Work in progress.
Cindy and I were members of the Racine Astronomical Society for about 18 years. We loved it and were very active. After we started raising a family, astronomy became a lower priority and we eventually dropped out of the organization.
I have finally found some of my old photos about astronomy. I took all of the photos on this page many, many years ago. I'm hoping after I retire (when?), I will get back into astronomy and maybe build a telescope.
The Modine-Benstead Observatory is the facility used by the Racine Astronomical Society. The main dome houses a 16 inch diameter telescope. The smaller dome has a 14 inch telescope. I took this picture at night by moonlight. You can see the stars trailing through the time exposure and the red light inside the doom, which is used to see while preserving night vision.
By moonlight through a colored filter.
This is also a time exposure of the main telescope taken at night. I opened the dome slot and then rotated the dome during the exposure. This gives an x-ray effect and makes it look like you can see right through the dome.
For about 10 years, I had a Celestron 14 inch telescope. Most of the following photos were taken through it. I sold it to the Racine Astronomical Society and immediately regretted it because I missed it very much.
The transit of Mercury, November, 1973. Mercury passed directly between the Earth and the sun causing its image to move across the face of the sun. This happens about 14 times every century.
Saturn. Photo taken with low magnification.
Star trail photograph in the northern sky. Notice how the star's true color comes out during the time exposure. Also, a meteor was kind enough to shoot through my picture.
The following photos are of comet Neowise. They're not very good, but hey, I saw it and got some photos.