Celestial and Atmospheric Photography from Members of

The Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh

Galactic Companions In Ursa Major

M81

M82

by Fred Klein – Monroeville, PA

Open Star Cluster M67 In Cancer

by Bill Snyder – Connellsville, PA

“Flame – Horsehead and Orion Nebulae”

by Frank Wielgus – Gibsonia, PA

“Pock-Marked Moon”

by Nathan Brandt – Pittsburgh (Squirrel Hill), PA

“Jupiter Between the Clouds”

by Mark Arelt - Bethel Park, PA

“Dumbbell Nebula” (M27) In Vulpecula

by Fred Klein – Monroeville, PA

Sunrise Behind Wagman Observatoryby John Holtz – Pittsburgh (Point Breeze), PA

and Ed Honkus – Middlesex, PA

Globular Cluster (M15) In Pegasus

by Nathan Brandt – Pittsburgh (Squirrel Hill), PA

Saturn With Rings Steeply Tilted

by Frank Wielgus – Gibsonia, PA

Sun Pillar

by Dan McKeel – Upper St. Clair, PA

Aurora Borealis from Wagman Observatory by Eric Fischer – Allison Park, PA

“A Night Out”

by Mark Arelt -Bethel Park, PA

Lightning Bolt

by Fred Klein - Monroeville, PA

Galaxy Pair In Coma Berenices

by Frank Wielgus – Gibsonia, PA

“Pleiades Cluster” (M45) In

Taurus

by Nathan Brandt – Pittsburgh

(Squirrel Hill), PA

“Mercury, Venus & Saturn”

by Mark Arelt - Bethel Park, PA

Nebula With Dust Lanes

by Bill Snyder – Connellsville, PA

Red Aurora Borealis and Blue Moon

by Fred Klein – Monroeville, PA

“Jupiter Meets the Milky Way”

by Nathan Brandt – Pittsburgh (Squirrel Hill), PA

Celestial and Atmospheric Photography from Members of

The Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh

Planetary Nebula NGC 6781

by Frank Wielgus – Gibsonia, PA

Comet Holmes

by John Pane - Marshall Township, PA

Jupiter

by Nathan Brandt – Pittsburgh (Squirrel Hill), PA

Firey Sunrise by Al Paslow – Bethel Park, PA

Andromeda Galaxy (M31) Nucleus

by Fred Klein – Monroeville, PA

Orion Nebula (M42)

by Bill Snyder – Connellsville, PA

Aurora Borealis

by John Pane – Marshall Township, PA

“Jupiter Visits Scorpius”

by Mark Arelt - Bethel Park, PA

Solar Spike

by Fred Klein – Monroeville, PA

“Crab Nebula” (M1) – Supernova Remnant

by Fred Klein – Monroeville, PA

“Jupiter Over the Storm”

by Mark Arelt -Bethel Park, PA

Galaxy M86 In Virgo Galaxy Cluster

by Bill Snyder – Connellsville, PA

Thanksgiving Rainbow

by Dan McKeel – Upper St. Clair, PA

Globular Cluster (M3) In Canes Venatici

by Nathan Brandt – Pittsburgh (Squirrel Hill), PA

Mercury, Venus and Jupiter Share the Evening

Sky

by Fred Klein – Monroeville, PA

“Rosette Nebula” In Monoceros

by Nathan Brandt – Pittsburgh (Squirrel Hill), PA

Lunar Mare Nubium Region

by Frank Wielgus – Gibsonia, PA

“At Home Beneath the Rift”

