Photographer

Mark Ward

Location

Fredericksburg, Texas

Date

1/27/2012 about 11:30PM

Equipment

Canon 400mm F5.6L lens operating at F5.6; Modified Canon60D camera; AstroPhysics 900GTO mount

Description

M42 - careful processing in ImagesPlus, Bibble Lite, and PhotoImpact allowed me to preserve details nearly to the center of the nebula - in this highly cropped and reduced version (50% by area, 33% by resolution). A sum of 6 frames, 3 minutes each, ISO800, and autoguided with an Orion guider. Hap Griffin modified camera using an Astrodon filter.

Photographer

Kevin Rasso

Location

Summerville SC

Date

January 16, 2012 early morning

Equipment

QSI 532ws M1 with Nikon 50mm f/1.4D Lens (stopped to f/4) piggybacked on Meade 10" LX200GPS with DSI Pro guiding. Astronomik 13nm Ha filter used. Camera control via MaxIm. Processing via MaxIm and CCDS2. Post processing via PS CS4.

Description

Widefield of Orion's Belt. Near center are the Flame and Horsehead Nebulae. Right of center is the Orion Nebula. Arcing across the bottom is Barnard's Loop. 10 x 5 minute subexposures through a Ha filter from my suburban backyard.

Photographer

Amirreza Kamkar

E-mail

amirrezakamkar@yahoo.com

Location

Qayen-Iran

Date

2011/10/28

Equipment

Camera: Modified canon EOS 350D Lens: canon EF-S 17-85mm @f/5.6 Startracker mount

Description

Total Exposure:45min, iso1600

Photographer

Ian G.

E-mail

laperuz@mail15.com

Location

Bergen Co. NJ

Date

January 2012

Equipment

Celestron NS11XLT in Hyperstar3 configuration at F/2, QHY10 CCD, Baader UHC-S and 35-nm. H-Alpha filters.

Description

Flaming Star (aka IC405 and Caldwell 31) is a region surrounding a blue star AE Aurigae. It is a reflection/emission nebula and is quite bright in H-Alpha part of the spectrum. Total exposure time - 5 hours (2- RGB and 3- H-Alpha).

Photographer

alberto

E-mail

distazio.a@pg.com

Location

Rome

Date

29 Jul 2011

Equipment

Nextstar 11 GPS with SBIG 8300 M. Guidescope was a Maksutov 90 mm, the guide camera was an Imaging source DBK21AF04

Description

M16, thanks to Hubble, is one of the most famous objects in the sky. However this is a challenge for all amateurs, because people have in their mind the Hubble pictures. My picture was taken using R,G,B, Halfa filters.

Photographer

Nicolas Fontanillas

Location

Seville (Spain)

Date

01/21/2011

Equipment

WO "megrez 88", Canon 400, EQ6.

Description

I captured this picture 30 miles far of town's light contamination. The total exposure is about 30m in six frames and three short shots for the "Trapecium" area. At 800 ISO with a non modificated reflex camera and "Smart Guider" system. Prime focus, f/5,6, no filter, no darks, no flats,no bias. DSS and Gimp procesed.

Photographer

Jose Mtanous

E-mail

jmtanous@gmail.com

Location

Paredon, Mexico

Date

Octber 29th 2011

Equipment

Camera QHY9M Telescope Takahashi FS60 + Reducer (FL 254mm) Mount Vixen Sphinx Filters: Astrodon LRGB

Description

From wikipedia: IC 2118 (also known as Witch Head Nebula due to its shape), is an extremely faint reflection nebula believed to be an ancient supernova remnant or gas cloud illuminated by nearby supergiant star Rigel in Orion. It lies in the Eridanus constellation, about 900 light-years from Earth. The nature of the dust particles, reflecting blue light better than red, is a factor in giving the Witch Head its blue color. Radio observations show substantial carbon monoxide emission throughout parts of IC 2118 an indicator of the presence of molecular clouds and star formation in the nebula. In fact candidates for pre-main sequence stars and some classic T-Tauri stars have been found deep within the nebula.

Photographer

Alex Mowery

Location

Ballentine, SC

Date

December 28-29, 2011

Equipment

Camera: Orion Starshoot Pro V2 Color CCD Telescope: Orion EON 80mm Refractor piggybacked Other Equipment: Autoguiding with Orion Starshoot Autoguider through Celestron CPC-800 Exposure: 35 x 5 mins Processing: Light frames calibrated with dark, bias, and flat frames. Acquisition and Digital Development in MaxIM DL, other processing in Photoshop CS3

Description

This photo of the Alnitak region of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex shows the Flame Nebula and Horsehead Nebula.

Photographer

bader

E-mail

baderx2002@yahoo.com

Location

stat of kuwait

Date

28-11-2011-1:00 am

Equipment

lense 300 mm f 2.8 canone camera 10d mod 2mX18 iso 800 with lxd75 mead mount.

Photographer

Robert Lockwood

Location

San Diego County, Anza Borrego Desert

Date

Dec 25-26, Christmas day 2011

Equipment

Equipment: Takahashi Epsilon-210 @ f3 630mm FOV is 1.6 x 2.5 Deg. SBIG-STL 6303, FLI-PDF focuser Astrodon 50mm G2 LRGB E-Series Filters Astrodon 50mm 5 nm, Ha Filter Astro-Physics 900 GTO

Description

NGC 2264 ( Christmas-Tree Cluster ) Cone Nebula, Fox-Fur Nebula. In Monoceros Imaged on Dec 25-26, Christmas day 2011 from San Diego County, Anza Borrego Desert. I thought it fitting that since it was Christmas day, I’d image the Christmas Tree Cluster. I imaged this North left but put it in this orientation as I like that you can see the Fox Face easer.