La Pine Observatory

M 27 - The Dumbell Nebula 12 minute (24 - 30 sec images stacked with Deep Sky Stacker) NexStar 8iSE - Canon t2i at prime focus - ISO...

For several years the observatory roof only could slide to the north-west on rails (the right as seen in the photo below). This meant that ...

Well, at long last the skies are more clear than not! Last night's skies were EXCELLENT ! Here are a few of my captures using my Cel...

The skies were clear and cool Tuesday evening and this is the result of 7 stacked images with my Canon t2i on the Celestron NexStar 8iSE t...

This is a very close up video taken with my Celestron 8 inch telescope and my Canon t2i camera at prime focus at 100% actual image (at time...

The skies cleared and the winds calmed down in time to capture a rare event: the transit of Mercury across the face of the Sun. Mercury is ...

After my first Celestron NexStar 4SE was received out of collimation, Celestron honored its warranty and replaced it with another new one. ...