of August 21, 2017. |
Solar Eclipse 2017 |
2017/08/31Added images of the corona and "Diamond Ring" from the solar eclipse of August 21, 2017. |
Apogee/Perigee Moons |
2016/05/23Added an image comparing the apparent size of the moon at apogee and perigee. |
Mercury Transit |
2016/05/18Added an image of the 2016 Transit of Mercury. |
9/11 Tribute in Light |
2016/04/26Added images from 2015 of the 9/11 Tribute in Light. |
Jellyfish Nebulae |
2016/03/14Added an image of the Jellyfish Nebulae. |
Rosette Nebulae |
2016/03/05Added an image of the Rosette Nebulae. |
Horsehead & Flame Nebulae |
2016/02/14Added an image of the Horsehead and the Flame Nebulae. |
Reflection Nebula NGC 7129 |
2016/01/08Added an image of the Reflection Nebula NGC 7129 and Open Cluster NGC 7142. |
Fishhead |
2016/01/08Added an image of the Fishhead Nebula. |
Blue Snowball |
2016/01/01Added an image of the Blue Snowball Nebula. |
Veil Nebula |
2015/12/04Added two color images of portions of the Veil Nebula. |
Pelican Nebula |
2015/09/19Added a color image of the Pelican Nebula |
Globular Cluster M71 |
2015/09/19Added an image of globular cluster M71. |
Southern North America Nebula |
2015/09/19Added a color image of globular cluster southern portion of the North America Nebula. |
Globular Cluster M92 |
2015/08/16Added an image of globular cluster M92. |
Comet Lovejoy |
2015/02/21Added another image of Comet Lovejoy from 2015-01-22. |
Comet Lovejoy |
2015/01/10Added an image of Comet Lovejoy from 2015-01-10. |
Galaxy NGC 891 |
2014/12/22Added an image of galaxy NGC 891. |
The Analemma |
2014/12/21Added another view of the Sun's analemma taken in 2006, similar to the one appearing in the Washington Post. |
The Pacman Nebula |
2014/11/22Added color images of the Pacman Nebula. |
Andromeda Galaxy |
2014/11/17Added an image of the core region of the Andromeda Galaxy. |
Cave Nebula |
2014/11/15Added a color image of the Cave Nebula and surrounding complex. |
CED 214 |
2014/09/29Added a color image of the CED 214 nebula. |
Elephant Trunk Nebula, IC1396A |
2014/09/27Added color images of the Elephant Trunk Nebula, which is part of IC 1396. |
Globular Cluster M2 |
2014/08/29Added an image of globular cluster M2. |
Southern North America Nebula |
2014/08/08Added a hydrogen-alpha image of the southern portion of the North America Nebula. |
The Pacman Nebula |
2014/08/07Added narrowband images of the Pacman Nebula. |
Globular Cluster M5 |
2014/06/11Added images of globular cluster M5. |
Galaxy M101 |
2014/06/07Added images of M101, the Pinwheel Galaxy. |
Cone Nebula & Christmas Tree Cluster |
2014/03/07Added an image of the Cone Nebula & Christmas Tree Cluster. |
Conjunction/Aurora Detail |
2014/01/04Added a more detailed image of the conjunction that was accompanied by an aurora back in 2000. |
Mars & Jupiter video |
2013/11/27Updated the videos of Mars and Jupiter rotating with slightly larger and smoother versions. |
Analemma video |
2013/11/25Replaced the analemma movie with higher-resolution, HTML5-compliant video. |
Globular Cluster M15 |
2013/11/08Added an image of globular cluster M15. |
The Flying Horse / Wizard Nebula |
2013/11/06Added images of the Flying Horse / Wizard Nebula. |
The Helix Nebula |
2013/11/03Added a color image of the Helix Nebula. |
The Milky Way Over Speculator Mountain |
2013/10/03Added a pair of images (one with the constellations marked) of the Milky Way over Speculator Mountain on Lake Pleasant in the Adirondack mountains of New York. |
Star Circles |
2013/09/12Added a new image of northern star circles taken last year at a dark site. |
Galaxy NGC 6946 |
2013/09/09Added an image of Galaxy NGC 6946. |
Open Cluster NGC 6939 |
2013/09/09Added an image of Open Cluster NGC 6939. |
Nebula NGC 6820 (& NGC 6823) |
2013/09/09Added an image of Nebula NGC 6820 & Open Cluster NGC 6823. |
The Ring Nebula |
2013/09/09Added an image showing the dim outer regions of the Ring nebula. |
ISS Transiting the Sun (again) |
2013/08/21Added an image of the International Space Station transiting the Sun, taken from my house's driveway. |
The Ring Nebula, M57 |
2013/08/08Added new image of the ring nebula, M57. |
