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Welcome!

My name is Steve Smith and one of my hobbies is astronomy. Since I'm also into photography and computers, this page is a great way for me to combine many of my favorite things. It also gives me something to do when its cloudy!

This page is designed to share images, techniques, and information among people that are interested in astronomy. The bulk of these pages deal with the subject of astrophotography.

Clear sky prediction for El Paso;

Clear sky prediction for the Williams' Ranch;

11-19-07
I added an image of comet 17P/Holmes to the comets page.

5-26-07
I added an image of Centaurus A (aka NGC5128) to the galaxy page. This image was taken at the 2007 Texas Star Party.
Compare it to my previous film version taken at the 2004 Texas Star Party.

5-23-07
I added a page documenting the installation of a ServoCAT Jr. goto system on my 14" TScope.

5-22-07
I added an image of Saturn captured through my 14" Dob to the planets page.

5-20-07
I posted an image of M86, M84 and part of Markarian's Chain to the galaxy page.

5-19-07
I posted an image of M105, M96 and friends to the galaxy page.  This image was taken at the 2007 Texas Star Party.

4-9-07
I posted an image of the International Space Station (ISS) traveling through Taurus near Venus to the satellites page.

4-8-07
I posted an image of M46 to the star cluster page.

12-30-06
I posted an image of the edge on spiral galaxy NGC4565 to the galaxy page.