Observing with 25" under the spectacular Southern skies in Warrumbungles Mountains near Coonabarabran Australia. Photo by Brian Halbrook. larger image Roger Greenwood, owner of Astrocrumb.com, with his 18" scope at The Black Forest Star Party in 2005. larger image Mike Borman with his 18" at the 2005 Okie-Tex Star Party in Kenton, Oklahoma. View user photos by aperture 12.5" user photos 15" user photos 18" user photos 18" UC user photos 20" user photos 25" user photos 30" user photos Other galleries Okie Tex 2006 (24 photos) Just a sampling of Obsession user photos The Obsessed of the E.A.S. and their Obsessions at the April 2000 Mid-South Star Gaze at Rainwater Observatory in French Camp, Mississippi. Left to right - Bill and Eldonna McCarty with their 18" Obsession, Donna Emmons with her 15" Obsession, Mike Borman with his 18" Obsession, Gregg Eubanks with his 30" Obsession, and Mitch Luman with his 20" Obsession, Okie Tex star party with 25", 20", 18", and 15" scopes. The 25" at far left is Obsession #2 built in 1989. larger image larger image larger image larger image Occultation of Jupiter taken by Becky Correti and Bill Williams with web cam and 15" Obsession. This photo series also appears in the April 2005 issue of Sky and Telescope on page 132. Visit Becky's website. M 51 CCD image by Doug Askew with 15 inch Obsession. larger image Helix Nebulae taken by Pierre Schmidt and Eduard von Bergen in Austria with 15" Obsession on equatorial platform and Canon EOS 10D digital camera. The Helix is the closest planetary nebulae to earth and hence one of the largest. Video image by Becki Coretti and Bill Williams with 15 Obsession. NGC 2903 CCD image by Doug Askew with 15 inch Obsession. M27, the Dumbell Nebulae in Vulpecula taken by Pierre Schmidt and Eduard von Bergenin in Austria with 15" Obsession on equatorial platform and Canon EOS 10D digital camera. Saturn with 15" Obsession taken by Alberto Fernando in Portugal. larger image M104 by Johannes Brachtendorf. More images at his website larger image M13 CCD image by Doug Askew with 15 inch Obsession. Mars with 15" Obsession and ServoCAT taken by Alberto Fernando in Portugal. View user photos by aperture 12.5" user photos 15" user photos 18" user photos 18" UC user photos 20" user photos 25" user photos 30" user photos Other galleries Okie Tex 2006 (24 photos)