Tom Harris
Tom likes to experiment with film photography and is active in photography clubs where is work has received much recognition. He is a regular at MDAS activities and recently has begun taking pictures through members telescopes.
 Star Party, Feb 2, 2003 |
There are 12 exposures using a red filter over the
flash. Each of the twelve exposures were metered at F5.6 @ 30”,
so if you do the math, the full time exposure is six minutes.
During that time, Tom walked around flashing everyone. The last
two exposures were flashed with a green filter. Tom also made
triangles and circles and even an infinity sign using his
flashlight behind the red and green filters here and there in
the photograph. It is notable that it looks so bright, even
though it was done in almost total darkness, you can even see a
couple of jets in the background with their blinking lights.
People were moving around during the exposures. People even
moved their telescopes. Don’t forget – everyone in the
photograph has their eyes closed! |
 Star Trails |
MDAS members stayed all night atop Mt Diablo to watch the meteor shower. This picture was made by simply keeping the shutter open for a couple of hours. No meteors were caught |
 Sunspots on August 26, 2001 |
Attached the camera to a five inch telescope and captured
the activities on the Sun. Radio static predicted sunspot
activity that day and the picture proves why. |
 The large spot a little closer |
This close-up was taken by putting a Barlow lens in the
telescope. This spot group is interesting because there is a
small spot in the big spot. Can you see it? |
 Sinus Iridium |
This image was take with my Digital Camera held to an
eyepiece while at the Davis Star Party on July 19, 2002 |
 Waxing Gibbous Moon |
This image was also taken at the Davis Star party, on the evening of July 20, 2002 |
 The Sun through an H-Alpha FIlter |
Another image taken with my camera held up to an eyepiece,
this time it was daylight, and the telescope was equipped with
an H-Alpha filter. Notice the prominences in the upper-right and
central-right portions of the image. |
 Solar Prominences |
This photo is a photographic attempt converted to grayscale in Photoshop. This shot is the full solar disk. |
 Solar Prominences - enlarged |
This is the upper-right portion of the full solar disk |