Welcome to our world of photography of the day and night skies from the Birch Mesa Observatory in Payson at the base of the Mogollon Rim, and the Clear Creek Canyon Observatory on top of the Colorado Plateau in Northern Arizona. From Wide Angle Lenses, to state-of-the-art computer controlled large homebuilt astrographs, our goal is to record the endless beauty of the night sky on CCD,CMOS, and DSLR digital detectors to share with you and others. Here you can find the best and hardest earned images that we have captured of the night sky. |
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Galaxies Comets Archive Az Aurora Dark Nebula Southern Hemisphere Astroimages
Open Clusters Emission Reflection Planetaries Globulars Enhanced Hydrogen Galaxies Showcase Daytime Time Solar Imaging Digital Aurora Cam 10" f/3.9 GSO Astrograph DSLR Imaging Clear Creek Canyon Observatory (Happy Jack, Az) Birch Mesa Observatory (Payson, Az) Amateur Telescope Making Projects - ATM Downloadable .STL files Latest 2024 Images:
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Sh2-129 in Cepheus 12/15/24 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS "Last Shot 2" ? 12/6/24 Sh2-88 in Cygnus 12/5/24 My youngest moon yet! 12/1/24
Barnard 86 and Two dim Globulars 8/10/23 M13 - Globular in Hercules color test 8/2/23 IC4628 in Scorpius 7/24/23 IC4601 in Scorpius 7/14/23 Rho Ophiuchi Nebula 7/20/23