Updated 29 January 2012
Joe Roberts Astrophotography
Showpiece Image Gallery
This page contains some of my very best images. If you have followed this page over the years you have no doubt noticed that the vast majority of my best images are ones taken with CCD cameras (vice film). While film still has its place for certain applications, digital imaging offers overwhelming advantages compared to film. Many of the images below were taken with a modest 4" refractor in conjunction with an
Orion StarShoot Pro Deep Space CCD Color Imaging Camera
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Comet Hale Bopp (1997), 5 minute exposure (film) w/ 500mm F6.3 lens
Taken from Salem, CT.
North American Nebula, taken with Vixen 102ED Refractor
56 minute CCD exposure, 14 Aug 2009.
"Super Moon", taken with a Pentax Kx DSLR through a 4" Refractor
19 March 2011.
Pleiades Star Cluster (M45), taken with Vixen 102 ED Refractor
152 minute CCD exposure, 30 October 2011.
Eagle Nebula (M16), taken with Vixen 102 ED Refractor
52 minute CCD exposure, 19 September 2009.
M13 Globular Cluster, taken with a Celestron 14 Telescope
76 minute CCD exposure, 31 May 2011
Great Nebula in Orion, 188 minute CCD total exposure through 4" Refractor
Taken from Voluntown, CT, 02 November 2011
Andromeda Galaxy, taken with Vixen 102ED Refractor
68 minute CCD exposure, 21 October 2011.
Rosette Nebula, 220 minute exposure through a 4" refractor
18 December 2011
M33 (Triangulum Galaxy), taken with Vixen 102 ED Refractor
156 minute CCD exposure, 01 November 2011.
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.
Planetary Nebula M27, 16 minute exposure w/ 11" telescope
Taken from Voluntown, CT, 19 Oct 2009.
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.
Flame and Horsehead Nebulae, 72 minute exposure through 4" refractor with Orion Starshoot II Imager
22 Nov 2009
Waning Moon, 26 July 2008
Taken with a 4" refractor from Voluntown, CT (CCD image).
Galaxies M82 and M81
Taken with a 4" refractor from Voluntown, CT on 01 December 2011, 44 minute CCD exposure.
The Double Cluster in Perseus
Taken with a 4" refractor from Voluntown, CT on 01 November 2011, 28 minute CCD exposure.
The Ring Nebula
Taken with Meade Pictor 216XT CCD camera using Celestron CG-11.
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