Photographic Data

All photographs were taken with a 5-inch f/6 Astro-Physics refractor by Rajiv Gupta. Except where indicated, hypered Kodak Technical Pan 2415 film was used.

• Cover: M31 with companions M32 and M110, 80 minute exposure.
• January: Partial Solar Eclipse, July 21, 1990, 1/60 second exposure on unhypered Kodak Technical Pan, telescope working at f/14.
• February: Horsehead Nebula, 72 minute exposure with a Deep Sky Filter.
• March: M81 and M82, 28 minute exposure.
• April: M65 and M66, 50 minute exposure.
• May: Virgo Cluster, 60 minute exposure.
• June: First Quarter Moon, 1/60 sec exposure, telescope working at f/11.
• July: M9, 60 minute exposure.
• August: M8 and M20, 50 minute exposure.
• September: Veil Nebula, 80 minute exposure with a red filter.
• October: Cocoon Nebula, 70 minute exposure.
• November: NGC 253, 30 minute exposure.
• December: M42, 25 minute exposure, telescope working at f/11.