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The following astronomical images were taken in Maine, Maryland, and Virginia with an Olympus OM-1 camera, Nikon N2000 camera and a 16-inch, f/4.5 Meade Starfinder Newtonian Reflector telescope.  Images will be added as they are obtained.

NEBULAE - Interstellar clouds of gas and dust.  Nebulae include the remnants of supernova explosions of stars, expanding shells of gas blown off from dying stars, and regions of new star formation.

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GALAXIES - Island universes of billions of starrs.

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COMETS - A comet is an interplanetary body thhat contains ices and dark carbon-rich soil. Comets travel in highly elliptical orbits around the Sun that take them from beyond the orbit of Pluto to close solar passes. As a comet approaches the Sun, its ices sublime into space, giving off a trailing stream of gas and dust. The following images are of three comets seen in 1996, 1997, and 2007.

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METEORS - A meteor, commonly called a "shooting star", is the phenomenon visible when a meteoroid, a small solid interplanetary particle, impacts the Earth's atmosphere.  A meteor shower is a concentrated group of meteors, visible when the Earth passes through the debris from a comet.   

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MOON  - Earth's satellite.  A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes through the Earth's shadow.

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STARS, CLUSTERS, MILKY WAY - Collections of stars.

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CCD Images - CCD camera images of galaxies, nebulae, and star fields.

Aurora Images - Images of the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights from Alaska and Maine.  Includes a description of the cause of these lights.

Astronomy Resources - Extensive list of astronomy resources on the internet, categorized by subject with descriptions of each site.  

Astronomy Books - Astronomy books that have helped me personally in my studies of astronomy, astrophotography, ccd imaging and image processing.  

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Last Updated on November 10, 2007

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