The Eagle Nebula |
2013/08/08Added a color image of M16, the Eagle Nebula. |
Markarian's Chain |
2013/06/09Added an image of Markarian's Chain of Galaxies. |
NGC 2903 |
2013/04/02Added an image of barred-spiral galaxy NGC 2903. |
M42 & M43 |
2013/02/11Added a new image of M42 & M42 in the Sword of Orion. |
The Pleiades, M45 |
2013/02/10Added a new image of The Pleiades, M45. |
Triangulum Galaxy H-a |
2013/01/27Replaced images of the Triangulum Galaxy with images that include separately gathered hydrogen-alpha data. |
Triangulum Galaxy |
2013/01/11Added images of the Triangulum Galaxy. |
Andromeda Galaxy |
2012/12/28Added a new higher-resolution image of the Andromeda Galaxy, replacing an older image. |
Cave Nebula |
2012/12/01Added a narrowband image of the Cave Nebula and surrounding complex. |
Helix Nebula |
2012/11/27Added a hydrogen-alpha image of the Helix Nebula. I also changed the (fairly random) ordering of objects appearing on index pages. Deep-sky objects are now ordered by right ascension, to follow the seasons. Solar system objects are ordered by distance from the sun. Comet and near-earth images are ordered by date. |
Stephan's Quintet & Deer Lick |
2012/11/18Added an image of Stephan's Quintet and the Deer Lick Group of galaxies. |
Iris Nebula |
2012/11/11Added an image of the Iris Nebula. |
Veil Nebula - Wide |
2012/09/25Added a wide view of the Veil Nebula. |
The Milky Way Over Lake Pleasant |
2012/09/14Added an image with the constellations marked on the image of mists, clouds, and the Milky Way over Lake Pleasant, New York. |
The Crescent Nebula |
2012/09/21Added images of the Crescent Nebula. |
The Milky Way Over Lake Pleasant |
2012/09/14Added an image of mists, clouds, and the Milky Way over Lake Pleasant, New York. |
The Dumbbell Nebula |
2012/09/14Added a new set of images of M27, the Dumbbell Nebula. These include a normal RGB image, one in Hydrogen-alpha light, and one combining both. |
The Eagle Nebula |
2012/07/03Added a hydrogen-alpha image of M16, the Eagle Nebula. |
The Whirlpool Galaxy |
2012/05/22Added an image of the Whirlpool galaxy. |
The Leo Triplet |
2012/05/01Added an image of the Leo Triplet galaxies, M65 M66 NGC 3628, along with detail images of each of the galaxies. |
M81 & M82 |
2012/03/09Added an image of M81 and M82, Bode's Galaxy and the Cigar Galaxy, along with detail images of the galaxies. |
Crab & Horsehead |
2012/02/21Added a color image of the Crab Nebula. Added an updated image, containing more data, of the Horsehead Nebula along with a detail from the new image. |
Crab Nebula |
2012/02/11Added a hydrogen-alpha image of the Crab Nebula. |
Horsehead Nebula |
2012/02/06Added an image of the Horsehead Nebula. |
M52 |
2012/01/13Added a detail of Open Cluster M52. |
Bubble Nebula & Double Cluster |
2011/12/28Added colors images of the Bubble nebula & M52 and a new image of the Double Cluster. |
CED 214 |
2011/12/15Added a hydrogen-alpha image of the CED 214 nebula and details of its "elephant trunks". |
Star Circles |
2011/12/04Added an older digital image of northern star circles to replace an even older film-based image. |
Bubble Nebula |
2011/12/04Added a hydrogen-alpha image of the Bubble Nebula. Removed the "Smaller/Larger Image" buttons in favor of using larger images throughout. |
Cocoon Nebula |
2011/11/24Added color images of the Cocoon Nebula. |
Pelican Nebula |
2011/11/14Added hydrogen-alpha images of the Pelican Nebula with its dark globules and jets. |
Veil Nebula |
2011/11/12Added three images of portions of the Veil Nebula. |
Cocoon Nebula |
2011/11/12Added a new H-a image of the Cocoon Nebula. |
Elephant Trunk Nebula, IC1396A |
2011/11/05Added an image of the Elephant Trunk Nebula, which is part of IC 1396. |
M13 |
2011/09/01Updated images of globular cluster M13. Two more hours of data was added and the images reprocessed. |
ISS & Atlantis |
2011/08/07Added an image of ISS and Atlantis transiting the sun during the last space shuttle mission. |
M13 |
2011/07/14Added a new image of globular cluster M13. This image was the first taken with a new QSI 583 CCD camera. |
