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Griffin's Astrophotos
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These photographs
represent the culmination of a lifelong dream...to be able to capture the beauty
in the Universe that sadly, most humans never get a chance or take the time to
appreciate. I hope that you will be as stirred as I am by these images.
Click on picture for enlarged view and
description.
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Digital
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The Andromeda Galaxy - M31 |
IC 1396a |
IC 5070 - The Pelican Nebula |
NGC 6888 - The Crescent Nebula |
NGC 2237 - The Rosette Nebula |
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The
Horsehead Region in HA |
M34 |
NGC 1499 - The California Nebula |
NGC 1977 - The Running Man Nebula |
M81 - Bode's Spiral Galaxy |
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The Horsehead Nebula in HA |
M1 - The Crab Nebula |
M63 - The Sunflower Galaxy |
NGC 4565 |
M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy |
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M106 |
M13 |
M82 |
M101 |
M16 - The Pillars of Creation |
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NGC 4725 |
M27 |
CED 214 |
IC 1318 |
NGC 6992 |
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M20 |
NGC7635 |
NGC6946 |
NGC7331 |
NGC891 |
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NGC 7023 |
M74 |
M33 |
NGC1333 |
M78 |
Digital
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The Orion Nebula - M42 |
The Andromeda Galaxy - M31 |
The Pinwheel Galaxy - M101 |
The Pleiades - M45 |
NGC 253 |
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The Whirlpool Galaxy - M51 |
M65 and M66 |
M44 and C/2001 Q4 |
M8 and M20 Region |
Last
Quarter Moonst |
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Double
Cluster |
4
Day Old Moon |
Rosette
Nebula |
M33 |
NCG
7000 & IC 5070 |
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Veil
Nebula |
California
Nebula |
Alnitak
Region in Orion |
Horsehead
Region (close-up) |
M46 and M47 |
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Comet
Machholz |
Christmas
Tree Cluster |
Southern
Auriga |
Orion's
Sword |
IC443 |
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M81
Galaxy Group |
Seagull
Nebula |
M81
- Bode's Galaxy |
Virgo Galaxy
Cluster |
Iridium
Flare in Leo |
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M83
- Southern Pinwheel |
M63
- Sunflower Galaxy |
M20
- Trifid Nebula |
M16
- Eagle Nebula |
M13
- Hercules Cluster |
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M8
- Lagoon Nebula |
M27
- Dumbbell Nebula |
NGC6960
- Cirrus Nebula |
NGC6992 -
Network Nebula |
M52 and
Bubble Nebula |
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Gamma
Cygni Region |
M1 - The
Crab Nebula |
NGC 891 |
NGC 1977 -
The Running Man |
NGC 7635 -
The Bubble Nebula |
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M78 |
Horsehead
Nebula |
NGC 2024 -
The Flaming Tree |
Orion's
Sword |
NGC
7293 - The Helix Nebula |
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Supernova! |
M100 w/
Supernova |
M82 |
M104 |
M17 |
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NGC6888
- The Crescent Nebula |
NGC1435
- The Merope Nebula |
STS-116
Launch |
IC 1848 |
M106 |
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Antares
Region |
Antares /
Pony Region |
IC 1805 |
Comet
17P/Holmes |
The Cone
Nebula |
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Horsehead
Nebula |
Monkey Head
Nebula |
Owl
Nebula |
M109 |
M35 |
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M36 |
M37 |
M67 |
NGC 2264 |
NGC 281 |
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Lunar
Eclipse |
STS-123
Launch |
M8 in HA
Light |
Crescent
Nebula in HA
Light |
NGC 2638 |
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M41 |
M48 |
M5 |
Leo Triplett |
M100 Wide
Field |
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Cocoon
Nebula |
Flaming Star
Nebula |
Medusa
Nebula |
Mirach's
Ghost |
Antennae
Galaxies |
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M106
and Neighbors |
M12 |
Comet C/2007
N3 Lulin |
M105 Area |
NGC 3718 |
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