Saturn's Rings. Click for larger view
Here are the latest images taken by the Juno mission spacecraft. Recently, the Juno craft made a nearly 5000 mile approach to the Great Red Spot. In unprecedented detail, here are the most recent pictures of the mission. Enjoy a close up view of the GRS!
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ABOUT ME

Astro-Imager

This webpage will highlight my recent foray into EAA or Electronic Assisted Astronomy. I started out 56 years ago with a simple 60 mm Tasco Refractor and my interest grew from there. Over the years, I invested time and money into acquiring bigger telescopes and better accessories. In the last 10 years, my interest has grown by leaps and bounds. Just last year, I took a step into the imaging world by first buying the Celestron Neximage 5 and after getting good results with it, I took a bigger step and bought the ZWO ASI224MC OSC (One Shot Color) camera and shortly after that, bought the OC Telescope Revolution Imager.  Soon, I acquired the ZWO ASI294MC camera, which I took the image on the right with this new camera.

This image of M27, the Dumbbell or Apple Core Nebula, located in Vulpecula, was taken with a Nexstar 8SE telescope, Meade F/6.3 Reducer/Corrector and a brand new ASI294MC camera.
Recent Projects
My most recent projects include imaging the Abell Planetary Nebula catalog of 84 objects. Also imaging the Planetary nebula and SN Remnants catalog of 1457 objects, Hickson Galaxy and Abell Galaxy catalog and the Arp Peculiar Galaxy catalog, along with the Sharpless nebula catalog, NGC and IC catalogs of deep sky objects.

All the following pictures were taken by me with my equipment and cameras.

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NGC 869/NGC 884, the Double Cluster
I am always on the Cloudy Nights website, posting in forums such as Astro Video Gallery, Equipment forum, Nexstar Telescopes forum and many others. I am passionate about my geek tech as well as my imaging results. I belong to the North Shore Amateur Astronomy Club and a past member, VP and President of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston. I do my imaging from a local site in Weston, MA in a Red/Orange zone, West Boxford public library site, Boy Scouts park in Boxford, MA and on top of Bailey Hill, in Rumney, NH.
Please visit Cloudy Nights and join the discussions!   
                                 Please visit the NSAAC website. If you live in Eastern or North Eastern MA, consider joining a great club!
Please check out this site, Shadows and Substance. It is a very informative site with lots of great graphics, especially when it comes to comets and eclipses!
Check out this website for the latest data and ephemerides on the planets, comets, satellites, asteroids and 3D orbits.
I also visit daily the Space Weather webpage for information regarding Solar phenomena and fireball sightings.
And the great Astronomy Picture of the Day website every day too!

My collection of planetary pictures, taken with my Nexstar 8 telescope
Venus, taken at 1pm
Mars taken at opposition, with my Nexstar 8SE.
Jupiter taken with my Nexstar 8SE
My best image of Saturn, taken with my Nexstar 8SE
Uranus and 4 of its Moons
Neptune and its brightest moon, Triton
Image of Pluto against the stars of Sagittarius
The above image above is the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, taken on December 21, 2020. It was the first time in 800 years that a favorable apparition came to be. The next opportunity will be in 2040 with an even better apparition in 2080.

Here is my latest picture of the recent Conjunction of Mars and Jupiter together, separated by just 1/3 of a degree, in the early morning hours of August 14, 2024. All images including the insets were taken by me within a span of just 30 minutes.

A small collection of my best pictures of the planet Jupiter, along with Mars and Saturn

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