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Nebulae & Galaxies
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PhotographerBernard MillerLocationRancho Hidalgo, NMDateMarch 1 and 4, 2011EquipmentMarch 1 and 4, 2011 Rancho Hidalgo, NM TEC-140 APO (F7) SBIG ST8300M Luminance 16X10 minute exposures Red 8X10 minute exposures Green 8X10 minute exposures Blue 8X10 minute exposuresDescriptionHere is a picture of M101, the Pinwheel Galaxy. The Pinwheel Galaxy is a face-on spiral galaxy 25 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. M101 is a relatively large galaxy compared to the Milky Way. With a diameter of 170,000 light-years it is nearly twice the size of the Milky Way. It has a disk mass on the order of 100 billion solar masses, along with a small bulge of about 3 billion solar masses. |
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PhotographerGerard DemanLocationNamibia, Hakos Farm, is a 120 Km west from WindhoekDateNovember 7 at 21.30 HourEquipmentIt is token with a Pentax ist DS with a 135 mm Telelens. at 1600 isoDescriptionThe picture is token on Hakos farm in Namibia. The sky was very clear, also a litle wind. On the left side up is 47 tucana a globular cluster to see. |
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PhotographerRobert FieldsLocationHowell, MIDate2/19/2011EquipmentTakahashi Epsilon 180 SBIG STL 4020DescriptionHaLRGB 45:30:30:30:30 minutes |
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PhotographerJerry FergerLocationRochester, New YorkDate2/23/2011EquipmentTEC 140 Refractor, Canon 500D (self modified) with Astronomik CLS clip filter, CGE mount, Orion 80mm short tube refractor with Solitaire guider, 3 hours total exposure (30 x 360) at ISO 1600.DescriptionIC 434 Horeshead Nebula in Orion. |
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PhotographerRobert GilletteLocationOssipee, New HampshireDateJuly-August 2010EquipmentASA 12-inch f/3.6 astrograph and StarlightXpress H9C camera on an APO 900 mount. Exposure of 399 minutes in 3-minute subs. Processing with CCD Stack and CS4 completed in February, 2011.DescriptionNGC 6914 is a dramatic reflection nebula in an area of dense dust and emission nebulae and star formation in Cygnus |
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PhotographerBernard MillerLocationRancho Hidalgo, NMDateFebruary 7 and 25, 2011EquipmentTelescope: TEC-140 (F7) Camera: SBIG ST-8300M Mount: AP900 FTO Luminance: 18x10 minutes Red: 9x10 minutes Green: 9x10 minutes Blue: 9x10 minutesDescriptionThis is a picture of M78 , a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion. This is the brightest reflection nebula in the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex and is about 1600 light years from earth. |
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Photographersteve coatesLocationOcala, FLDate1/26/2011 and 1/28/2011EquipmentOrion 80mm EON Orion 80mm guide scope with SSAG Canon T1i CG-5 mount (HyperTuned) Atronomik CLS light pollution filter clip for Canon EOSDescriptionm81/m82 Bode's galaxy Constellation: Ursa Major ~11.8 million light years distant |
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Photographersteve coatesLocationOcala, FLDate1/22/2011 and 1/23/2011EquipmentAstro-Tech 6" Richey-Chretien Orion 80mm guide scope with SSAG Canon T1i (Unmodded) CG-5 mount (Hyper-tuned) Atronomik CLS light pollution filterDescriptionm1 the Crab nebula supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula Ocala, FL Taken 1.22.11 (6 minute exposures) and 1.23.11 (8 minute exposures) Constellation: Taurus 6,500 light years distant |
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PhotographerRobert GilletteLocationOssipee, New HampshireDate3 Dec 10 & 6 January 11EquipmentASA 12-inch f/3.6 scope, SXV-H9C OSC camera, AP 900 mount. 63x 3-minute exposures = 3 hrs 9 minutes.DescriptionBeautiful and complex planetary nebula in Taurus, 800 light years distant; nebula surrounds a tightly orbiting pair of stars, a giant and a white dwarf. |
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PhotographerSteve FryLocationEl Dorado Hills, CADateNovember 2010EquipmentFSQ-106EDX at 530 mm focal length on Paramount ME. Total exposure of 2.5 hours with STL-11000M camera, AO-L adaptive optics, and Custom Scientific RGB filters. Unattended imaging with CCDAutoPilot controlling TheSkyPro, MaximDL, FocusMaxDescriptionThe Witch Head nebula - interstellar dust is reflecting a ghostly light from Rigel (the bright star at the right foot of Orion). This was a relatively short exposure for this dim object due to non-cooperative weather, and a synthetic luminance image was created from the RGB data. Taken in November 2010 at Sierra Skies Observatory in El Dorado Hills, California. |
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