O'Neill Nebraska
Director - Mark Urwiller
Staff: Leon Thompson, Lianna Murphy
Observatory Photos!
Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas
10-12-24
Andromeda Galaxy
HCO 9-28-24
Aurorae 10-10-24
From Honey Creek Observatory
My First H alpha Solar Image
From O'Neill 9-23-24 neg Left pos Right
The Iris Nebula - Photographed at
the Nebraska Star Party July/August 2024
Aurorae - May 10/11, 2024!
Total Solar Eclipse - Mason TX 4-8-24
Annular Eclipse of the Sun
South of Farmington NM
Aurorae 4-23-23
Aurorae 3-23-23
STEVE - 3-23-23(Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement)
Next 4 images
Rho Ophiuchi and the Blue Horsehead
Winner 2022 Nebraska Star Party
Astrophotography Contest
Markarian's Chain
A Group of Galaxies in Virgo
The Veil Nebula Complex (Stars Removed)
Photographed at the 2022 Nebraska Star Party
Same Image With 50% of Stars
Lunar Eclipse May 15th 2022
The Pleiades and California Nebula - Dec 2nd 2021
Comet Leonard and M3 - Dec 2nd 2021
IC 1396 in Cepheus
M45 - The Pleiades
Comet Neowise - Summer 2020
Taken at the Unofficial Nebraska Star Party
The ISS Crossing The Sun
As Seen From The Observatory 6-13-2020
Canon 5DMKIV at 400 ISO, EF 500mm f4 v.1 with 1.4x teleconverter
shot in 4k video 30fps 1/1250 sec at f11 with selected frames saved
as stills and stacked in PhotoShop.
Observatory Photos!
Do You Want to Come See It?!
The Great Andromeda Galaxy - M31 - 8-29-2019
Canon 7DMK2, EF 500mm f4 at f4, ISO 3200, stack of 8 - 2 minute exposures.
Stacked in DSS and processed in PhotoShop Mount - Orion Eq-g aligned with PoleMaster
Milky Way and Zodiacal light from Honey Creek Observatory.
Tripod mounted Canon 5DMKIV at 3200 ISO, Sigma 14mm f1.8 at 1.8 for 10 sec.
Comet 46P Wirtenan
Photographed Dec 15th with Canon 5DMKIV at 4000 ISO, 30 sec exposure with Canon 70-200mm f2.8 IS II at f2.8.
Camera/lens mounted on an Orion Atlas equatorial mount for tracking.
Photographed Dec 13 with Canon 5DMKIV at 3200 ISO, 10 sec exposure with Sigma 14mm f1.8 at f1.8
Photos Taken At The Nebraska Star Party 2018
The North American and Pelican Nebulae
Milky Way - Galactic Center
Milky Way - Summer Triangle
NGC 7293 - The Helix
Comet 21p Giacobini-Zinner
The Double Cluster in Perseus
The Great American Eclipse of 2017 - Stack of 6 images of the corona
Eclipse Photos Can Be Purchased On My Photo Site Here
2 images of the diamond ring!
How about some prominences?
Earthshine at totality! See the craters/maria? The Earth is reflecting light on the moon!
Aurorae Taken 5-27-2017 About 15 Miles North of O'Neill Nebraska
Known Locally as the Stone Windmill
The Blood Super Moon 9-27-15
Aurorae Photographed Approx. 12:15 AM 6-23-2015
Comet Lovejoy 1-9-2015
Lunar Halo 12-31-2014 (Norton Kansas)
Partial Solar Eclipse 10-23-2014
Total Lunar Eclipse At Seven Hills Observatory 4-15-2014
The Observatory and the PVAO Journeyed To Chaco Canyon New Mexico For The Annular Eclipse of 2012!
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Then Came The Transit of Venus! June 5, 2012 Once Again a Beautiful Sight and Shared With Many in Kearney Nebraska!
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Lunar Halo - Photographed at Seven Hills Observatory
C/2006 P1 Comet McNaught - Photographed at Seven Hills Observatory 1/9/2007
The Transit of Mercury 11-08-06 Photographed at Seven Hills Observatory
Comet C/2006 M4 Swan (Comet Swan) photographed at Seven Hills Observatory 10/27/06
Aurora Borealis - May 15th 2005
Photos of the Observatory
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The Seven Hills Observatory Reflector!
Swarovski and Baader Planetarium FilterPhotos by John Kozak and Mark Urwiller
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