These are my early trials at taking pictures through my telescope. All are taken through a Nexstar 11 GPS.

This is the Moon (I know big surprise). It was taken in the Phoenix area in my parent's backyard. It was taken with a Kodak LS443 digital camera. This is actually a stack of two images of the moon taken on the same night withthe same camera. Then it was slightly modified and stacked in Photoshop to bring out more detail.

This is Mars. It was taken around September 15th, 2003 in the Phoenix area outside the apartment I lived in. Lots of city light problems (the freeway was about 40 meters away). This is a compile of 53 individual images captured with a modified Quickcam 3000 in K3CCDtools, and then stacked using Registax. Then it was slightly modified in Photoshop to bring out more detail.

This is Juptiter. It was taken around April 26rd, 2003 in Tucson outside the apartment I lived in at the time. This is a compile of 120 images out of 400 images with a modified Quickcam 3000 in K3CCDtools, and then stacked using Registax. Then it was slightly modified in Photoshop to bring out more detail.

This is Saturn. It was taken around April 26rd, 2003 in Tucson outside the apartment I lived in at the time. This is a compile of 35 images out of 140 images with a modified Quickcam 3000 in K3CCDtools, and then stacked using Registax. Then it was slightly modified in Photoshop to bring out more detail.

This is Orion. It was taken around January 28, 2003 in Phoenix outside the apartment I lived in across from a major freeway (40 meters away). This is a compile of 20 images out of 40 images with a modified Quickcam 3000 in K3CCDtools, then stacked using Registax, and I was also using a Hyperstar setup from Starizona. There is no modification in Photoshop, this is the raw stacked image.

This is the Sun taken through a Coronado PST. Using a Kodak DX7440, and just holding it up to the eyepiece. This is a first attempt, and I will be trying to get better pictures as time goes on. This is the coolest telescope. I love looking at flares coming off the sun. As you can see there are some flares coming off the bottom of the pictures. There are also a couples small dim ones at about 4 o'clock.

The folowing pictures were taken with my new Starlight Xpress Camera and the new version of Hyperstar

This the Flame Nebula. 60 Frames at 3s

Horsehead Nebula. 10 frames at 30s

Little Dumbbell Nebula. 10 frames at 10s

M37 - 30 Frames at 1s

M51 Whirlpool Galaxy - 60 frames at 10s

M66 Leo Trio - 120 Frames at 3s

M79 - 30 frames at 1s

M97 Owl Nebula - 52 frames at 10s

M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy - 60 frames 15s

Sir Issac Newton, after looking through his telescope and seeing millions of stars, once said, "But when I lay the telescope aside and I go into my room and shut the door and get down on my knees in earnest prayer, I see more of heaven and feel closer to the Lord than if I were assisted by all the telescopes on the earth."