by Charles Briley
and Pat Briley
M42 - Orion Nebula
Paramount ME, Takahashi TOA-150, Canon EOS 20DA
3-minute exposure, ISO 1600, 11/26/05
Orion again
NGC 6992 - Veil Nebula
M31 - Andromeda Galaxy
Horsehead Nebula - Barnard 33 - IC 434
M8 - Lagoon Nebula
Asteroid 2004 XP14 Flyby
On 07/03/06, this asteroid passed by Earth at a distance of only 269,000 miles,
or slightly greater than the distance between the Earth and the moon.
This 25-minute composite image shows the path it took toward the
upper right corner of the frame as it was streaking away from the Earth,
about 18 hours after closest approach.
Asteroid 2007 TU24 Flyby
On 01/28/08, this asteroid passed by Earth at a distance of about 334,000 miles.
This 10-minute image was taken a few hours before closest approach.
Its movement was from left to right.
Comet 2006 A1 - Pojmanski
The stars are streaked because the mount was tracking the comet.
The comet was moving north, toward the top of the image.
So the stationary stars appear to be moving south, toward the bottom.
M13 - Globular Cluster in Hercules
M81 - Spiral Galaxy
Leonid Meteors
12:45am to 3:45 am, Sunday Nov. 18, 2001
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Milky Way
30 minute exposure - July 26, 1998
Comet Machholz - 2004 Q2
(with strobing passenger jet)
Dec. 20, 2004
Iridium 66 Flare
Sunlight reflecting off antennae
21:22 PDT July 25, 2005
Iridium 53 Flare
Sunlight reflecting off antennae
03:47 PDT July 31, 2005
Comet Hale-Bopp & Orion Nebula (M42) - 1997
8 Hour Circum-Polar Exposure
with meteor streak (upper left)
Texas Star Party, 1992
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