Welcome to Astrophotographer.com by Wil Milan

Above: Deep-sky nebula IC443 in the constellation Gemini. It is the remnant of a supernova explosion thousands of years ago.
Photo copyright (c) 2001 by Wil Milan.

Photos (and video) of the spectacular 2001 Leonids Meteor Storm! 

Images taken over the last year or so (1999 - 2001), including the latest images on the site

Index to astronomy articles by Wil Milan

Wil Milan's published articles on the science, practice, and history of astronomy, including some advice and perspectives on how to get started in astronomy.

•  Deep-sky photos - 1998
    Deep-sky objects are star clusters, nebulae, and other spectacular objects beyond our solar system. This page is a selection of some of my photos from 1998.

•  The North American Nebula
    Pelican Nebula complex, which includes several bright and dark nebulae.

•  Searching for SiO Masers in Globular Clusters
 Using the VLA to search for survey markers in the sky

• The Globular Halo
   What the Milky Way's "halo" of globular clusters looks like, including an animated 3D plot

• The Photographer's Progress
  A short history of emulsion-based astrophotography from the first Daguerreotypes of the moon to present day

• Buying a Telescope
   A few guidelines to buying your first scope.

Thoughts? Questions? Brickbats? Ideas? I'd love to hear them.

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All pages, photos, and text on these pages are copyright © 1996-2001 by Wil Milan. Reproduction of any of this material in any form without written permission from the copyright holder isa violation of U.S. and worldwide copyrights and may cause me to send lawyers after you. On the other hand, I'm a reasonable person; ask permission and we can probably work out a reasonable arrangement.