My Astronomy Pictures

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Comets

Comet Ikeya-Zhang. (255kb)
Comet 2001 Q4 (NEAT), May 2004.
Comet Machholz and the Perseus double cluster (247kb)
Comet 17P Holmes (276kb)

For more comet pictures, check out NASA/JPL.

Constellations

Auriga, including Jupiter, Saturn, M35, M36, M37, M38 (293Kb)
Aquila, including the Coathanger and a passing satellite (194Kb)
Orion and the Orion nebula (53Kb)
Taurus and the California nebula (86Kb)

Planets

Uranus
Neptune (58Kb)
Mars, Uranus, and Neptune together (25 October 2003, 59Kb)

Planetary alignment, April/May 2002 (240Kb)
Venus, Saturn, Mars, May 2004. (101Kb)
Transit of Venus, 8 June 2004. (102Kb)
Conjunction of Mars and the Moon, 8 January 2006.

Eclipses

Partial Solar Eclipse, March 2006
Lunar Eclipse, November 2003 (124Kb)
Lunar Eclipse, 4 May 2004. (78Kb)
Lunar Eclipse, 3 March 2007 (68Kb)

Meteorology

Moonbows and Moon Dogs
Sunbow and Sun Dogs
Tornadoes, 19 August 2004
Sun pillar, 19 March 2005
Double rainbow, 18 May 2007
Afterglow, 19 February 2008
Haloes around the Moon and Mars

Satellites

Iridium flares (54Kb). These are sunlight reflected off Iridium satellites.
Geostationary satellites

Assortment

Aurora Borealis (159Kb)
The Milky Way (71Kb)
The Moon
Assorted astronomy pictures

My telescope. Details of how some of these pictures were taken.

Feel free to save or print any of these pictures.
If you use them in your own website, a photo credit would be nice.

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