UPDATES

    09. August 1998- We go online!
    10. August 1998- Many of you emailed to advise of several small errors.  These have been fixed.  Also, some complained that the Nature and Cave Images thumbnail pages took too long to load.  All images on these pages have been replaced with much smaller thumbnails.  The pages should load much faster.  Also, look for new cave images on the Cave Page.  Added the Updates page.
    11. August 1998-  I forgot to upload the Updates page, so I uploaded it.   Duhhhhh....
    12. August 1998-  Smaller thumbnails in the Celestial page for faster downloading (thanks Robert!)
    13. August 1998-  Updated links page, corrected some speling errors.
    18. August 1998-  Added additional technical information concerning the PixCel 237 on the Fastar page, as related by Michael Barber of SBIG.  Also fixed problem with images on the Observatory page.
    21. August 1998- Added three new images to the Celestial page.  Had a great night last night...
    01. September 1998- Several minor changes in file names.  No biggie.
    11. September 1998- Added several more images to the Observatory page showing some recent work there.
    12. September 1998- Added three more images to the Celestial page (before Francis moves in).  Also added a new link in the Celestial page showing when images were added to the site by date.
    21. September 1998-  New construction on the observatory is highlighted on the Observatory page.  We have walls!  Also, several new addresses were added to the Links page.
    25. September 1998- Well, the observatory is coming along nicely.  Added a few more pictures of the construction.
    29. September 1998- Celestron.com will soon add several links to this site.  Those linked pages were slightly modified.
    04. October 1998- The observatory nears completion!  I added several new images of the building.
    10. October 1998- More observatory images.
    12. October 1998- New sites added to the Links page.
    19. October 1998- Updated and reworded the Celestial, Observatory, and Fastar/PixCel 237 pages to reflect new equipment additions.  Also added a page profiling the AstroPhysics 900 GTO mount.
    25. October 1998- Added more observatory images.  More celestial images soon, I promise!
    08. November 1998- The Observatory is completed, and the Astro-Physics AP900 is online!  I added a page about the AP900 with technical information and photos.  Naturally, it is raining!
    14.  November 1998-  More information about the AP900, and a few more observatory shots.
    16. November 1998-  NEW IMAGES!!!  After a two month hiatus, the AP900 is on line, working, and cranking out some new shots.  The seeing was not too good (still a lot of smoke from nearby tobacco barns--arrgh!) but all systems are nominal.  If only I could get rid of the 10,000 Ladybugs that have taken up residence in my observatory!
    17. November 1998-  Make that about a million Ladybugs!  More images added this date.
    18. November 1998- Updated IC342 galaxy image.  Better SN, but worse stellar diameters.
    22. November 1998-  Many new images added to the Celestial Page.
    23. November 1998- Added the Rosette Nebula and IC-443 to the Celestial Page.
    27. November 1998- Added the Crescent and Veil Nebula to the Celestial Page.  The moon was half full, but the CCD camera saw right through the muck!
    09. December 1998-  Catastrophe strikes Darklight Observatory!  See the Fastar Page for details...  No new images for awhile :-(
    28. December 1998- Chris Lasley was kind enough to do a bit of a remix of my home page imagery, and the results can plainly be seen in this update.  No new stellar images yet.  Still waiting on the return of my repaired Fastar from Celestron.  Looks like $450.00 will make her as good as new.  No matter.  It has been cloudy since the disaster anyway...  Oh, and a few new sites were added to the links page.
    30. December 1998- Added A Night at Darklight Observatory page, and a bibliography.
    03. January 1999- Made changes to the Celestial Page.  I have attempted to make this page load properly under Microsoft IE.  Also made some text and orientation changes to some celestial images.
    11. January 1999- Added a graph showing the tracking accuracy of the AP900 mount.  Also, the Fastar OTA will be back from the hospital this week!
    25. January 1999- First new images since the Fastar Disastar.  She's better than before.  Added many new images to the Celestial Page.
    05. February 1999- New images added to the Celestial Page, including Abell 21, the Cone Nebula, and an updated IC342.
    14. February 1999- More images added to the Celestial Page, including a redo of IC 443, and NGC 2419.  I also completed by first attempt at mosaics, with the Rosette Nebula.
