Photographer

Joe Stefaniak

Location

NY

Date

5/4/08

Equipment

Vixen R200ss Starlight Xpress Hx916 Losmandy G-11 ST-4 w/ Stellarvue AT1010 Astronomic luminance filter L=13x8min

Description

The Sombrereo Galaxy in Virgo along with asteroid 7 Iris at the 4 o'clock position in image

Photographer

Mark Sibole

Location

Fife Lake Michigan

Date

March 20-29, 2008

Equipment

Meade DSI PRO III Meade 80 mm APO Piggybacked on a Meade LX200R 10 inch

Description

This is a very nice area of Galaxys. It was captured over several nights. It has 240 minutes of luminance in 5 minute sub frames. It also has 40 minutes of color information per color channel. You can view the full size image here. http://astronomy.qteaser.com/images/M106LRGBfinal.jpg Mark Sibole

Photographer

Hunter Wilson

Location

Lexington, Ohio

Date

March 28, 2008

Equipment

APM/TMB 130/780 Refractor with AP field flattener Canon 350D Hap Griffin Baader Mod

Description

First light with my new AP Mach1GTO Mount. Amazing sharp detail with good guiding. I have reprocessed this image about 50 times until I am finally happy with it.

Photographer

Eduardo Alamilla

E-mail

hola_my_friend@hotmail.com

Location

Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico.

Date

February/02/2008.

Equipment

Meade Schmidt Cassegrain 14 inch LX200GPS with Meade focal reducer f/3.3. Camera: Meade DSI Pro II.

Description

Image processing: Meade Envisage, AIP4WIN Local Adapatative Sharpening filter, false color with Meade Image processing software. Exposure time: 90 min.

Photographer

Jim Lafferty

E-mail

shogun000@netzero.com

Location

Redlands, California

Date

December 11, 2007 10pm

Equipment

FSQ106N Takahashi NJP Temma 2 mount ST2000xm camera with Astrodon filters

Description

An unusual look at the Great Nebula in Orion using Ha, SII, and OIII filters. 32 minutes exposure in each filter, unbinned.

Photographer

Hunter Wilson

Location

Lexington, Ohio

Date

April 5, 2008

Equipment

Canon 350D Hap Griffin Baader Mod 22x180sec at iso 1600 30 Darks/Flats/Bias Celestron 9.25 reduced 0.63 AP Mach1GTO Mount

Description

M100 in Coma Berenices is a member of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster. It is a very bright and photogenic galaxy that is often overlooked by observers.

Photographer

Hunter Wilson

Location

Lexington, Ohio

Date

March 20, 2008

Equipment

Canon 350D Hap Griffin Baader Mod 12x600sec at iso 1600 30 Darks/Flats/Bias Orion ED80 with WO 0.8 reducer/flattener Baader 7nm H alpha filter Orion Atlas EQ-G Mount

Description

Rosette Nebula in Monoceros imaged under a near full moon and low to the horizon. I am stunned what can be done with a narrowband H Alpha filter, even in bright moonlight.

Photographer

Peter carson

Location

Norfolk England

Date

15th Sept 2007

Equipment

Televue NP101 on Losmandy G11 mount CCD image using Starlight xpress HX916 auto guided using an ST4. HaRGB composite Ha 130mins, Red 30 mins,Green 25 mins, Blue 35 mins. All 5 minute subexposures. No flats or darks.

Description

Sharpless 2-185, IC 63 and IC 59 near Gamma Cassiopeia. Image is approximately 50 arcminutes wide.

Photographer

Jean-Denis Douvier

Location

Doughton Park, NC

Date

03/03/2008 2am

Equipment

Celestron 9.25 focal reducer f/6.3 F=1480mm Losmandy G-11 Canon 20Da ISO 1600 Phillips ToUCam, FS60C, PHD Guiding

Description

The Sunflower galaxy M63 with all its smaller neighboring galaxies.

Photographer

Robert Walls

Location

Toney,AL

Date

Jan and Feb 2008

Equipment

Starlight SXV-H9 camera, Astronomik LRGB filters in a FLI CFW through an Orion 80ED with a Televue 0.8X reducer/flattener, guided with the SXV guidehead through a Stellarvue AT1010 all on a pier mounted CGE.

Description

This photo focuses on the reflection nebula IC2169 (IC447) and dark nebula LDN1600 in Monoceros. The smaller reflection nebula IC2167 (IC446), and nearby larger dark nebula LDN1601 are to the left of IC2169.