Images from: TwinOaks Observatory (TO) & Blue Sky Observatory (BSO)

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Object Type Date NGC4567 ST-10XME RCOS 10A Color 05/10/12 (BSO) NGC4244 ST-10XME RCOS 10 RCA Color 04/02/09 (BSO) M87 STL-6303 RCOS 16" Truss Color 04/18/09 (TO)

Object Type Date M42 Plus STL-11K FSQ-106N Color 02/07/09 (BSO)/(TO) Medusa Nebula ST-10XME RCOS 10 RCA Color 01/19/09 (BSO) IC1805 STL-11K FSQ-106N Color 10/15/08 (BSO)

Messier Objects Object Type Date M1 STL-1301 C14 Color 12/03/04 M3 ST-9E C14 Color 04/17/01 M8 ST-8E AP127EDT Color 06/13/02 (Reprocessed) 05/22/03 M8/M20/ NGC6559 STL-11K FSQ-106N Color 06/19/07 (BSO) M13 STL-6303 RCOS 16" Truss Color 05/29/06 M15 ST-10XME AP180EDT Color 08/07/04 M16 ST-10XME AP180EDT Color 07/07/04 M17 ST-10XME AP180EDT Color 07/19/04 M20 STL-11000 RCOS 16" Truss Color 06/20/06 M27 ST-8E C14 Color 08/10/02 M31 STL-11K FSQ-106N Color 10/18/07 (BSO) M33 ST-8XE AP155EDF Color 11/23/03 (Reprocessed) 08/10/05 M42 Trapezium STL-1301 C14 Color 12/14/04 M42 ST-8E Vixen 102F Color 11/20/01 (Reprocessed) 10/23/04 M51 ST-8XE C14 Color 03/16/04 M57 ST-9E C14 Color 05/12/01 M63 STL-1301 C14 Color 05/06/05 M64 ST-10XME RCOS 10" RCA Color 05/16/08 (BSO) M65 STL-1301 C14 Color 01/14/05 M66 AP6 Meade 16 Color 04/06/03 M65M66 STL-6303 RCOS 16" Truss Color 03/15/07 (TO) M66,M65 NGC3628 ST-8E Vixen 102F B/W 01/11/02 (Reprocessed) 05/25/03 M74 ST-10XME RCOS 16 Color 10/24/05 M76 ST-8XE C14 Color 11/14/04 M77 ST-10XME RCOS 16 Color 12/22/05 M78 ST-8XE AP155EDF Color 12/15/03 M81 ST-10XME RCOS 16 Color 03/05/05 M82 STL-1301 C14 Color 01/18/05 M81-M82 ST-8E Vixen 102F B/W 01/11/02 (Reprocessed) 05/25/03 M88 STL-1301 C14 Color 04/03/05 M92 ST-9E C14 Color 05/04/01 M95 ST-10XME RCOS 16" Truss Color 03/04/06 M99 ST-9E C14 B/W 04/21/01 M100 ST-10XME C14 Color 03/22/04 M101 ST-10XME AP180EDT Color 04/27/04 M104 STL-11000 RCOS 16" Truss Color 04/24/06 M106 STL-6303 RCOS 16" Truss Color 04/22/07 (TO) M108 ST-10XME RCOS 16 Color 02/24/06

