It was this image that convinced me that I needed to do the filterectomy on the Nikon D70.

According to S&T, The Dumbbell, The Coathanger, and Albireo form an equilateral triangle.

M13, Globular Cluster in Hercules
(the autoguider at Ad Astra Observatory is operational!)

M13, Globular Cluster in Hercules
(the first shot from Ad Astra Observatory)

A widefield shot towards the center of the Milky Way galaxy in the vicinity of Scorpius and Sagittarius.

Note the “Dark Horse” Nebula, an extensive dust cloud that resembles a rearing horse.

The upper left corner of the image is blotted out because this was one of the first shots from my new Nikon DSLR, and I had not yet learned how to apply dark frames for noise reduction to remove the amp glow in this corner.

Shot while up in Shingletown, CA during July 2005 and finally(!) processed and uploaded in August 2006…

A widefield shot of the Milky Way galaxy in the vicinity of Cygnus the Swan and Aquila the Eagle.

Note the “Great Rift”, an dust cloud that blots out most of the stars along the centerline of the photo.

The lower right corner of the image is blotted out because this was one of the first shots from my new Nikon DSLR, and I had not yet learned how to apply dark frames for noise reduction to remove the amp glow in this corner (the camera was “upside down” while shooting this photo).

Shot while up in Shingletown, CA during July 2005 and finally(!) processed and uploaded in August 2006…

Shot while up in Shingletown, CA during July 2005 and finally(!) processed and uploaded in August 2006…

Shot while up in Shingletown, CA during July 2005 and finally(!) processed and uploaded in August 2006…

Shot while up in Shingletown, CA during July 2005 and finally(!) processed and uploaded in August 2006…

Shot while up in Shingletown, CA during July 2005 and finally(!) processed and uploaded in August 2006…
This image is in grayscale because the original had messed up colors from amp glow.