BRUCE'S ASTROPHOTOS
 Within Our Solar System
   
 Saturn
 Jupiter & Jupiter Moons in Motion
 Mars 2001  Mars 2003
 Moon terminator movement (animation)
 Moon, selected images
 Moon phase sequence
 Pluto
 Uranus & four satellites
 Neptune & Triton
 Venus
 Mercury (eve sky; transit)
 Planet Alignment of 2002
 Comets
 Asteroids etc 86279, 2004 MN4, 12753, 15146, Sedna, 46053
 Earth

  Within Our (Milky Way) Galaxy
  . . . . 
 Ring Nebula in Lyra, M57
 North America Nebula
 Orion Nebula, M42
 Milky Way and "Wild Duck Star Cluster" ZOOM
 Globular Star Cluster in Hercules, M13
 Globular Star Cluster in CanesVenatici, M3
 Pleides open star cluster
 Horse Head Nebula
 Crab Nebula
 Dumbbell Nebula (M27)
 Nova Near M27 (VAR Vul 05)
 V838 Light Echo
 IC 418 planetary nebula
 Eskimo Nebula
 Omega Centauri globular star cluster
 M16 ("Bok globules")
 Gamma Cygni Nebula 
 Eskimo Nebula 

 Other Galaxies
 
  Whirlpool Galaxy, M51
  M33
  Andromeda Galaxy, M31
  M82
  M104 (Sombrero)
  M87
  Fainter Galaxies
  Blazars Observation Demo (variable galxies, a QSO sub-type)
  AAVSO Blazar List (useful info for observers)

 Novas, Supernovas and GRBs
 

 SN 2006X in M100 (4-color light curve)
 SN 2005cf (4-color light curve)
 SN 2002ap (in nearby M74 spiral galaxy, "light curve")
 SN 2002bo (in distant galaxy)
 SN 2003B (in a farther away galaxy)
 SN 2003Z
 SN 2003cg (light curve & image)
 Nova (before & during outburst)
 GRB030329 (amazingly bright & persistent)
 GRB050922C (1 night of R & C-band observations)
 GRB060218 / SN2006aj
  
Exoplanet Transits
 
 
Amateur Exoplanet Archive (AXA)
   Exoplanet Observing for Amateurs (book, free download)

 Miscellaneous Observing Projects
 

 Fireball trajectories
 Pluto Occultation 2007.03.18
 Comet Temple Impact brightening
 SS Cyg decline
 UV Persei Cataclysmic Variable Superoutburst Superhumps
 Deep zoom (HST ASC 3.5-day exposure)
 Aurora Borealis ("Northern Lights")
 Mysterious Object in Andromeda Galaxy
 Sky Moods
 Barnard's Star Motion
 Alula Australis: binary star orbiting movie
 Asteroid Movie
 Asteroid Story
 Rocket Launches
 Sky Strips (long, north-south, wide angle mosaics)
 Cloudiness in Sierra Vista, AZ
 M78 New Nebulosity
 BZ UMa Fluctuations    

Tutorials
 Artificial Star Photometry
 Star Subtraction and Asteroid Track & Stack - 12 image method
 Star-Subtraction and Asteroid Track-Stack - 30 image method (inferior)
 Image Stacking for faint asteroids
 Image Subtraction for faint asteroids 
 Asteroid Hunting with a Small Telescope
 Photometry for Dummies
 Photometry for Smarties
 All-sky photometry concepts
 Exoplanet Observing Strategies
 Photometric Sequence Chart Creation for a 2004 nova
 CCD Transformation Equations explained
 CCD Imaging Tips
 AstroPhotography Tips
 SE Sermon & SE from SNR
 "Atmospheric Seeing" movie demo & atmospheric physics 
 German equatorial mounts not suited for photometry
 Meade RCX400 User Tips - Things That Should be in the Instruction manual
 The Big Picture, is an attempt to explain the size of the universe.
      
 Odds and Ends
 Hardware at Hereford Arizona Observatory (G95) & residence 
 Professional research activities in astmospheric sciences, moon and aviation safety
 Books for sale 
 Resume 

WebMaster: Bruce L. Gary. This site opened:  August 26, 1999,  Last Update:  March 07, 2008.