NGC Objects Object Type Date NGC253 ST-8XE AP155EDF Color 09/23/03 NGC281 STL-6303 RCOS 16" Truss Mapped Color 09/20/06 NGC281 ST-8XE AP155EDF H-Alpha 10/19/03 NGC660 STL-6303 RCOS 16" Truss Color 11/26/06 NGC891 ST-8XE C14 Color 11/09/04 NGC896 ST-8XE AP155EDF Color 10/20/03 NGC1333 STL-6303 RCOS 16" Truss Color 12/15/06 NGC1499 ST-8E Vixen 102F Color 11/16/01 (Processed) 05/22/03 NGC1977 ST-8XE AP155EDF Color 10/22/03 NGC2024 ST-8XE AP155EDF Color 01/17/04 NGC2146 ST-10XME RCOS 16 Color 12/02/05 NGC2244 STL-11000 FSQ-106N Color 12/22/05 NGC2264 STL-11K FSQ-106N Color 03/17/08 (BSO) NGC2264 ST-8XE AP155EDF H-Alpha 11/10/03 NGC2403 ST-8XE AP155EDF Color 11/28/03 NGC2359 ST-8XE AP155EDF Color 01/19/04 NGC3628 ST-10XME RCOS 12.5 Color 04/22/12 NGC4565 ST-10XME RCOS 10" RCA Color 04/27/08 (BSO) NGC5907 ST-8XE C14 Color 06/23/03 NGC6384 ST-10XME RCOS 10 RCA Color 11/28/08 (BSO) NGC6559 ST-10XME AP180EDT Color 07/24/04 NGC6781 ST-10XME RCOS 16 Color 07/25/05 NGC6820 ST-8XE AP155EDF H-Alpha 09/29/03 NGC6888 ST-8XE AP155EDF H-Alpha 08/29/03 NGC6946 ST-10XME RCOS 16 Color 08/20/05 NGC6960 Apogee U16M FSQ-106N Mapped Color 07/12/07 (BSO) NGC7000 Published S&T Aug 08' ST11K/U16M FSQ-106N Mapped Color 08/26/07 (BSO) NGC7000 ST-8XE AP155EDF H-Alpha 09/21/03 NGC7023 STL-11K FSQ-106N Color 07/07/08 (BSO) NGC7023 ST-10XME RCOS 10 RCA Color 07/07/08 (BSO) NGC7293 STL-6303 RCOS 16" Truss Mapped Color 09/23/06 NGC7331 ST-10XME RCOS 16 Color 09/06/005 NGC7380 ST-8XE AP155EDF Color 10/05/03 NGC7479 ST-10XME RCOS 16 Color 09/27/05 NGC7538 ST-8XE AP155EDF Color 10/16/03 NGC7635 STL-6303 RCOS 16" Truss Mapped Color 08/24/06 NGC7814 ST-10XME RCOS 10 RCA Color 10/07/08 (BSO)

IC Objects Object Type Date IC342 ST-8E AP155EDF Color 11/22/03 IC405 ST-8E AP155EDF H-Alpha 09/29/03 IC410 ST-8E AP155EDF H-Alpha 12/06/03 IC434 (Horsehead) ST-8E AP155EDF H-Alpha 12/21/03 IC434 STL-11000 FSQ-106N Color 12/10/05 IC443 ST-8XE AP155EDF H-Alpha 01/28/04 IC1396 STL-11K FSQ-106N Color 07/23/07 (BSO) IC1396 ST-8E AP155EDF Color 09/10/03 IC1848 ST-10XME FSQ-106N Ha 10/17/04 IC1848 STL-6303 RCOS 16" Truss Mapped Color 10/02/06 IC5070 ST-8E AP155EDF H-Alpha 08/20/03 IC5146 ST-10XME RCOS 10 RCA Color 10/31/08 (BSO)

LDN/LBN Objects Object Type Date VDB152 STL-11K FSQ-106N Color 08/12/08 (BSO) LBN529 STL-11K FSQ-106N Color 09/17/07 (BSO) LDN888 U16M FSQ-106N Color 09/14/07 (BSO) LDN1266 U16M FSQ-106N Color 09/10/07 (BSO) Solar System Object Type Date 8P/Tuttle & M33 STL-11K FSQ-106N B/W 12/30/07 (BSO) Comet C2001 A2 LINEAR ST-9E C14 B/W 07/16/01 Comet C2002/C1 Ikeya Zhang ST-8E Vixen 102F B/W 03/21/02 Mars ST-237A AP127EDT Color 07/27/03 Saturn ST-237A C14 Color 01/04/03 Jupiter Webcam AP180EDT Color 05/13/04 Christmas Solar Eclipse Nikon 800 Nexstar 5 Color 12/25/00 Moon 1st Qtr ST-8XE AP155EDF H-Alpha 11/30/03 SunDogs Nikon 800 Color 01/12/03