Amateur Astronomy
(Some cool sights I've seen!)
All images are Copyright, Mike Jewell.
Comet Ikeya Seki (1965f) (35kB JPG scan of old, grainy, B&W print)
Comet Ikeya Seki (1965f) (35kB JPG of Photoshop composite)
I took this picture when I was 15. It is still probably the most
spectacular sight I've ever seen. The
Photoshop composite is a reduced grain, colorized combination
of two (15 and 20 second) exposures on
Tri-X with a 50mm lens at f/2.8.
The date was Oct 30th, 1965, 5:15 AM EST.
I was really lucky to have seen a comet of this beauty.
I have a large, high resolution version of this photograph. Contact me if you
are interested.
Solar eclipse in Montana, Feb 26, 1979 (Color)(72k)
This shot was taken at the prime focus of my 6 inch f/4.6 RFT.
I was in Lewistown, Montana. Eclipses are impossible to describe if
you've never seen one. They are really fun! (But they sure can give you
grey hairs sweating out the weather!)
1/250 second on Ektachrome 200 film.
Halley's Comet (Color)(119k)
I have a T-shirt I made that says "I saw Halley's Comet... I Think!
". The comet is just above center in the picture. Trust me. 8^)
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