Photographer

James Maxwell

E-mail

jlmaxwell@starband.net

Location

Caldera Rim Observatory, NM

Date

Feb. 27, 2009, 11:53AM to Feb. 28, 2009, 1:23AM MST

Equipment

10" F/4 Schmidt Newtonian (Meade) with Baader Coma Corrector. 5" Guidescope with autoguider. Losmany G-11 Mount. Color Astro 400D (Canon Rebel)cooled DSLR. Photograph taken at Minus 10 to Minus 12C and at 8300 ft. elevation. Dark and Flat frames applied. Processed in Nebulosity and Photobrush.

Description

Two views of Comet Lulin, after passing by Regulus, one tracking with the comet, the other tracking with the stars. Total exposure time is 70 minutes, a composite of 60 second exposures. Two small spiral galaxies can be seen near the front of the comet tail, with additional galaxies in the upper left hand corner.

Photographer

James Champagne

E-mail

jamesshell2004@yahoo.com

Location

Theriot, Louisiana

Date

2-24-09 2:00 AM CST

Equipment

Equipment used included a Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L II Camera Lens at f/2.8 and Canon XTi piggybacked on a C8. Exposure was 30x60 sec @ ISO 1600.

Description

Comet Lulin buzzed past Saturn on Tuesday morning.

Photographer

Mike Broussard

E-mail

mike.broussard@gmail.com

Location

Maurice, LA, USA

Date

Feb 6, 2009 11:20 UT

Equipment

TV-85 at F/5.6, Hutech Canon XS, IDAS-LPS, Atlas EQ-G w/EQMOD.

Description

Comet Lulin, Alpha Librae and minor planet 215 Oenone on Feb 6th, 2009, 11:20 UT. 15x240 sec @ ISO 1600.

Photographer

James Maxwell

E-mail

jlmaxwell@starband.net

Location

Caldera Rim Observatory

Date

Feb 4-5, 2009

Equipment

10" F/4 Schmidt Newtonian (Meade) with Baader Coma Corrector. 5" Guidescope with autoguider. Losmany G-11 Mount. Color Astro 400D (Canon Rebel)cooled DSLR. Photograph taken at Minus 9 to Minus 11C and at 8300 ft. elevation. Dark and Flat frames applied. Processed in Nebulosity and Photobrush.

Description

Comet Lulin over two days. Upper photos are tracking with the comet, the lower photos follow the stars. On Feb. 4th, the comet passed by several galaxies, including NGC 5796 and NGC 5817

Photographer

John Buonomo

E-mail

jbuonomo@astronight.com

Location

Billerica MA

Date

02-16-09 3am-5am

Equipment

Celestron CGE William Optics 80MM Canon 350d Autoguided with C8 and DSI pro PHD guiding captured with Nebulosity Processed with Photoshop CS3

Description

Total of 25x180sec subs

Photographer

James Maxwell

E-mail

jlmaxwell@starband.net

Location

Caldera Rim Observatory, NM

Date

Feb 4, 2009, 4:45-5:30 AM

Equipment

10" F/4 Schmidt Newtonian (Meade) with Baader Coma Corrector. 5" Guidescope with autoguider. Losmany G-11 Mount. Color Astro 400D (Canon Rebel)cooled DSLR. Photograph taken at -11C and at 8300 ft. elevation. Dark and Flat frames applied. Processed in Nebulosity and Photobrush.

Description

Comet Lulin with tail and anti-tail. A composite of 24 x 90 second exposures, totaling 36 minutes, tracking the comet.

Photographer

Doug Zubenel

E-mail

dougzubenel@gmail.com

Location

Linn Co., Kansas

Date

Jan. 31, 2009, 10:08 pm, CST

Equipment

Canon Rebel XTi with a 135mm Nikkor lens @ f/3.2; 277 second exposure at ISO 400.

Description

Although upstaged by Comet Lulin, Comet 144P/Kushida has been a nice evening target for small telescopes and cameras. Here it is slowly moving eastward among the stars of the Hyades Cluster in Taurus.

Photographer

Hunter Wilson

Location

Lexington, Ohio

Date

January 22, 2009

Equipment

Celestron 9.25 reduced 0.63, Canon 350D Hap Griffin Baader Mod, Mach1GTO Mount

Description

Arp 78 ( NGC 772) in Aries, is a giant spiral galaxy approximately 130 million light years distant measuring 250,000 light years across. The galaxy below it in this image is E3 elliptical dwarf NGC 770 - a satellite of NGC 772 - that interacts gravitationally with it's companion causing deformation of one of the larger galaxy's arms. In 2003, two supernovae were seen in NGC 772 within three weeks of one another.

Photographer

Jean-Denis Douvier

Location

Doughton Park (Blue Ridge Parkway)

Date

10/30/08 11/26/08 01/26/09

Equipment

Takahashi Epsilon 160 at f/3.3 Canon 20Da at ISO 1600 Losmandy G-11

Description

Mosaic of 6 frames, each frame is exposed 1 hour 30 minutes. The mosaic shows Orion's belt and sword from Orion nebula to the Horsehead.

Photographer

Hunter Wilson

Location

Lexington, Ohio

Date

January 16, 2009

Equipment

Hap Griffin Baader Mod Canon 350D, Orion ED80 Refractor with WO 0.8 vII Reducer/Flattener, Astronomik CLS and Baader 7nm H Alpha Filters, A-P Mach1GTO Mount

Description

Rosette Nebula in Monoceros - an almost purely photographic object that is for all practical purposes invisible to direct observation but extremely bright to Hydrogen Alpha sensing chips. RGB - 33x360sec at iso 1600, Hydrogen Alpha - 12x600sec at iso 1600.