Amateur Astrophotography by Don McCrady

Latest News

May 11, 2008: On June 1 and 2, I'll be heading to Tucson, Arizona to spend two nights imaging on a 24" RCOS at Adam Block's new guest facility. I won the first night as a door prize at the 2007 Advanced Imaging Conference, and decided to pay for the second night given that the June nights are getting kind of short. I'm still pondering targets, but NGC 5907 is the current leading contender; it should fit beautifully in the field of view of the 24" with its STL11K camera. Any other ideas for targets? Contact me.

April 12, 2008: A new image of Saturn showing how much the rings have closed up is now up in my gallery.

Recent Images

Saturn		The famous ringed planet.
Sunflower Galaxy		The Sunflower Galaxy (M63) has many bright knots in its spiral arms.
M106		Galaxy M106 is surrounded by numerous satellite galaxies.
M35		M35 is a beautiful open cluster in Gemini, and is accompanied by a much older cluster NGC 2158.
Orion Nebula		The Great Orion Nebula is probably the most spectactular showepiece object in the winter sky. It is easily seen as the middle star in Orion's sword, and is a grand sight in telescopes of all sizes. Also visible are M43, and the Running Man Nebula.