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Moon and Venus 2009-01-30
Taken by afocal projection with Orion XT6 and Nikon Coolpix 4500. Composite of two shots, not to scale.
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Uploaded on Feb 1, 2009
Garter snake closeup
Here it is up close. You can see a couple of dots of blood on my left hand. I was stupid and...
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Uploaded on May 29, 2008
Garter snake outside UCM
My anatomy students found this garter snake sunning himself on the sidewalk outside the lab....
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Uploaded on May 29, 2008
Just past first quarter, April 13 2008
Celestron seems to be closing out their Explorascope line of small starter telescopes. Explorascope...
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Uploaded on May 14, 2008
Western Pond Turtle - lateral
Another view. He was a big, handsome animal. Very cool.
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Uploaded on May 11, 2008
Western Pond Turtle - dorsal
This guy was crawling across our driveway a couple of weeks ago. I showed him to my ecology students and then gave him his freedom.
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Uploaded on May 11, 2008
Saturn from Lick
How are the views through the 120-year-old, 57-foot-long, 36-inch-diameter Great Lick Refractor?...
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Uploaded on May 11, 2008
Lick refractor - eyepiece
If you're wondering what the Lick Observatory astronomers use at the lookin' end of a 120-year-old...
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Uploaded on May 11, 2008
Lick refractor - business end
I've photographed this beast before, but this is a novel point of view.
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Uploaded on May 11, 2008
Shane reflector composite
I couldn't get the whole thing in one shot, so I merged two photos to get this complete view. You...
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Uploaded on May 11, 2008
Shane reflector from below
The 3-meter (diameter) Shane reflector, seen from below. Right now this telescope has probably found...
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Uploaded on May 11, 2008
UCM group with APF dome
Here's our group from UC Merced next to the dome for the Automated Planet Finder. The dome is...
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Uploaded on May 11, 2008
I'm back
The Lick Observatory is where my lifelong interest in astronomy finally blossomed into something more. It was great to be back.
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Uploaded on May 11, 2008
Sunset over San Jose
The view from the Lick Observatory atop Mount Hamilton, April 26 2008.
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Uploaded on May 11, 2008
Old moon in new moon's arms, May 6 2008
Whew, another case of a new picture making my last attempt look like crap. I'll take more like this,...
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Uploaded on May 7, 2008
Thin crescent moon, May 6 2008
This is the same shot as the adjacent one, just a shorter exposure so the detail on the lit part of...
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Uploaded on May 7, 2008
Full moon, April 20 2008
Last month I was just a few hours early, this month I'm just a few hours late. As my English friend...
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Uploaded on Apr 21, 2008
First quarter moon April 12 2008
I didn't expect to be out taking pictures tonight, but some friends came over and I couldn't send...
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Uploaded on Apr 12, 2008
