I’m back from vacation from Spectacle Lake Lodge, near Barry’s Bay, Ontario, and, I can say that I couldn’t have asked for better weather. I was up there from Sunday, September 21 to Friday, September 26, and I got 5 clear nights out of my 5 night stay.

Here are just a few of my images from my trip:

Jupiter and the Sagittarius Teapot set in the south-west on the evening of Tuesday, September 23, 2008.

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On to some of my more serious deep sky shots of the week:

This is an excerpt from my image of the Eagle Nebula (M16) in Serpens, taken on Sunday, September 21, 2008.

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The open star cluster NGC 6939 is at upper right, and spiral galaxy NGC 6946 is at lower left. These are in the constellation Cepheus, near the border with Cygnus. This is an excerpt from a stack of two images taken on Sunday, September 21, 2008.

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The open cluster M52 in Cassiopeia is at upper left. The Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) is at lower right. This is an excerpt from an image taken on Monday, September 22, 2008.

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The Pleiades (M45) an some of their reflection nebulosity, in Taurus, taken on Tuesday, September 23, 2008.

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I will post larger versions, plus technical details for each, in upcoming days, after all my post-vacation laundry and my end-of-season baseball banquets have been completed.