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1 Hour Exposure at Carr Astronomical Observatory
2 Galaxies near the Big Dipper.  Spiral Galaxy, Messier 81 (at the top ) is 4,500,000 light-years away.   Messier 82 (at the bottom) is an Irregular Galaxy that is 17,000,000 light-years distant.
Airliner In Front of The Full Moon.  This image was featured in the Toronto Contact Exhibition.
The Great Orion Nebula.   This Emission Nebula & Cluster is also known as Messier 42.   It is 1,500 light-years from Earth.  The bright area is where thousands of stars are being born.
Viewing the sun with a telescope and solar filter at The Geoff Brown Observatory near Thornbury Ontario.
Solar prominences on the edge of the sun
Messier 51, The Whirlpool Galaxy.  The larger galaxy on the right is canniballizing the small galaxy on the left.  15,000,000 light years away
The Ring Nebula is also known as Messier 57.  It is what remains of a star that exploded 20,000 years ago.   The multi-colored ring is the blown off gases from the dying star.
Cresent Moon in The Morning
1 Hour Exposure at Carr Astronomical Observatory
1 Hour Exposure at Carr Astronomical Observatory
1 Hour Exposure at Carr Astronomical Observatory
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