Copyright

All images (including background images and thumbnails) and text on this website are © Copyright 2003 - 2025 by Rod Gallagher unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.
Images may not be reproduced, published, copied or transmitted in any form, including electronically on the Internet or World Wide Web, without permission from me (Rod Gallagher).
Please contact me if you would like to use an image for non-profit, educational purposes. Such use would require my permission, but I am happy to help and have generally granted permission for use of selected images free-of-charge under these circumstances. However, I require that the intended educational use be restricted to astronomy, astrophotography, image processing or other legitimate fields of science.
It is not permissible to use this website or its contents for commercial purposes (i.e., for-profit) without written permission from me and without an agreed upon arrangement for just compensation.
If permission for use is granted, please include the label "© Rod Gallagher" on or near the image.
Images may not be modified under any circumstances.
It is not permissible to "mirror" any contents of this website on another server without my written permission.
I retain the copyright for my images under all circumstances.

These intellectual property rights are protected by the copyright laws of the United States and the International Copyright Treaty.