July 7, 2022 Update
These are “classic” images that I took early in my early exploration of astrophotography.  I was very proud of these images at the time but I have improved considerably since the 2005 to 2009 time period.

These photographs were taken with a 3.3 focal reducer which basically increases the field of view of the CCD camera and allows longer exposures to be taken. The focal reducer is a lens assembly attached to the telescope in front of the CCD camera.  All of these photos were processed from many exposures taken over  hours of observing time.

M51 Spiral Galaxy	M27 Dumbell Nebula – Color
M27 Monochrome	M13 Color (RGB)