Astronomy Photos

Taken with and without a barn door (see section on how to build it).  None of these pictures were taken through a telescope


 

Orion

Time exposure, about 30 seconds, using the barn door. Note the colors in the sword with the stellar nebula

Pleadies and Taurus

Another exposure with the barn door, about 30 seconds

Moon

An overexposed shot of the moon, but pretty none the less

Lunar Eclipse

Don't remember which one, bu it's there

Hale-Bopp?

This might be Hale-Bopp, done with a straight camera shot off a tripod. It's blurred in a longer time exposure. Light pollution around here is miserable.

Same comet, better view