Updated 20 Nov 2008
Joe Roberts Astrophotography
Showpiece Image Gallery
This page contains some of my very best images. The list is small at the moment because this page is reserved for those images that are competitive with those seen in amateur astronomy publications. NOTE: You might want to Calibrate Your Monitor in order to best view the images on this site.
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Comet Hale Bopp, 5 minute exposure (film) w/ 500mm F6.3 lens
Taken from Salem, CT.
North American Nebula, 38 minute exposure (film) w/ 500mm F6.3 lens
Taken at Connecticut Star Party 9, 10 September 1999 (Colebrook, CT).
Pleiades (M45), taken w/ Vixen 102 ED Refractor
Kodak Royal Gold 400 film, 23 December 2000.
M5 Globular Cluster, 5 minute (film) exposure w/ Celestron CG-11 @ F6.3
Taken from Blandford, MA, March 1997.
Great Nebula in Orion, 60 minute CCD total exposure through 4" Refractor
Taken from Voluntown, CT, 31 October 2008
Andromeda Galaxy, 44 minutes total CCD exposure through 4" Refractor
Taken from Voluntown, CT, October 2008.
Rosette Nebula, three stacked 10 minute (film) exposures w/ 500mm F6.3lens
Taken from Wilbraham MA (light polluted) on 25 December 2000.
27 October 2004 Lunar Eclipse (Celestron CG-11 telescope @F6.3, 200 ISO slide film.
Taken from Voluntown, CT.
Comet Hyakutake, 5 minute (film) exposure w/ 28mm F2.8 lens
Taken from Lebanon, CT, March 1996.
Aurora (Northern Lights), Colebrook CT, 7 September 2002
Wide Angle (film) exposure, Big Dipper visible near horizon.
Eastern Sky Rising at Arunah Hill
The California Nebula, Pleiades and Hyades are visible in this film shot, taken in 2001 from Arunah Hill, Cummington MA.
Members of Our Solar System: Mars, Jupiter and Saturn
Photos taken with Olympus C3030 Zoom digital camera (afocal method). 28 Aug 2003 (Mars), 12 January 2001 (Jupiter) and 17 November 2001 (Saturn).
Lunar Close Up, Celestron C14 @F3.3, Orion Starshoot II Imager
Taken 14 February 2008 from Voluntown CT.
Waning Moon, 26 July 2008
Taken with a 4" refractor from Voluntown, CT (CCD image).
The Ring Nebula
Taken with Meade Pictor 216XT CCD camera using Celestron CG-11.
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