Planets and Comets

Here are a collection of astro photos by Andrew Lindsay and Andrew Bennett:

Mount Kobau Star Party is upcoming August 11th-19th 2007 and to whet your appetite I have uploaded some photos by Murray Paulson from last year.
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To get there from Osoyoos, turn onto the Richter Pass, several miles up on the right you will see a sign displaying a spiral galaxy, turn there onto the dirt road. From there it is 12 miles up, go slow because of the road is rough. If arriving at night remember to turn your lights out at the top. Enjoy! Here are some CCD's from Monday night, July 28, 1997 at Mount Kobau: - Jupiter, Saturn and Andromeda:

This is my first attempt using the Digital Rebel with my LX400:

This is my second attept to image the moon:

Images taken from Jack Newton's Observatory B&B:

Comet Hyakutake and Hale-Bopp:

Other CCD's

20 second exposure of the orion nebula

10 second exposure of Hyakutake, March 25, 1996

3 second exposure of Hale-Bopp, February 21, 1997

1 second exposure of Hale-Bopp, February 24, 1997

1 second exposure of Hale-Bopp, March 23, 1997 - using 3X variable barlow

1 second exposure of Hale-Bopp, March 23, 1997 - using 3X variable barlow

1 second exposure of the Lunar Eclipse March 23, 1997

Hale-Bopp's magnified start of tail:

Lunar Eclipse showing preumbra of Moon, March 23, 1997
Comet Hale-Bopp, Feb 21, # gif # Feb 24, # US Navy-viewing # Comet Hyakutake! # Comet web site # NASA

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