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Joey

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About Me

I'm an astro freak! I love looking at the sky, naked eye, and with telescopes. Lately I've been focusing on pictures of deep space objects, like nebula, galaxies, clusters, etc. I also like to photograph the moon and planets during the full moon phase. On any clear/moonless night I'll usually drive somewhere very dark to observe and photograph until the sun comes up. Aside from astronomy one of my other interests is playing guitar. I've been playing since I was a kid and really enjoy it. My favorite music to play is mostly old metal, like Black Sabbath. That's enough for now, I'll write some more later :D

My Interests

Current Moon Phase

Courtesy of USNO

Astronomy Picture Of The Day
2006 June 30: The Antennae
2006 June 29: Old Moon and Sister Stars
2006 June 28: The Cats Paw Nebula
2006 June 27: The Moving Moons of Saturn
2006 June 26: Starry Night
2006 June 25: M57: The Ring Nebula
2006 June 24: Nix and Hydra
2006 June 23: East of Antares
2006 June 22: Planets, Bees, and a Donkey
2006 June 21: Sunrise Solstice at Stonehenge
2006 June 20: Hideaway
2006 June 19: Bright Star Regulus
2006 June 18: Crescent Neptune and Triton
2006 June 17: Saturn, Mars, and the Beehive
2006 June 16: APOD Turns Eleven
2006 June 15: Gordel van Venus
2006 June 14: Sagittarius Triplet
2006 June 13: Driving Toward a Sun Halo
2006 June 12: Edge On Galaxy NGC 5866
2006 June 11: Sunspot Loops in Ultraviolet
2006 June 10: Moon Over Haleakala
2006 June 09: Infrared Andromeda
2006 June 08: Enceladus Ice Volcanos
2006 June 07: An Alaskan Volcano Erupts
2006 June 06: NGC 6164: A Bipolar Nebula
2006 June 05: Road to Victoria Crater on Mars
2006 June 04: First Rocket Launch from Cape
2006 June 03: Gamma Ray Earth
2006 June 02: IC 443: Supernova Remnant
2006 June 01: Reflections on NGC 6188
2006 May 31: Simulated Gamma ray Sky
2006 May 30: Ancient Craters on Saturns Rhea
2006 May 29: The NASA Television Channel
2006 May 28: GRO J1655 40: Black Hole
2006 May 27: Gamma Ray Moon
2006 May 26: Omega Centauri
2006 May 25: NGC 1579: Trifid of the North
2006 May 24: A Five Quasar Gravitational Lens
2006 May 23: Comet Schwassmann Wachmann 3
2006 May 22: Maneuvering in Space
2006 May 21: An Intermediate Polar Binary
2006 May 20: Elliptical Galaxy M87
2006 May 19: The Gum Nebula
2006 May 18: Shell Game in the LMC
2006 May 17: Long Duration GRBs
2006 May 16: International Space Station
2006 May 15: Volcanic Bumpy Boulder on Mars
2006 May 14: VLA of Radio Telescopes
2006 May 13: Crumbling Comet
2006 May 12: Comet Meets Ring: Part II
2006 May 11: Comet Meets Ring: Part I
2006 May 10: The Large Cloud of Magellan
2006 May 09: Rock Slab Growing
2006 May 08: Descent Panorama of Saturns Titan
2006 May 07: NGC 2440: New White Dwarf
2006 May 06: Three Galaxies in Draco
2006 May 05: Jupiter and the Red Spots
2006 May 04: Schwassmann-Wachmann 3
2006 May 03: Saturn in Blue and Gold
2006 May 02: Sunspot 875 Flares
2006 May 01: Open Cluster NGC 290
2006 April 30: 1006 AD: Supernova in the Sky
2006 April 29: Skylab Over Earth
2006 April 28: NGC 7635: Bubble in a Cosmic Sea
2006 April 27: NGC 4696: Energy from a Black Hole
2006 April 26: Crumbling Schwassmann Wachmann 3
2006 April 25: M82: Galaxy with a Supergalactic Wind
2006 April 24: Star Clouds over Arizona
2006 April 23: The Solar Spectrum
2006 April 22: Z is for Mars
2006 April 21: NGC 253: Dusty Island Universe
2006 April 20: A Dust Cloud in NGC 281
2006 April 19: Mars and the Star Clusters
2006 April 18: NGC 246 and the Dying Star
2006 April 17: Barnard's Loop around the Horsehead
2006 April 16: A Solar Prominence from SOHO
2006 April 15: Galaxy Wars: M81 versus M82
2006 April 14: Smoke from the Cigar Galaxy
2006 April 13: Star Cluster Dreams
2006 April 12: Binary Black Hole in 3C 75
2006 April 11: A Sun Halo over Utah
2006 April 10: Mars: The View from HiRISE
2006 April 09: Molecular Cloud Barnard 68
2006 April 08: Vanishing Umbra
2006 April 07: The Crown of the Sun
2006 April 06: Unusual Bright Soil on Mars
2006 April 05: Slightly Beneath Saturn's Ring Plane
2006 April 04: A Total Solar Eclipse over Turkey
2006 April 03: Stars and Dust Across Corona
2006 April 02: A Cosmic Call to Nearby Stars
2006 April 01: Hubble Resolves Expiration Date
2006 March 30: When Diamonds Aren t Forever
2006 March 29: Green and Black Auroras Over Norway
2006 March 28: Animation of Asteroids Passing Near Earth
2006 March 27: Moonquakes Surprisingly Common
2006 March 26: Doomed Star Eta Carinae
2006 March 25: Northern Spring on Mars
2006 March 24: When Roses Aren't Red
2006 March 23: Inflating the Universe
2006 March 22: Enceladus Near Saturn
2006 March 21: The Coma Cluster of Galaxies
2006 March 20: Super Earths May Circle Other Stars
2006 March 19: Our Busy Solar System
2006 March 18: Red Spot Jr
2006 March 17: The Big Dipper Cluster
2006 March 16: Eta and Keyhole in the Carina Nebula
2006 March 15: McCool Hill on Mars
2006 March 14: CG4: A Ruptured Cometary Globule
2006 March 13: Z Machine Sets Record
2006 March 12: Globular Cluster M3 from WIYN
2006 March 11: Colors of Comet Pojmanski
2006 March 10: Enceladus and the Search for Water
2006 March 09: Trio Leo
2006 March 08: Earth's Shrinking Antarctic Ice Sheet
2006 March 07: A Nearby Supernova in M100
2006 March 06: Unexpected Comet Pojmanski Now Visible
2006 March 05: Colorful Light Pillars
2006 March 04: The Galaxy Within Centaurus A
2006 March 03: Venus and Comet Pojmanski
2006 March 02: Messier 101
2006 March 01: Multiverses: Do Other Universes Exist?