by Mark Arelt -Bethel Park, PA

Planetary Nebula NGC 6543

by Frank Wielgus – Gibsonia, PA

Celestial and Atmospheric Photography from Members of

The Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh

Comet Hale-Bopp

by Fred Klein – Monroeville, PA

“Pinwheel Galaxy” (M101) In Ursa Major

by Fred Klein – Monroeville, PA

Saturn with Rings Edge-On

by Al Paslow – Bethel Park, PA

“Double Cluster” In Perseus

by Bill Snyder – Connellsville, PA

“Rosette Nebula” In Monoceros

by Nathan Brandt – Pittsburgh (Squirrel Hill), PA

Sun Burning Away the Fog

by Al Paslow – Bethel Park, PA

Aurora Borealis

by Fred Klein – Monroeville, PA

Orion Rising

by Mark Arelt –Bethel Park, PA

Leonid Meteor with Trail

by John Pane - Marshall Township, PA

Galaxy Trio In Leo

by Nathan Brandt – Pittsburgh (Squirrel Hill), PA

40 ft. Radio Telescope at Green Bank, WV

by Fred Klein – Monroeville, PA

“Dumbbell Nebula” (M27) In Vulpecula

by Bill Snyder – Connellsville, PA

Solar Halo, Sundog and Contrails

by Al Paslow – Bethel Park, PA

Pleiades Star Cluster (M45)In Taurus

by Frank Wielgus – Gibsonia, PA

“Horsehead Nebula” In Orion

by Bill Snyder – Connellsville, PA

Lunar Craters and Mare

by Dan McKeel – Upper St. Clair, PA

“North American Nebula” In Cygnus

by Mark Arelt – Bethel Park, PA

“Crab Nebula” In Taurus

by Nathan Brandt – Pittsburgh (Squirrel Hill), PA

Comet LINEAR

by Fred Klein – Monroeville, PA

Celestial and Atmospheric Photography from Members of

The Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh

Venus Transits the Sun

by Al Paslow – Bethel Park, PA

Core of “Heart Nebula” (Melotte 15)

by Bill Snyder – Connellsville, PA

Thin Crescent Moon

by Dan McKeel – Upper St. Clair, PA

Clouds Backlit By Lightning Bolt

by Fred Klein - Monroeville, PA

“Pinwheel Galaxy and Neighborhood” (M101) In Ursa Major

by Nathan Brandt – Pittsburgh (Squirrel Hill), PA

Gossamer New Moon

by Mark Arelt – Bethel Park, PA

Globular Cluster (M13) In Hercules

by Bill Snyder – Connellsville, PA

Moon Aligned with Several Planets

by Dan McKeel – Upper St. Clair, PA

“Soul” Nebula In Cassiopeia

by Nathan Brandt – Pittsburgh (Squirrel

Hill), PA

Full Moon

by Fred Klein – Monroeville, PA

Crater Copernicus

“South Dakota Milky Way”by Mark Arelt – Bethel Park, PA

“Trifid Nebula” (M20) In Sagittarius

by Fred Klein – Monroeville, PA

Comet McNaught by Dan McKeel – Upper St. Clair, PA

Saturn and His Brighter Moons

by Al Paslow – Bethel Park, PA

Gibbous Moon by Fred Klein – Monroeville, PA

“Heart Nebula” In Perseus

by Nathan Brandt – Pittsburgh (Squirrel

Hill), PA

Large Sunspot Group

by Fred Klein – Monroeville, PA

“Black Eye Galaxy” (M64) In Coma Berenices

by Bill Snyder – Connellsville, PA

Lunar Eclipse Cycle

by Dan McKeel – Upper St. Clair, PA

Celestial and Atmospheric Photography from Members of

The Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh

“Veil Nebula” (Supernova Remnant) by Fred Klein – Monroeville, PA

“Triangulum Galaxy”

by Frank Wielgus – Gibsonia, PA

Star Party Telescope with Milky Way

Background

by Fred Klein – Monroeville, PA

Vivid Rainbow

by Al Paslow – Bethel Park, PA

Cygna Gamma Region

by Bill Snyder – Connellsville, PA

Twin Iridium Satellite Flares

by Fred Klein – Monroeville, PA

“Jellyfish Nebula” In Gemini

by Frank Wielgus – Gibsonia, PA

Tycho Dominates the Near-Full Moon

by Dan McKeel – Upper St. Clair, PA

Edge-On Galaxy In Andromeda

by Fred Klein – Monroeville, PA

“Lagoon Nebula” (M8)Sagittarius

by Bill Snyder – Connellsville, PA