WELCOME TO MY ASTRO HOME PAGE

Urban Observatory

 

My astrophotography galleries

Winter Star Party 2008 gallery (2-9-2008)

Here is a gallery of some of my favorite non-Messier images (updated 8-9-2008; NGC7000 and Pelican)

Here is a gallery of some of my favorite recent Messier images (updated 8-9-2008; M31)

This is a link to my gallery on Cloudy Nights (a terrific astro website)



My astrophotography music videos

NEW (2-15-2008) Winter Star Party video

Here is a link to a recent short music video. This one features images captured with my new (to me) FSQ-106N and the TMB130SS. (updated 1-18-2008)

Here is a link to a music video featuring images captured with my TMB130SS! (updated 9-6-2007)

Here is a link to a very recent (and very short) music video (updated 8-21-2007)

Here is a link to a music video of some of my favorite recent Messier images (updated 7-7-2007)



Click below to see a 10 minute music video of some of my favorite images from this observatory - courtesy of www.astroshorts.com (updated 9-8-2007)


Download a less compressed version (better images) - updated September 8, 2007

 



Click below to see a music video of photos taken during the construction of Urban Observatory





Observatory construction gallery





Equipment

Meade LXD750 GEM

Takahashi EM-200/Temma II Jr. GEM

Tele Vue Pronto 70mm ED doublet refractor

A&M/Astreya 76mm F/6 triplet APO refractor

Custom chrome tube TMB/LZOS 80mm F/7.5 triplet APO refractor

Takahashi FSQ-106N 106mm quadruplet F/5 APO refractor

Meade 152ED 152mm F/9 ED doublet APO refractor

Vintage 1960's Jaegers 6" F/10 achromat on Edmonds EQ mount

Takahashi CN-212 classical cassegrain/Newtonian reflector

custom 20" F/3.8 truss dob by Rob Teeter

Canon 300D Digital Rebel DSLR

SBIG ST-10XME/CFW-10

Meade DSI Pro

Rooftop observatory

My observing weather



Articles published on WWW.CLOUDYNIGHTS.COM

Eclipse Makview 200 Maksutov-Cassegrain

A new look at some older CCD imaging gear

Dobsonian setup primer

Autoguiding basics

Writing for your Club's newsletter

Lightweight imported GEM shootout

Celestron's CPC-800

Ha Solar observing on a budget

12" Meade RCX400 review (part one)

12" Meade RCX400 review (part two)

Celestron CG5-GT review

Meade LXD75 review

Denkmeier Dual binoviewer Power X Switch review

Imported GEM shootout - LXD55 v. LXD75 v. CG5-GT

Tech 2000 Dob Driver II

Portable power primer

Used eyepiece bargains

New generation of light German EQ mounts

Some helpful LXD55/75 initial checkout procedures

Newtonian collimation primer

So Why a Truss Dobsonian?

Binoviewers?

What's the prime focus FOV with my LPI/DSI/webcam/SLR/DSLR?



Here are some earlier images - but you've already seen the best.

My Galaxy Image Gallery


My Nebula Image Gallery


My Star Cluster Image Gallery

My Solar System Image Gallery



Links

Cloudy Nights Reviews and Forums

My Observatory construction

Backyard Observatories (Scott built mine, and I'm very satisfied)

Astronomy Club of Akron

Wonders of the Night Sky program



Please feel free to email me with any questions or comments: jcrilly@neo.rr.com