Tri-City Astronomy Club of Southeastern Washington

My name is Mike Brady, and I recently retired as a senior associate professor in Biology from Columbia Basin College in Pasco, Washington. My wife (Priscilla) and I, our 3 dogs, and 4 cats live in Benton City, which is about 20 miles west of Pasco. The skies in Benton City are relatively free of light pollution, and we enjoy an abundance of clear skies in eastern Washington.

I retired from the Army in 1996 and started teaching Biology at Fayetteville Technical Community College in Fayetteville, N.C. soon after retirement. We moved to Washington state in 2006 to get back to the Northwest where I grew up (born in Montana and went to College in Washington).

After getting involved with the Moore Observatory on the CBC campus I rekindled an interest in astronomy and particularly astrophotography. So, it wasn't too long before I purchased my first telescope and mount, and then I became totally obsessed with this new hobby.

Back Up to Photo Gallery	Barred Galaxy (M109) Regular Size Large Size	California Nebula (NGC 1499) Regular Size Large Size	Christmas Tree Cluster and Cone Nebula Regular Size Large Size	Cigar Galaxy (M82) Regular Size Large Size
Cocoon Nebula (IC 5146) Regular Size Large Size	Comet Neowise Regular Size Large Size	Comet Neowise over Backyard Observatory with Meteor Regular Size 4K Size	Crab Nebula Regular Size Large Size	Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888) Regular Size Large Size
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Elephant Trunk Nebula Regular Size 4K Size	Fireworks Galaxy and Open Cluster Regular Size Large Size	Flaming Star and Tadpole Nebulae Regular Size Large Size	Gamma Cygni Nebula (IC 1318) Regular Size Large Size	Heart Nebula Regular Size Large Size
Heart and Soul Nebulae Regular Size Large Size	Hercules Cluster (M13) Regular Size Large Size	Hickson 44 Galaxy Group Regular Size Large Size	Horsehead and Flame Regular Size Large Size	ISS Transit in H-alpha Regular Size
Iris Nebula Regular Size Large Size	Jellyfish Nebula Regular Size Large Size	Lagoon Nebula Regular Size Large Size	Lagoon and Trifid Regular Size Large Size	Leo Triplet Regular Size 4K Size
M101 Regular Size Large Size	M106 Regular Size Large Size	M3 Globular Cluster Regular Size Large Size	M5 Globular Cluster Regular Size Large Size	M81 and M82 Regular Size Large Size
Monkey Head Nebula (NGC 2175) Regular Size Large Size	Half Moon Regular Size Large Size	Half Moon 2 Regular Size Large Size	Full Moon Regular Size 4K Size	Moon Regular Size
Waxing Crescent Moon Regular Size Large Size	Lunar Eclipse 2015 Regular Size Large Size	NGC 2903 Regular Size Large Size	NGC 6820 Regular Size Large Size	North America Nebula Regular Size Large Size
North America and Pelican Nebulae Regular Size Large Size	Orion Nebula Regular Size Large Size	Owl Nebula and M108 Regular Size 4K Size	Pacman Nebula Regular Size Large Size	Pelican Nebula Regular Size Large Size
Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) Regular Size Large Size	Pleiades Regular Size Large Size	Rosette Nebula Regular Size Large Size	Seagull Nebula Regular Size Large Size	Sombrero Galaxy Regular Size 4K Size
Soul Nebula Regular Size Large Size	Swan Nebula Regular Size Large Size	Swan and Eagle Nebulae Regular Size Large Size	Tadpole Nebula Regular Size Large Size	Triangulum Galaxy (M33) Regular Size Large Size
Trifid Nebula Regular Size Large Size	Veil Nebula Regular Size Large Size	Veil Nebula - Eastern (NGC 6992) Regular Size Large Size	Veil Nebula - Western (NGC 6960) Regular Size Large Size	Venus Transit Regular Size 4K Size
Whirlpool Galaxy Regular Size Large Size