Eyepiece View Simulations from "Eyepiece" by Steve Waldee Copyright (c) 1991-2007, Stephen R. Waldee - All Rights Reserved One of the features of the some of the later editions of "Eyepiece", released in the early to mid-1990s, was a visual depiction of simulated views of celestial objects with telescopes of various sizes of aperture. We based these simulations on photographs made by our associates, especially co-author Ron Wood, as well as his son Ryan Wood, and our friends, excellent astrophotographers Chuck Vaughn, Jim Molinari, and Charles Chew. Since our old software program was developed in the days of VGA monitors (with relatively small sized screens and low resolution, compared to typical PC's of the first decade of the 21st century), and ran in DOS -- not Windows -- the graphics do not look satisfactory when seen full-screen on today's computers. Therefore we have taken some of these pictures, and the original text, and created web pages where the images will be shown more effectively. Not every object is included here, but we have a representative sampling of planets, a galaxy, a comet, and various types of diffuse emission and reflection nebulae. Main Menu of Eyepiece View Simulations Planets Mars and Saturn  |  Galaxy M-31 and its companions  |  Comet Hyakutake Trifid M-20 Nebula  |  Owl Nebula M-97  |  Veil Nebula  |  Horsehead Nebula Orion Nebula M-42  |  North American Nebula NGC-7000  |  Rosette Cluster+Nebula Dumbbell Nebula M-27  |  The Sun Help for Interpreting These Pictures Press BACK key, or click for Beginners' Observing Suggestions, or the Full Moon Essay Menu or the Eyepiece Page. Last edited: Thursday 5 April 2007 at 11:08 am. Copyright © 2007 Stephen R. Waldee - All Rights Reserved. All Trademarks or Copyrights are © or Property of Their Respective Copyright Holders. Copyright statement: permission is not granted for reprinting these articles anywhere. Aside from brief quotes of a few sentences allowed under "fair use" permissions that may be allowed by copyright law, we do not sanction the use of these articles on other websites or in newsletters, or on CD-ROM astronomy compilations. You may link to this page or to the individual articles.