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Lunar transit from STEREO-B

My Blog

Comet 17P/Holmes

Finally had a clear night since Comet Holmes brightened. Photo posted at the link below:http://www.flickr.com/photos/darkphotos/Joey...
Posted by Joey on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 04:25:00 PST

NGC4565 Spiral, M16 Eagle, M27 Dumbell

..>..> ..> NGC4565 - Spiral Galaxy Distance: 31 million LY's Description: [READ] Exposure: 42.5 minutes (85x30s) Scope: Meade LX-90 at f/3.3 Camera: SBIG ST...
Posted by Joey on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 05:41:00 PST

Sombrero Galaxy & Southern Pinwheel

..>   M104: Sombrero GalaxyDistance: 50 million LY'sDescription: [READ]Exposure: 29.5 minutes (59x30s)Scope: Meade LX-90 at f/3.3Camera: SBIG ST-237 at -25C BADate: 4/11/07Location: Sou...
Posted by Joey on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:02:00 PST

Horsehead Nebula and Crab Nebula from a dark site!

Horsehead Nebula Distance: 1600 LY Exposure: 30 x 30s Scope: Meade LX-90 at f/3.3 Camera: SBIG ST-237 at -16C Date: 11/25/06 Location: Southold, NY Notes: I finally made it...
Posted by Joey on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 03:27:00 PST

M27, M57, and M71 with new toy

Heres some test shots from 5/23/06 with a focal reducer purchased recently. It can be configured for f3 or f5 but I only tested it at f3. These photos were acquired from home, which is in bad light po...
Posted by Joey on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 07:26:00 PST

M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy

M51 - Whirlpool GalaxyThe other night the sky was clear so I setup my scope in the backyard, mostly just to observe but I also took a few pictures of M51. The moon was full and the surrounding light p...
Posted by Joey on Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:50:00 PST

First DSO's

These photos were some of my first attempts at photographing DSO's. I took them from my backyard last spring. This year the pictures should get better, especially when I can try what I've learned som...
Posted by Joey on Sat, 25 Feb 2006 11:29:00 PST

Andromeda, Orion, Pleiades

I put together a lens adapter for my CCD camera recently and I decided to test it out. The weather hasn't been good enough to travel some place dark but I took these test shots in my backyard in Queen...
Posted by Joey on Sat, 25 Feb 2006 04:52:00 PST