Messier Object Images by Tim Hunter and James McGaha
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 a
Photographic Messier Marathon Album, the results of the first-ever reported
photographic Messier Marathon
of March 19/20, 1988.
Hartmut Frommert
Christine Kronberg
[contact]
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