Larger Analemma Movie |
2011/06/20Updated the analemma movie with a higher-resolution version. |
Partial Eclipse, Christmas 2000 |
2010/11/27Added an image of the partial solar eclipse that took place Christmas Day, 2000. (Yes, that is 10 years ago.) |
New RSS Feed |
2009/09/05Added an RSS feed to the What's New page (this page). |
The Pleiades, M45 |
2009/01/31Added a new image of the Pleiades, M45 taken with a Canon 40D. |
The Dumbbell Nebula, M27 |
2008/12/10Added a new image of the dumbbell nebula, M27. |
The Ring Nebula, M57; ISS & the Moon |
2008/09/20Added new images of the ring nebula, M57 (replaced on 2013-08-15) and of the International Space Station transiting the Moon. |
M13 |
2008/09/06Added a new image of globular cluster (replaced on 2011/09/01). |
ISS & the Sun |
2008/08/22Added an image of the International Space Station transiting the Sun. (Replaced 2013-08-21.) |
3-D Eclipsed Moon |
2008/02/25Added anaglyphic 3-D versions of the eclipsed Moon image added three days ago. |
Lunar Eclipse in 3-D |
2008/02/22Added images of the February 20, 2008 lunar eclipse, including a 3-D view of the eclipsed Moon. |
Comet Holmes |
2007/12/08Added an image of comet Holmes. |
Slide shows |
2007/10/09Added slide shows throughout the site. |
The Analemma with Video |
2007/06/22Added images of the analemma along with a related video. |
The Moon in the Pleiades |
2006/11/30Added an image of the Moon in the Pleiades April 1, 2006. |
Venus Transit |
2006/11/30Added an image of the 2004 Venus Transit. |
Dust Storm on Mars |
2006/11/05Added an image of a dust storm on Mars taken in 2005. |
9/11 Tribute in Light |
2006/09/17Added images of the September 11 Tribute in Light, including one with the rising Moon. |
Aldebaran Occultations |
2004/12/09Added 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 |
2004/11/12Added an image of November 9's daytime lunar occultation of Jupiter. |
Earth's Shadow |
2004/11/08Added 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's Moons in Transit |
2004/03/30Added an image of Jupiter with two moons in transit. |
Larger Images of Globular Clusters |
2004/03/18Added larger versions of images: globular cluster 47 Tucanae and Omega Centauri. |
Aurora with Big Dipper |
2004/03/15Added 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, 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 |
2004/02/10Added 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 |
2003/12/21Added a larger view of the Aurora with Lunar & Planetary Conjunction |
Mars Rotating Movie in Quicktime |
2003/12/03Added a smoother-but-larger (1.3 Megabyte) QuickTime version of the spinning Mars globe. (Note: This has been replaced. See the 2013/11/27 entry above.) |
Map of Mars |
2003/11/29Added a map of Mars with major surface features and spacecraft landing sites marked. |
Astro-Physics 155 |
2003/11/03Added a picture of my Astro-Physics 155. |
Mars & the Moon |
2003/09/20Added images of the Moon passing by Mars. |
Mars Spinning Movie |
2003/09/16Added a spinning Mars globe constructed from 10 images of Mars taken over 4 weeks. |
Larger Image of Aldebaran Occultation |
2002/03/09Added a larger view of the Aldebaran Occultation. |
Andromeda Galaxy |
2002/02/21Rescanned and reprocessed images of the Andromeda Galaxy were posted. |
Larger Images of M27 & M57 |
2003/01/12Added larger versions of M27 and M57. |
Larger Images of M42-M43 |
2003/01/02Added a larger version of M42-M43. |
Improved Navigation; Northern Cross; Double Cluster |
2002/12/20The "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 |
2002/12/18Several photos taken during 2002, many with larger images, were added to the site: the North America and Pelican nebulae, the Cocoon nebula, the Eagle nebula, the Veil nebula, the Dumbbell nebula, the Butterfly nebula, nebula IC 1396, the Ring nebula, and various photos of star fields. |
New Server |
2002/10/30The 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 |
2001/12/22The "Next Image" and "Previous Image" buttons now span directories and will walk through all the images on the site. |
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