 John
Crilly
John has served the Club as Vice President from 2004 to 2008 and
has been on the Observatory Staff from 2004 to the present. John
has also provided legal counsel when called upon. |
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 Proud
Papa
John is shown here with his 20" Teeter Dob-mounted Newtonian
reflector while observing at an event in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
(probably during an ACA Board meeting!) |
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 M1
- The Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant in Taurus
Through Meade LX200 12" f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope with FL
600 mm. Taken at Cassegrain focus with Meade DSI. Image taken at Urban
Observatory in Wadsworth, Ohio |
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 M1
- The Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant in Taurus
Through Meade LX200 12" f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. Taken
at Cassegrain focus with Canon Digital Rebel, 5 x 300 second exposures
at ASO 400.
Image taken on 11/14/2004 at Urban Observatory in Wadsworth, Ohio |
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 NGC
891 - a galaxy in Andromeda
Through Meade LX200 12" f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. Taken
at Cassegrain focus with Canon Digital Rebel, 5 x 300 second exposures
at ASO 400.
Image taken on 11/14/2004 at Urban Observatory in Wadsworth, Ohio. |
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 M31
- The Andromeda Galaxy
Taken at Urban Observatory 12/17/2004, ED80 at f/7.5, prime focus
with Canon 300D, ISO400, 24 X 30 seconds |
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 M38
- an Open Cluster in Auriga
Image taken from Urban Observatory in Wadsworth, Ohio on December 17, 2004 using an
Orion ED80 at f/7.5 with a Canon 300D at prime focus, ISO400, 5
exposures of 60 seconds |
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 M37
- an Open Cluster in Auriga
Image taken from Urban Observatory in Wadsworth, Ohio on December 17, 2004 using an
Orion ED80 at f/7.5 with a Canon 300D at prime focus, ISO400, 5
exposures of 60 seconds |
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 M36
- an Open Cluster in Auriga
Image taken from Urban Observatory in Wadsworth, Ohio on December 17,
2004 using an Orion ED80 at f/7.5 with a Canon 300D at prime focus,
ISO400, 5 exposures of 60 seconds. |
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 M45
- The Pleiades, an Open Cluster in Taurus
Image taken from Urban Observatory in Wadsworth, Ohio on December 15,
2004 using an Orion ED80 at f/7.5 with a Canon 300D at prime focus,
ISO400, 2 exposures of 120 seconds. |
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 NGC
869 & NGC 884 - The Double Cluster in Perseus
Image taken from Urban Observatory in Wadsworth, Ohio on December
15, 2004 using an Orion ED80 at f/7.5 with a Canon 300D at prime focus,
ISO400, 5 exposures of 30 seconds. |
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 M33
- The Triangulum Galaxy
Image taken from Urban Observatory in Wadsworth, Ohio on November
7, 2004 using a Meade LX200 12" f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope.
Taken at Cassegrain focus with Canon Digital Rebel, 300 second exposure
at ASO 400 |
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 John
and another of his veritable arsenal of telescopes, this one a
Dob-mounted Newtonian reflector |
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 M42
- The Orion Nebula
Image taken on November 7, 2004 from Urban Observatory in
Wadsworth, Ohio using a Meade LX200 12" f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain
telescope, with f/6.3 focal reducer. Taken at Cassegrain focus with
Canon Digital Rebel, 120 second exposure at ASO 400. |
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 M27
- The Dumbbell Nebula in Vulpecula w/satellite track
Image taken on November 13, 2004 from Urban Observatory in
Wadsworth, Ohio using a Meade LX200 12" f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain
telescope. Taken at Cassegrain focus with Canon Digital Rebel, 180
second exposure at ASO 400. |
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 M52
- an Open Cluster in Cassiopeia
Image taken on November 13, 2004 from Urban Observatory in
Wadsworth, Ohio using a Meade LX200 12" f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain
telescope. Taken at Cassegrain focus with Canon Digital Rebel, 8 x 120
second exposures at ASO 400. |
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M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes Venatici (near the end star of
the handle of the Big Dipper)
Taken April 4, 2005 |
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 NGC3242
- Eyeball Nebula, a Planetary Nebula in Hydra
Image taken on April 3, 2005 from Urban Observatory in Wadsworth,
Ohio.using a Meade LX200 12" f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. Taken at
Cassegrain focus with Canon Digital Rebel, 8 x 300 second exposures at
ASO 400. Mount was autoguided by LPI using an ED80 refractor. |
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 NGC3242
- Eyeball Nebula, a Planetary Nebula in Hydra
Close up of the image above |
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