Takahashi/RC-Optical Gallery

Astrophotographs by

Robert J. Vanderbei

Author of   Sizing Up The Universe

Astrophotos taken with instruments mounted on a Takahashi NJP mount.
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Messier Objects

M1 Crab Nebula

Crab

M2 Globular Cluster in Aquarius

M2

M3 Globular Cluster in Canes Venatici

M3


M4 Globular Cluster in Scorpius

M4

M5 Globular Cluster in Serpens Caput

M5

M8 Lagoon Nebula

Lagoon


M10 Globular Cluster in Ophiuchus

M10

M12 Globular Cluster in Ophiuchus

M12

M13 Globular Cluster in Hercules

M13


M14 Globular Cluster in Ophuichus

M14

M15 Globular Cluster in Pegasus

M15

M16 Eagle Nebula

Eagle


M17 Swan Nebula

Swan

M20 Trifid Nebula

Trifid

M22

M22


M27 Dumbbell Nebula

Dumbbell

M29 Open Cluster

M29

M31 Andromeda Galaxy

Andromeda


M33 Pinwheel Galaxy

Pinwheel

M35 and NGC 2158

M35,NGC2158

M39 An Open Cluster

M39


M42 The Great Orion Nebula

M42

The Trapezium in M42

Trapezium

M44 The Beehive Cluster

Beehive


M45 The Pleiades (Subaru)

Pleiades

M46 Open Cluster and Planetary Nebula

M46

M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy

Whirlpool


M52 An Open Cluster

M52

M53 Globular Cluster

M53

M56 Globular Cluster

M56


M57 The Ring Nebula

Ring

M63 The Sunflower Galaxy

Sunflower

M64 The Blackeye Galaxy

Blackeye


Leo Trio

Leo Trio

M71

M71

M76 The Little Dumbbell Nebula

Little Dumbbell


M78

M78

M81 and M82

M81,M82

M82

M82


M92

M92

M95

M95

M97

M97


M104

M104

M106

M106

M107

M107

NGC Objects

NGC 281 Pacman Nebula

Pacman

NGC 1514 A Planetary Nebula

Crystal Ball

NGC 1977 Running Man Nebula

Running Man


NGC 2237 Rosette Nebula

Rosette

NGC 2264 Cone and Foxfur Nebulae

Cone

NGC 2392 Eskimo Nebulae

Eskimo


NGC 3628

NGC 3628

NGC 4565

NGC 4565

NGC 6543

NGC 6543


NGC 6781

NGC 6781

NGC 6826

NGC 6826

NGC 6888 Crescent Nebula

Crescent


NGC 6960 Western Veil Nebula

Western Veil

NGC 6992 Eastern Veil Nebula

Eastern Veil

NGC 7000 North America Nebula Mexico Section

North America


NGC 7023 Iris Nebula

Iris

NGC 7048

NGC 7048

NGC 7094 Planetary Nebula by M15

NGC 7094


NGC 7293 Helix Nebula

Helix

NGC 7331 Deerlick Galaxy Cluster

Deerlick Cluster

NGC 7635 Bubble Nebula

Bubble


NGC 7662 Blue Snowball Nebula

Blue Snowball

NGC 7789

NGC 7789

IC (and Other) Objects

IC 349 Barnard's Merope Nebulae

Merope

IC 434 Horsehead/Flame Nebulae

Horsehead

IC 1318 Butterfly Nebula

Butterfly


IC 1396 Elephant Trunk Nebula (VDB 142)

Elephant Trunk

IC 5070 Pelican Nebula

Pelican

IC 5146 Cocoon Nebula

Cocoon


PN G75.5+1.7 Soap Bubble in Cygnus

Soap Bubble

Barnard Star

Barnard's Star

Einstein Cross

Einstein Cross


Cr 399 Coathanger Asterism

Coathanger

RR Lyrae (HD 182989)

RR Lyrae (HD 182989)

Vanderbei Star

Vanderbei Star

Solar System(s)

Venus

Venus

Mars

Mars

Jupiter

Jupiter


Saturn

Saturn

Uranus

Uranus

Neptune

Neptune


Moon

Lunar Eclipse

Moon

Lunar Eclipse Oct 8

Moon

Moon


Super Moon

Super Moon

Moon Occultations

Moon Occultations

Venus and Saturn

Venus/Saturn


Jupiter and Uranus

Jupiter/Uranus

M3 and Comet

M3/Comet

Double Cluster and Comet 103p/Hartley

Comet 103p


Comet 17P/Holmes

Comet 17p

Comet Lulin

Comet Lulin

Comet ISON

Comet ISON


Comet Garradd

Comet Garradd

Asteroid Vesta

Vesta

Asteroid 213 Lilaea/SAO 128805 Occultation

Lilaea


2003EL61

2003EL61

Gliese 581

Gliese581

Gliese 581

ISS


Prymno 261

Asteroid Prymno 261

Wide Field

CygnusLyra

Cygnus/Lyra

BigDipper

Big Dipper

Miscellaneous

RC/FSQ/NJP

Equipment

Vega Airy pattern

Vega

Arcturus and 'seeing'

Arcturus


Arcturus

Twinkle

Albireo

Albireo

Double Double

Double Double


Eps Bootes (Izar)

Eps Bootes

Porrima and Saturn

Porrima/Saturn

Hertzsprung-Russell Diagrams

HR Diags

Adjust your monitor's gamma so that x marks the point where the top and bottom row appear equally gray when squinting