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Panorama of the
Milky Way
Jeff Johnson
Las Cruces,
New Mexico
Telescope:
Ta k a h a s h i T O A -
130F refractor
“I have a
long love of
astronomy and have observed
the night sky for many years with
binoculars and a telescope from
the age of ten. I did my first ‘real’
astrophotography in 1996 when I
used a 35mm SLR camera to take
photos of Comet Hyakutake. I
took a tripod out into the desert
here in Las Cruces and just
experimented with exposures.
Later I bought a 10” Dobsonian
for viewing, and within a week
was taking pictures through the
eyepiece for fun. Within a few
more weeks, I knew I wanted to
get serious with astroimaging.”
Messier 82 and Messier 81