Photographer

Rod Pommier

E-mail

pommierr@ohsu.edu

Location

Pommier Observatory, Portland, OR, USA

Date

2012-05-09 through 2012-05-14

Equipment

Telescope/Mount: Celestron Compustar C14 with 0.75x Astrophysics focal reducer (f/8.3). Camera: SBIG STL11000M with Baader Planetarium L,R,G,B filters.

Description

M101 imaged in May of 2012 shows that the supernova PTF11kly is still glowing. The supernova can be seen along the 5 o'clock radial from the core, about 3/4 the distance from the core to galaxy's edge, It appears distinctly blue in color. The supernova was a Type Ia discovered on 2011-08-24 by the Palomar Transient Factory. It peaked at magnitude 9.9 in mid September, 2011. Imaging it last summer and fall was not possible because my view of it from my observatory dome was blocked. Reports indicated it dropped to magnitude 13 by November. I was delighted to see it still glowing when the Oregon weather cleared in May with the galaxy high in the sky for imaging.

Photographer

Joao Vieira

E-mail

capaleve@gmail.com

Location

Torres Novas

Date

August 2012

Equipment

Atik 314L+ camera, GSO 8"RC telescope with AT063 focal reducer on a Losmandy G11 Gemini. Astronomik H alpha and OIII narrowband filters 26 hours total exposure

Description

The outer halo can be clearly seen in this image of the beautiful planetary Messier 27

Photographer

Robert Fields

E-mail

robertfields@yahoo.com

Location

Howell, MI

Date

Late August 2012

Equipment

STL 4020, Astrodon 3nm SII, OIII and Ha filters, Takahahsi Epsilon 180

Description

Clear skies in MI this August allowed for mosaic image

Photographer

astrobrallo

Location

Brallo di Pregola

Date

end august 2012

Equipment

RC-14” F/8,4 SBIG STX 16803 LRGB Filters Baader LHaRGB Mount: Gemini Telescope Design - MOFOD Fork Mount

Description

M31 - Great Galaxy in Adromeda: central part LHa-RHa:G:B HDR composition of the Central Part of M31 Galaxy in Adromeda.

Photographer

Howard Trottier

E-mail

trottier@sfu.ca

Location

South Okanagan region of British Columbia

Date

From July 24 to August 25

Equipment

Telescope: PlaneWave Instruments CDK17 Camera: Apogee U16M camera Filters: Astrodon LRGB and 3-nm Ha Mount: Paramount ME Guide Camera: Starlight Xpress Lodestar

Description

NGC6914 is a tangle of nebulae and stars in the heart of Cygnus. A brilliant blanket of red emission nebulae encompasses an intricate web of reflection nebulae of varying shades of blue, with the field shot through by stars of many vivid colours. Towards the middle of the frame the blue nebula fades gradually in colour and intensity, giving way to very dark clouds in an apparent transition that seems almost unique in the sky! This is downsampled X4 from the (slightly cropped) 16 Megapixel original posted here [URL]http://www.sfu.ca/~trottier/Observatory/Blogs/Resources/CITSO_NGC6914_Summer_2012.jpg[/URL].

Photographer

Lynn Hilborn

E-mail

lynnhilborn@yahoo.ca

Location

WhistleStop Obs, Grafton,Ontario

Date

June 13,14,2012

Equipment

Modded Canon 60D with 200mm 2.8 lens at f4.0. ISO 800. EQ6 mount with SSAG on 50mm finder

Description

Rho Antares region with M4. 32 exposures 5 minutes each. Object reaches only 19 degrees. Shot across Lake Ontario, at Grafton, Ontario.

Photographer

Matts Sporre

Location

Älta, Sweden

Date

Sep 29 - Dec 31 2011

Equipment

Mount: ASA DDM60 Camera: FLI ML8300 OTA: ASA N10 Astrograph @ f3.6 Astrodon narrow band filters (Ha: 5nm, SII: 5nm, OIII: 3nm)

Description

The nebula surrounds, and partly obscures, a young cluster of stars (NGC 1893) and of course the tadpoles (above and left to the center). Partly obscured by foreground dust, the nebula itself surrounds NGC 1893, a young galactic cluster of stars that energizes the glowing gas. The tadpoles are around 10 light-years long and might house ongoing star formation. IC410 lies some 12,000 light-years away, toward the constellation Auriga. Due to bad weather during last fall it took some time to get all the subs. The last of them was taken during new years eve, where a pause had to be taken around midnight for all the fire works to settle.

Photographer

stephen mounioloux

Location

Anza, CA

Date

07/21/2012

Equipment

AT8RC w/ AP-CCDT67 reducer Losmandy G11 w/ Gemini2 Canon 500D Baader modified + CP30T-EOS Cooled Autoguiding w/ OAG and SX Lodestar

Description

The Trifid Nebula (Messier 20) in Sagittarius.

Photographer

Phil Beffrey

Location

Petaluma, CA

Date

10 pm, 2012-07-30

Equipment

Color frames -- Celestron Edge HD 8 w/ modified Canon Xsi. Narrowband frames -- Celestron NexStar 6SE @ f6.3 w/ Atik 320E mono; SX Filter Wheel; Orion H-alpha, and OIII filters. Losmandy G11; off-axis guiding w/ Starlight Xpress CoStar. Custom software plus Photoshop CS5.

Description

Imaging fun from my light-polluted backyard. 25x5 min Canon full frames @ 1600 ISO; 6x10 H-alpha and 6x10 OIII Atik frames binned 2x2.

Photographer

Ezequiel Etcheverry

E-mail

ezequiel.etcheverry@yahoo.com

Location

Pine Mountain Club

Date

July 25th Midnight

Equipment

Camera(s) Used or in Photo: SBIG ST-8300 COLOR Telescope(s) Used or in Photo: ORION PREMIUM 110MM APO REFRACTOR Mount(s) Used or in Photo: CELESTRON CGEM Other Equipment Used or in Photo: ORION STARSHOOT AUTOGUIDER/ORION SHORT TUBE Exposure: 15X10 MINUTES Processing: CCDSTACK-PHD-PHOTOSHOP CS4

Description

IC 5070 The Pelican Nebula