Bill and Ted's Excellent Astro-Picture Pages
Solar Eclipses,  Comets , Moon ,
Deep Sky ,  Planets   Aurora


Copyright 2001-2007 - These pictures were taken by real amateurs using real amateur equipment and are intended for viewing only by people interested in astro-photography. They are not to be used on other bulletin boards. as links for chat rooms, or other web pages with out written permission from the photographers, Bill Kramer or Ted Saker. (Dude, we are serious about this, Ted is a lawyer and he sues for a living.)  This page is in no way affiliated with the totally excellent movies about Bill and Ted other than we both enjoyed them.  Enjoy.

To view an image, select the marked text. After viewing, press the back button on your browser to return to this index page and see another picture. Hope you enjoy them as much as we do!. Please send your comments. We are always interested in learning more.


Go Shopping for Astronomy Books (over 5000 titles!) or Astrophotography at Amazon.Com

Columbus Astronomical Society
 Central Ohio Astronomy Club Information (our gang)


Weather Reports and Satellite Images
Real time Weather - the best I've found thus far
GOES Project Science - weather images of the globe
Earth Watch - weather and satellite images around the world
Latest GOES West Visible Image from Unisys (IR Image - use at night)
Latest GOES East Visible Image from Unisys (IR Image - use at night)

Astronomy Interests
Night Sky Info Great web site of current planetary events
International Dark Sky Association - so we can see the stars
SETI at Home project - help find ET!
Messier Objects - by Type [a very nice list]
Space Weather - keep an eye on the sun and solar system
SOHO - view the sun directly from space with various cameras
Sun and Moon - data for a day
Universe Today - current space events
Sky & Telescope - Magazine
Astronomy - Magazine
Astronomy Now - Magazine (UK)
Home Planet Download - Planetarium software
Frequently Asked Questions - about being an astronomer

Telescope Companies
Questar Telescopes Home Page
Celestron Telescopes Home Page
Meade Telescopes Home Page

Here is what we used to create the images on these pages:

Telescopes -

Questar 3.5"
Meade ETX
Celestron Nexstar 5" SCT
Celestron 8" Polaris SCT
Meade 10" LX SCT
Celestron 14" SCT (CAS Club scope at Perkins Observatory)
 

Cameras -

Meade LPI (Lunar Planetary Imager) CCD

Standard SLR with interchangeable lens, manual bulb setting.
Taurus Camera and Off axis guider
CCD- Sirius CWIP-12a.
Cookbook CCD with tri-color wheel (built by Ted)


Recommended Reading
Do you need a portable atlas with lots of useful information?

The Observer's Sky Atlas : With 50 Star Charts Covering the Entire Sky
by Erich Karkoschka
ISBN: 0387986065
May 1999, Paperback - 130 pages, $19.95
A very good little book that is easy to take with you in the field.  It contains some good star charts with finder views making it easier to locate deep sky objects.  Tables on facing pages detail major objects in the maps on the other page.  Easy to use and what I carry with me in my telescope case as a reference for finding objects.  It does not include all the NGC objects, just those that you have a chance of seeing (and imaging) with a modest telescope..

(c)2001-2007 Bill Kramer and Ted Saker