Piggy-back Camera Photographs
2 Sep 99 Alpha and Beta Centauri, and the Southern Cross (right to left) Taken from Melbourne, Australia Pentax Spotmatic, 55mm lens, Kodak Gold Max ISO 800, 1 minute, JMI Piggy-back Camera Mount, ETX guided using the Blessing Microstar Dual Axis Drive Corrector and monitored with the Celestron Guide Eyepiece with a Rigel Systems PulsGuide, PhotoCD processed. Some Photoshop editing to darken the sky.
21 Nov 98 Orion, Taurus, and the Pleiades. Pentax Spotmatic, 28mm lens, Kodak Gold Max ISO 800, 15 minutes, JMI Piggy-back Camera Mount, ETX guided using the Blessing Microstar Dual Axis Drive Corrector and monitored with the Celestron Guide Eyepiece, PhotoCD processed. Some Photoshop editing to darken the sky.
23 Aug 98 Sagittarius and the heart of the Milky Way. Pentax Spotmatic, 55mm lens, Kodak Gold Max ISO 800, 15 minutes, JMI Piggy-back Camera Mount, ETX guided using the Blessing Microstar Dual Axis Drive Corrector and monitored with the Celestron Guide Eyepiece, PhotoCD processed. Some Photoshop editing to enhance contrast. [Still captured an airplane trail.]
1 Aug 98 Cygnus and the Milky Way. Pentax Spotmatic, 55mm lens, Kodak Gold Max ISO 800, 5 minutes, JMI Piggy-back Camera Mount, ETX guided using the Blessing Microstar Dual Axis Drive Corrector and monitored with a 9.7mm eyepiece, PhotoCD processed. Photoshop editing to adjust levels and overlay multiple images.
1 Aug 98 Aquila and the Milky Way. Pentax Spotmatic, 55mm lens, Kodak Gold Max ISO 800, 5 minutes, JMI Piggy-back Camera Mount, ETX guided using the Blessing Microstar Dual Axis Drive Corrector and monitored with a 9.7mm eyepiece, PhotoCD processed. Photoshop editing to adjust levels and overlay multiple images.
17 Apr 98 Leo. Pentax Spotmatic, 55mm lens, Kodak Gold Max ISO 800, 5 minutes, JMI Piggy-back Camera Mount, ETX guided, PhotoCD processed. Photoshop editing to eliminate Fuji processing green-ish cast and increase contrast.
23 Dec 97 Orion. Pentax Spotmatic, 55mm lens, Kodak Gold Max ISO 800, 2 minutes, JMI Piggy-back Camera Mount, ETX guided, PhotoCD processed. Some Photoshop editing to reduce sky brightness and increase contrast. Note the red glow of M42 in Orion's sworn below the belt.
23 Dec 97 Pleiades. Pentax Spotmatic, 55mm lens, Kodak Gold Max ISO 800, 2 minutes and 30 seconds, JMI Piggyback Camera Mount, ETX guided, PhotoCD processed. Some Photoshop editing to reduce sky brightness and increase contrast.
26 Dec 97 Planets. Jupiter is on the left, Mars in the center, and Venus to its right. Uranus (not visible) would be just above Mars and Neptune (also not visible) would be just below the bright star on the right inline with Mars and Venus. Pentax Spotmatic, 55mm lens, Kodak Gold Max ISO 800, 2 minutes, JMI Piggyback Camera Mount, ETX guided, PhotoCD processed. (Banding due to JPEG compression.)

Miscellaneous Photographs
23 Feb 99 Jupiter-Venus Conjunction. ETX in foreground. Ricoh RDC-4200 digital camera.
9 Dec 97 Orion rising out my window. Pentax Spotmatic, 55mm lens, Kodak Gold Max ISO 800, 30 seconds, unguided, PhotoCD processed. Some Photoshop editing to reduce sky brightness and increase contrast.
9 Nov 96 Waning Crescent Moon, Venus, and the ETX. Casio QV-10 digital camera.	Waning Crescent Moon through the ETX Finderscope (note the Earthshine). Casio QV-10 digital camera.
5 Sep 97 Waxing Crescent Moon, Venus, and the ETX. Casio QV-10 digital camera.