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Member Contributed Images

New Gallery Style

New! Click the image below to see our gallery in a cool new format.

How to view images: Once you click the above image to see the new gallery...

• Click each image - using the green scroll bar to see other image thumbnails

• Or just use the Left & Right-arrow keys to advance to the next photo

Slideshow: Click the small "play" button in the lower-right control bar to see a slideshow. The play button transforms into a little "stopwatch" to show you how long each photo will appear.

Standard Gallery

by Rick Thurmond

The Horsehead (IC434, NGC2024) is a cloud of dust in front of a cloud of glowing hydrogen. I took this photo through the 7" Astro-Physics refractor at New Mexico Skies. E200 Ilfochrome 7" A-P. More of Rick's astrophotos can be found on his web page.

by Lynn Anderson

Look at these incredible solar eclipse photos submitted in April 2008 by Lynn!

by Dickson Yeager

Image descriptions from left to right:

• Full Moon, Fall 2005

• Venus and Mercury at the Shingletown Star Party, July, 2005

Both images were taken with a 35mm camera with 300mm lens piggy backed to his telescope

By Norman Mahan

The "Valentine Nebula", IC1805, Summer 2005 (Use the controls at the bottom of the image to zoom in and then pan up, down, left, or right)

By Bert Katzung

Image descriptions from left to right:

• M13, June 2005

• M8, August 2005

• The Pelican Nebula, July 2005

Lunar Eclipse on October 27, 2004

There was a great Total Lunar Eclipse visible here in Sonoma County a few days before Halloween, 2004. SCAS Members Len Nelson and Bob Schalck captured these images and provided them for your viewing pleasure.

These four images were taken by Len Nelson.

These two images were taken by Bob Schalck.

Information

The images on this web site are presented for your enjoyment and are available for educational noncommercial use without charge - as long as appropriate credit is given. Clubs, schools, science museums, planetaria, etc, are welcome to use them at no charge with the same crediting provision.  Commercial and for-profit users should contact the SCAS with a description of their proposed use.

 

Page last modified October 30, 2009