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	Deneb                                              Kodak 800 With FF/FR at f/6.3 Deneb is seen nicely set with a background of far away stars. 1 min August 10 2002
	M11   NGC 6705                               Kodak 800 Still brilliant, another image of this attractive cluster. 1.29MB 1 min August 10 2002
	M11   NGC 6705                               Kodak 800 The Wild Duck Cluster contains an estimated 2900 stars, one of the richest and most compact open clusters. 6th magnitude, 5600 ly away, in the constellation Skutum, close to the center of the Milky Way. 1 min August 8 2002
	Altair                                               Kodak 800 The bright star of Aquilla. 0.8 Magnitude, 17 ly. 30 sec August 5 2002
	Vega                                                Kodak 800 The bright star of Lyra. 0.03 Magnitude, 26 ly. 30 sec August 5 2002
	M13  NGC 6205                                Kodak 400 This globular cluster found in Hercules is only a faint 5.8 magnitude, and contains possibly several 100,000 stars at 25,100 light years. An extremely bright rising moon is responsible for the bluish-green color, sharp detail was digitally enhanced. 1min 30sec July 23 2002
	Moon                                               Kodak 400 Almost full, the rising moon reflects the orange sunset. 1/750 sec July 20 2002

  First attempts [below] were greatly overexposed, and slightly adjusted.

	Tarazed  SAO 105223                     Kodak 1000 Located in the Summer Triangle, just above Altair, estimated 284 light years distant, with a magnitude of 2.72. 2 min July 15 2002
	Caldwell 76  NGC 6231                   Kodak 1000 Open cluster in Scorpious, estimated 5900 light years distant, with a magnitude of 2.6. Low on the horizon [-41° 48'], the bright stars in this cluster appear to sparkle with colors. 30 sec July 15 2002
	Moon                                               Kodak 1000 First Quarter 1/1000 sec July 15 2002
	Moon, Venus and Regulus               Fuji Superia 1600 10 sec f/5.6 July 12 2002

Lightning Loop                                    Kodak 800 A thunderstorm on August 4th presented quite a show of electrostatic discharge, including this one which appears to make a loop, arc down, then up again. Perhaps it is just a spiral viewed on edge. 2 min f/27