By Rex A Parker PhD... with a nod to sci-fi author Vernor Vinge, here is my gallery of deep sky and solar system astrophotography. All originals from telescopes at my home observatory in central New Jersey near the Delaware River (40 deg N lat), or operated remotely from Chile at Observatorio El Sauce in the Atacama high desert (-30 deg S lat, 1530m elev). A few are from Mt Lemmon AZ.  See text section at right for description of equipment and process. The Chilean remote imaging project is a collaboration with Mark Hanson, Steve Mazlin, Stuart Forman, and Stan Watson.

To the right is the blog section describing some of my thoughts and ponderings.  Also, as Director of the Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton, I invite you to tune in to AAAP's monthly meetings on-line.  Our live meetings feature talks by outstanding astronomers, broadcast via Zoom and YouTube on the 2nd Tues night each month. See: https://www.princetonastronomy.org/index.php  A growing library of science and how-to presentations can be found on AAAP's YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/@amateurastronomersassociat1439

 

Galaxies

Galaxies

Millions to billions of stars, most of which...
Nebulae

Nebulae

Colorful mysterious residents of our galaxy...
Star Clusters

Star Clusters

Vast "cities" of stars held together by...
Supernova Remnants

Supernova Remnants

Massive layers of stars' mass flung into...
Solar System

Solar System

Comets, asteroids, planets, Luna
only Chile Astro Images

only Chile Astro Images

Images acquired from telescopes at El Sauce...
only New Jersey Astro Images

only New Jersey Astro Images

Astrophotos from my home observatory in the...
NJ Observatory

NJ Observatory

Roll-off roof structure in the garden
Speed of an Asteroid

Speed of an Asteroid

Calculated from data acquired at home