Photographer

Howard H Bower

E-mail

hbower7@cox.net

Location

McCordsville, IN

Date

8/16/2011-11pm to 2AM

Equipment

Image Telescope - Takahashi FSQ106ED @F/3.6 Image Camera - QSI583wsg Autoguider - SX Lodestar Mounting - AP Mach 1 GTO Software - Maxim DL v5 - Adobe Photoshop CS-3 - The Sky X

Description

The Elephant's Trunk nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust in the star cluster IC 1396 – an ionized gas region located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years away from Earth. The piece of the nebula shown top center is the dark, dense globule IC 1396A; it is commonly called the Elephant's Trunk nebula because of its appearance at visible light wavelengths, where there is a dark patch with a bright, sinuous rim. This bi-color image represents three hours of exposure in Ha and Olll.

Photographer

Tom Murdic

E-mail

murdic1@bellsouth.net

Location

Franklin, Tn., USA

Date

Aug. 20, 2011 at 10:00pm

Equipment

Captured image with 8",f/4 newtonian and Canon 350 XT all on Celestron CI 700 GEM.

Description

Image show Barnard 91 and 303 as well as IC 1274 and IC 1275, NGC 6559 and GN 18.06.6.01.

Photographer

robert fields

E-mail

robertfields@yahoo.com

Location

Howell, MI

Date

8/23/2011

Equipment

Takahashi Epsilon 180 and SBIG STL 4020

Description

The iris nebula

Photographer

Lynn Hilborn

E-mail

lynnhilborn@yahoo.ca

Location

Grafton, Ontario

Date

July 30,31 and August1,2011

Equipment

TEC 140 @f7 and FLI ML8300 camera with Baader filters. Takahashi NJP mount with TEMMA2.

Description

The Bubble nebula NGC 7635 in Hubble pallette SII,Ha,OIII. Total 9.5 hours... 3.5 hours Ha, 3 hours each of OII and SII all 30 min subs binned 1x1. TEC 140 @f7 and FLI ML8300 camera with Baader filters. Takahashi NJP mount TEMMA2. Taken by Lynn Hilborn, WhistleStop Obs, Grafton, Ontario

Photographer

Craig & Tammy Temple

Location

Hendersonville, TN, USA

Date

July 11, 22, 23, 26 & 27, 2011

Equipment

Telescope: Stellarvue Raptor SVR105 @ f/7 Accessories: Stellarvue SFF7-21 flattener; Dew control by Dew Buster; Alnitak Flat-Man Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G controlled by EQMOD performance tuned by Astrotroniks (Ha); Takahashi EM-200 Temma2 (OIII, SII) Camera: QSI583wsg CCD @ -10.0C Guiding: Starlight Xpress Lodestar via PHD Filters: Astrodon 5nm Ha, OIII, SII Exposure: 12 x 20min. (Ha); 18 x 20min. (OIII); 18 x 20min. (SII) Acquisition: ImagesPlus 4.0c Camera Control Processing: Calibration, DDP in Images Plus v4.0; Registration in Registar Post-processing: Adobe Photoshop CS5; Noise Ninja

Description

The Elephant Trunk Nebula, IC1396A, is a region of concentrated interstellar gas and dust that lies in the ionized gas region of the star cluster IC1396, and is located about 2,400 light-years away in the constellation Cepheus. Other designations for this object are LBN 452 & vdB 142. The image seen here is shown in false-color using a "modified" Hubble palette as outlined by Bob Franke.

Photographer

Jerry Ferger

E-mail

jferger@rochester.rr.com

Location

Rochester, NY

Date

8-4-2011, 12:02 AM

Equipment

TEC 140 f/7, Canon 500D, 1600 ASA, 24X240 sec Guided with Lodestar on Orion OAG. AP 1200 mount.

Description

M16, the Eagle Nebula.

Photographer

Joe Perulero

Location

Jerrara Dam NSW Australia

Date

29/7/2011 10pm

Equipment

Sbig ST-8300M and Williams Optics Megrez 120 at f7.5 Mount was NEQ6 Goto Mount

Description

This image shows the Eagle Nebula and the pillars of Creation within. This area contains the birth of new stars that can be seen bursting forth from the dense clouds of nebula.

Photographer

Herb Bubert

Location

Derry, NH

Date

9/6 & 9/7/10

Equipment

TV 101 @ f/4.3, G-11, ST-8300 Baader Ha & OIII filters

Description

North American Nebula in Cygnus.

Photographer

Rod Pommier

E-mail

pommierr@ohsu.edu

Location

Pommier Oservatory, Portland, OR, USA

Date

2011-07-02 07:57UT start of exposures

Equipment

Telescope/mount: Celestron Compustar C14 with 0.75x focal reducer (f/8). Camera: SBIG STL 11000M with Baader Planetarium filters. Exposures: LRGB=102:84:84:84=5hours:54minutes total exposure. Self-guided.

Description

M27 is a planetary nebula that lies about 1200 light-years from Earth and has a diameter of about 2.4 light-years. It's expansion rate indicates that the red giant that spawned it erupted between 3000 and 4000 years ago. The white dwarf remanant of the red giant is the small blue star at the center of the nebula. This image shows some of the subtle detail inside the nebula.

Photographer

Giacomo Bartolacci

E-mail

giacomo9783@libero.it

Location

Iesa GR), Tuscany - Italy

Date

07-08-2011

Equipment

Mount Vixen GP, modified EOS 40D on William Optics 80/555 TMB with reducer/flattenerW.O. tyoe III, 9x6 min shots. Calibration with 13 dark and 11 flat, elaboration with MaxIm DL and Photoshop; crop of the central frame, around the object

Description

the northern Veil Nebula, NGC 6992, a supernova remnant in the Cygnus.