Prints Available

Astronomy and scenery photographs are available from my Great Scenery Website. There are low cost great prints starting at $10 for an 8x10 print.

Image CCD Image Library

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The Sharpless Catalog

Sharpless Catalog

The Sharpless Catalog project is my effort to capture the detail of the Sharpless Catalog using hydrogen-alpha and color filters. I am also using oxygen III and sulfur II when it applies. The text description written for each object is in a way that explains how the object responds to the CCD Camera and telescope I was using and what to expect when using the filters I did.

Great Scenery Photography

Great Scenery
May 20, 2013 Julian Date: 2456433.167 Date:   
Solar
Sunrise 7:08 AM
Sunset 5:31 PM
Distance 94,116,281 Miles
Angular Size 31.62 Min. of Arc
Position 3hr 36min 20° 06'
Constellation Taurus
Lunar
Moonrise 2:21 PM
Moonset 2:12 AM
Distance 241,014 Miles
Angular Size 31 Min. of Arc
Position 11hr 51min -3° 19'
Constellation Virgo
Phase 67.34%
Lunar Phases
Full5/25/20134 25 UT
3rd Qtr5/31/201318 58 UT
New6/8/201315 56 UT
1st Qtr6/16/201317 24 UT
Full6/23/201311 32 UT
3rd Qtr6/30/20134 53 UT
New7/8/20137 14 UT
Tucson, Arizona Latitude 32S Longitude 110.9W

SkyMercuryVenusMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
DateTime (UT)Event
6/3/201321:00Moon passes 4 degrees north of Uranus
6/7/201318:00Neptune Stationary
6/8/201315:56New Moon
6/9/201321:40Moon is at apogee
6/10/201311:00Moon passes 5 degrees south of Venus

CCD Explorer Windows Software

CCD Explorer is a free Windows application that organizes your CCD images once they are processed.  It supports most graphic formats and has many features built into it.  The software comes with an installer and will work with Windows 98 or higher.  In addition, the software has over 80,000 defined North American cities with longitude, latitude, time zones, and other information.   Using defined cities, you can quickly look up information on the sun, moon, and planets.

CCD Explorer is FREE

About my WebsiteKitt PeakOther Links
This Web site is owned and managed by Dean Salman. I have been into astronomy since the late 1960’s and doing astrophotography with film from 1973 to 2001. In 2001, I switched to CCD imaging and have been doing that since then. I am asking that you respect my wishes and do not sell any of my images or claim them as your own work.

My images I post on the site are considered freeware and can be used for your own personal use, which includes school projects, a book or article you are publishing, or just printing the image for your own use. If you do use then in printed material such as a book, just credit me or my web site as a reference, nothing else.

My Web site is designed so that you can customize it on your computer for your location to get statistical information on the sun, moon, and planets. This includes lunar phases to 2035, rise and set times, magnitudes, phases, RA and DEC positions, distances, and much more. In addition, I update my database every month with current events happening in the sky and what the planets are doing for the current month. To set up your location, just enter your US or Canada city or zip code on the top of the page. If your city is not found or you do not have a U.S. or Canada zip code, use the City Locator. You can save your location for future visits so you do not have to enter your information each time you visit my site. Be sure to check out my mobile web site as well if you have access to the Web on your cell phone.

Deep Sky Observatory

Deep Sky Observatory is located east of Benson, Arizona where the San Pedro Valley Observatory host remote observatories at a low monthly rental rate with inlcudes ten foot building, high speed Internet, and power.
MakNewt 8-inch F/4 Astrograph - QSI 583 WSG CCD - Astro-Physics 1200 - Lodestar Autoguider - AstroDon Filters
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