Each image is identified as to where I took it. Many of my earliest images were taken from my driveway in north suburban Chicago. Hence, the theme of my Web site. Since then, I have also taken images from dark sites in New Mexico and, most recent, Australia.

I have organized the images according to type (galaxies, globular clusters, nebulae, etc.). The images are shown in the alphabetical order of their astronomical designation (e.g., M1, NGC891, ...). Each image has a thumbnail image along with its name. Clicking on the thumbnail will take you to a page dedicated to the object. The object's page will contain a 1/4th size image, a brief description of the object, parameters of the image (how I actually took the picture), and a link to the full size image. I am using this organization to help improve the performance of these pages. My intent is to provide my images, not to compete with astronomical encyclopediae. Therefore, most pictures have no additional comments except for the CCD camera parameters. In a few cases I have included comments about the object or how I created the image. If you have suggestions for improvement please let me know!

See my Notes on Astrophotography for a fuller discussion of how I took these images, processed them, and prepared them for your access.

Browser, HTML, and JPEG Image Quality

If you are an AOL user, and my pictures appear muddy, then do the following. These steps will vary somewhat between the different versions of AOL's software.

• Go to My AOL
• In Preferences, select Internet (or WWW)
• find Web Graphics
• Turn OFF the option that says "Use Compressed Graphics"
• Press OK.

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This page last updated on November 16, 2005