Steve’s Pics

Supernova Remnant

Western Veil Nebula – NGC 6960
  • Crab Nebula – NGC 1952 (M1)
  • Eastern Veil Nebula – NGC 6992
  • Jellyfish Nebula – IC 443



Star Clusters

Great Globular Cluster in Hercules – NGC 6205 (M13)
  • M92 – The other Globular Cluster in Hercules
  • M45 -The Pleadies
  • The Double Cluster in Perseus – NGC 869&884
  • M67
  • Caroline’s Rose – NGC 7789
  • M44

Galaxies

The Andromeda Galaxy – M101
  • M64
  • M82
  • M81
  • M33
  • Core of M31
  • The Leo Triplet
  • NGC 6949
  • M106
  • M109
The Whirlpool Galaxy – M51
The Pinwheel Galaxy -M101

Galaxy Clusters

  • Coma Cluster – NGC 4874 & 4889 +
  • NGC 1275
  • NGC 7623 – Pegasus Cluster
  • Stephan’s Quintet – NGC 7320, 7319, 7318(A&B) 7313
  • NGC 7331

Emission Nebula

M20 – The Trifid Nebula
The Lagoon Nebula – M8
  • The Running Man Nebula – NGC 1973
  • The California Nebula – NGC 1499
  • The Great Nebula of Orion – M42
  • The Horsehead Nebula – IC 434
  • Interior of the Lagoon Nebula – M8
  • IC 405
  • The Soul Nebula – IC 1848
  • The Cave Nebula – IC 5146
  • NGC 2244
  • The Rosetta Nebula – NGC 2237
The North American Nebula – NGC 7000
The Elephant Trunk Nebula – IC 1396
The Heart Nebula – IC 1805

Planetary Nebula

  • The Owl Nebula – M92
  • The Helix Nebula – NGC 7293
  • Abel 39
  • The Dumbbell Nebula – M27
  • The Ring Nebula – M57
  • Abel 74
  • Medusa Nebula – Abel 21

Dark Nebula

The Iris Nebula – NGC 7023
  • The Shark Nebula -LDN 1235
  • M 78
  • NGC 1333

Interesting Objects

The Crescent Nebula – NGC 6888

NGC 6888 is an emission nebula in Cygnus. It is about 5000 light years distant. It is energized by a Wolf-Rayet (WR 136). These stars emit are evolved massive stars that have lost all of their hydrogen (red in the picture) and are fusing helium and heavier elements. They are very bright since much of their atmosphere has been lost. Additionally, NGC 6888 has a significant amount of Oxygen III emission (the pale green/blue component)

M20 & M8 – Star Clouds in Sagittarius

Two Towers Observatory

This is my primary observing site. The roll-off roof observatory is based around a 12″ cylinder of reinforced concrete buried 4ft deep. The mount is currently a Paramount MX+. There are 2 primary telescopes: a 10″ GSO-type RC and an 11″ Celestron RASA. Each has its pros and cons. The 10″ is pretty much diffraction-limited by the sky conditions on Bainbridge Island, It has a focal length of 2000mm at f/8. The RASA has a focal length of 670mm at f/2.2. While this produces some amazing pictures, it does not support a filter wheel so I can use a one-shot color camera or change filters by hand. (via a filter drawer). The other downside to the RASA is the Schmidt corrector plate. In this environment, they tend to due up in the winter. The observatory is used remotely via a wireless link.

  • Two Towers Observatory Opened
  • Two Towers Observatory Closed (with guard dog)
  • RASA 11″ Scope

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