    19. February 1999- Added two more frames to the Rosette Nebula mosaic, and remixed it.
    20. February 1999- Added two additional frames to the Rosette mosaic.  Looks like this image may continue to grow...
    13. March 1999- Added my first LRGB image of M42.  Preparing to move to a new domain, so lots of new construction going on...
    16. March 1999- We move to a new domain, www.darklightimagery.net!
    17. March 1999-  Added two new LRGB images, IC443 and IC405.
    22. March 1999- More LRGB imagery, M 51, M 81, Cone Nebula, and M 97..
    01. July 1999-  Well the OTA has been at Celestron for fine tuning for some time, and has arrived back safe and sound.  New images will hopefully begin rolling off the chip soon!  Also, added a few new sites to my links page.
    04. July 1999- First new image from the repaired FOTA.  I just uploaded B72, The Snake Nebula.  I have a few more to process, but I liked this one so much I am posting it ahead of the others.  Check back in a few days...
    05. July 1999- Added a few more images, including LRGB versions of the Veil Nebula and the Eagle Nebula.  More to follow tomorrow.
    08. July.  1999- Well, I finally did it.  I fell asleep on the observatory floor and awoke to dawn!  Never heard the alarm go off when the last image set finished.  Anyway, I am uploading a mosaic and LRGB of the Lagoon, and the Helix in LRGB.  After I get some sleep, I'll post process the rest...
    10. July 1999- After seeing Pin Chung's LRGB image of the Cocoon, I decided to see if I could follow his lead.
    15. July 1999- In a procedure suggested by Larry Denmark, I reprocessed my Helix LRGB to increase color signal.
    16. July 1999- Resurrected an old LRGB set of the Horsehead Nebula, and updated the L and RGB images of M16.
    31. July 1999- Added new Fastar Users Links Page.  Tomorrow night looks to be clear....
    03. August 1999-  Well I blew a whole night on one image set, that of vdB 142 in IC 1396.
    11. August 1999- One new image of NGC 6559 added.  More to come...
    12. August 1999- Heavily post processed an experimental image of the obscured galaxy Dwingeloo 1.
    16. August 1999- Added several new images including an Andromeda Galaxy mosaic and an updated M16 LRGB.
    21. August 1999-  Forgot all about the NGC 6589 set I imaged.  Added this nebulous region to the site.
    23. August 1999-  Waited for 2 am and the setting Moon to go out and do some imaging.  Added an LRGB of the Bubble Nebula.
    01. September 1999-  While awaiting the birth of our son, Sagan Maxwell, I decided to resurrect an old mosaic image set of the Great Nebula in Orion.  After about six hours of labor (and laboring with the image set) it came together!
    02. September 1999-  Added the RGB set to the M 42 Mosaic.
    14. September 1999- Spent all night on this image set of the Cocoon Nebula, updating my previous version.
    16. September 1999- Added one of my best LRGB files so far, NGC 1977.
    06. February 2000- Added several new cave images to the gallery, and restructured the celestial imagery galleries.
    10. February 2000-  Reworked the Nature and Cave Imagery galleries, adding location and exposure data.
    12. February 2000- Added new cave images from Camps Gulf Cave, TN, et al.
    27. February 2000- Added 28 new cave images to CAVES2.
    29. February 2000- Added Nature2 and Nature3 galleries.
    26. March 2000- Added a special Camps Gulf Cave gallery section.
    13. April 2000- Added a new Nature4 gallery.
    01. May 2000- Added the Cumberland Caverns Gallery.
    07. January 2001- Added the Nature Imagery Gallery 5.
    19. January 2001- Added the Nature Imagery Gallery 6.
    01. May 2001- Added a new Camps Gulf Gallery, including never-before-seen images of a newly discovered cave chamber located near Camps.
    05. November 2001- New Rumbling Falls Gallery at http://www.darklightimagery.net/RFC/thumbs.html.
    06. November 2001- New aurora images at http://www.darklightimagery.net/aurora/main.html
    31. December 2001- Added new images to the Rumbling Falls Gallery.
    09. February 2002- New Rumbling Falls Images add to the Rumbling Falls Gallery