Messier Object Images by Tim Hunter and James McGaha (original) (raw)

Tim Hunter and James McGaha own three fine amateur observatories near Tucson, and operate them in close cooperation:Grasslands Observatory,3towers Observatory, and Sabino Canyon Observatory. The Grassland Observatory has a 24-inch f/5 equatorially mounted Newton (f/5) - classical Cassegrain (f/20) telescope, with an Apogee AP 7 CCD camera. 3towers Observatory is equipped with a 12-inch Meade LX-200 computerized telescope and Apogee KX260 CCD camera, connected to a PC, and able to be run semi-automatized via remote control. Sabino Canyon Observatory houses a 12-inch Meade LX 200 telescope with a Spectra Source HPC-1 CCD camera.

• M6:Color film image of M6, 24.5-inch Grassland reflector [caption]
• M7:Color film image of M7, 24.5-inch Grassland reflector [caption];AP-7 color CCD image, 24.5-inch Grassland reflector [caption]
• M9:AP-7 color CCD image of M9, 24.5-inch Grassland reflector [caption]
• M18:Color film image of M18, 24.5-inch Grassland reflector [caption]
• M39:Color film image of M39, 24.5-inch Grassland reflector [caption]
• M40:AP7 color CCD image of M40, 24.5-inch Grassland reflector [caption],KX 260 CCD pic, 12-inch 3towers LX-20 [caption]
• M41:Color film image of M41, 24.5-inch Grassland Newtonian, from their photographic Messier Marathon 1988 [caption]
• M54:Color CCD image of M54, 24.5-inch Grassland Newtonian with AP7 CCD camera [caption];b/w CCD image, 12-inch LX-200 with KX260 CCD camera [caption]
• M57:Color CCD image of M57, 24.5-inch Grassland Newtonian with AP7 CCD camera [caption]
• M64:Color CCD image of M64, 24.5-inch Grassland Newtonian with AP7 CCD camera [caption];b/w CCD image of M64, 12-inch 3towers LX-20 with KX 260 [caption]
• M80:Color CCD image of M80, 24.5 inch Grassland reflector / AP7 CCD camera [caption]
• M88:Color CCD image with SN 1999cl, 24.5 inch Grassland reflector / AP7 CCD camera [caption]
• M94:Color CCD image of M94 [caption]
• M96:Color CCD image with SN 1998bu, 24.5 inch Grassland reflector / AP7 CCD camera [caption]
• M102/NGC 5866:AP7 color CCD image of M102/NGC 5866 [caption];KX 260 CCD pic, 12-inch 3towers LX-20 [caption] Many more astronomical images are available on Tim Hunter's website, notably a gallery of all Messier Objects in Color, and aPhotographic Messier Marathon Album, the results of the first-ever reported photographic Messier Marathonof March 19/20, 1988.

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