Mike Harms
I became interested in Astronomy in the mid 1960’s. as a teenager in
Albuquerque, New Mexico where the skies were dark, clear and steady. It
was an exciting time. We were flying to the Moon and planets! I belonged
to a “Moonwatch” team that tracked satellites.
Today, I am a power plant technician residing in Clayton , California.
Bay area skies aren’t so dark anymore but my interest hasn’t waned and
CCD imaging can help overcome the pervading light pollution.
I currently use a Meade 10” LX200 telescope with a Starlight Xpress MX7C
one-shot color camera for imaging. I also utilize Starlight Xpress’
auto-guiding system. The telescope is permanently mounted in a small
roll-off-roof observatory in my backyard.
Although I’m a newcomer to CCD imaging, I can tell I’m already “hooked”.
 NGC 1232 |
 NGC 1300 |
 M13 and background Galaxies |
 NGC 2207 |
 NGC 2623 |
 NGC 4565 |
 NGC4631 |
 NGC 6946 |
 NGC 7331 |
 NGC 891 |
 NGC 4038/4039 - Antennae Galaxies |
 Negative Image, notice the extending tails |
 M1 - Crab Nebula |
 Asteroid 2002 NY40 Fly By |
 Hercules Galaxy Cluster |
 Ikeya Zhang |
 M104 - Sombrero |
 M51 - Whirlpool |
 M63 |
 M65 & M66 |
 M74 |
 M77 |
 M81 |
 M82 |
 M95 |
 Supernova 2002 |
 Trio in Draco |