PHOTO GALLERY

                                                All photos © Richard Nugent unless otherwise noted

 Below photos were 5 or 15 second exposures on LX-200, Digital Camera, Collins I³ Eyepiece

    M13 (5 sec)          M51                M57             M64            M104         M42 (5 sec)

    Saturn taken through the 82" reflector at McDonald Observatory January 5, 2003. Hand held digital camera over eyepiece.

   Total eclipse of December 4, 2002 in South Africa. I was under clear skies until 2 hours before      totality when clouds rolled in.

  But the next day driving through Kruger National Park I caught the "King" and an elephant crossing the road. (Of course I was wearing my running shoes when photographing the King).

   Annular eclipse, Costa Rica, December  14, 2001.  Our group relocated 3 times after the eclipse started to find a hole in the clouds in between  rainstorms. During the eclipse the President of Costa Rica drove up Dr. Elizabeth Odio, and we showed her the eclipse thru our telescopes. 

  Solar Eclipse - Africa June 21, 2001

These photos were taken at the eclipse center line in Zambia near the Angola border on the banks of the Zambezi river.  Just under 4 minutes of totality was seen under cloud free, haze free skies. One of the darkest eclipses I have ever seen, the Southern Cross was clearly visible opposite the eclipsed Sun. 

  Comet West, 1975 VI.  3 minute exposure on Tri-X ASA 400 film, 135mm telephoto at the University of South Florida Astrometric Observatory, Tampa, Florida. March 1976.

             More photos are here:  http://spacibm.rice.edu/~has/CCD%20Images/CCD_Nugent.htm