Jim Thommes Astrophotography

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May 18, 2013

Welcome to my website about astronomy and astrophotography. Like many others, I have enjoyed astronomy and observing the night sky. Much of my observing experience has been taking pictures of the many astronomical objects in our known universe. My website is a collection of the many pictures I have taken over the years.

I have taken many of my pictures with optics ranging from DSLR lenses to amateur class astronomical telescopes. The cameras I use are mostly dedicated astronomical cameras with Charge Coupled Device (CCD) sensors. But I have also used a Cannon 350D DSLR camera. For some of my older images I have used webcams modified for long exposure use. I have dedicated a separate section of this website for DSLR astrophotography.

There are many images on this site. I have deliberately left earlier images even though they may be of poorer quality simply because they represent the observations I have made over the years. Some images are archived - particularly where I have re-imaged an object. Some older or replaced images are still available in Archives (available in sidebar). My most recent images are linked below for handy reference. Or you can browse the image galleries that are grouped by object types (Nebula, Galaxy, Cluster, etc.) (also available on sidebar). Finally, I have a (solar system, lunar, other object catalog).

Finally, one of the more gratifying results form my observations was the discovery of a new nebula surrounding an eruptive variable star V900 Mon. A scientific paper by by staff of the Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii was authored by Bo Reipurth, Colin Aspen, and G.H. Herbig. The discovery image is an image of LBN1022. The new nebula is located in the field of this image. A 2011 image of this region made by Adam Block shows this new nebula in greater detail.

RECENT IMAGES



NGC 4261 and NGC 4281 in Virgo	*M3 in Canes Venatici*	NGC 4536 in Virgo	NGC 3190 in Leo - The Hickson 44 Group	*M48 in Hydra*	NGC 4565 in Coma Berenices	M5 in Serpens

NGC 3718 and NGC 3729 in Ursa Major	M46 in Puppis	*Comet C2011 L4(PANSTARRS)*	NGC 2112 in Orion	Medusa Nebula PLN205+14.1 in Gemini	NGC 2251 in Monoceros	*M78 in Orion (WISE IR Data)*

*NGC 1662 in Orion*	*IC 405 Flaming Star Nebula (WISE IR Data)*	*NGC 1399 in Fornax - The Fornax Cluster*	*NGC 1333 in Perseus*	*NGC 1545 in Perseus*	*NGC 246 in Cetus*	*IC 348 in Perseus*

*M74 in Pisces*	*NGC 7822 in Cepheus*	*IC 1613 in Cetus*	NGC 7790 and NGC 7788 in Cassiopeia	*NGC 7380 in Cepheus (with WISE IR data)*	*NGC 7209 in Lacerta*	*LBN 400 in Cygnus*

*Lynd's Dark Nebulas in Cygnus*	*NGC 7419 and Sharpless 154 in Cepheus*	*NGC 7331 and Stephan's Quintet in Pegasus*	*M25 in Sagittarius*	*"Pickering's Triangle and NGC 6974 in Cygnus*	NGC 6755 and NGC 6756 in Aquila	*Sharpless 2-54 NGC 6604 Region in Serpens*

*NGC6822 - Barnard's Galaxy*	*NGC 6960 "Veil" Nebula in Cygnus*	NGC 6709 in Aquila	M18 in Sagittarius	*IC 4603 and IC 4604 in Ophiuchus*	*NGC 6633 in Ophiuchus*	*NGC 7243 in Lacerta*

*Gamma Cygni Nebula IC1318*	*NGC 5364 in Virgo*	*NGC 5775 and NGC 5774 in Virgo*	*NGC 5424 and NGC 5434 in Bootes*	*Southern Pinwheel Galaxy - M83*	*NGC 5371 in Canes Venatici*	*NGC 4535 and NGC 4519 in Virgo*

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