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PhotographerHunter WilsonLocationLexington, OhioDateOctober 30, 2008EquipmentNGC 7814 in Pegasus Canon 350D Hap Griffin Baader Mod Celestron 9.25 reduced 0.63 Astro-Physics Mach1GTO MountDescriptionNGC 7814 in Pegasus 35x180sec at iso 1600 30 Darks/Flats/Bias NGC 7814 (Caldwell 43) is a beautiful edge-on spiral located in the southeast corner of the great square of Pegasus. It looks somewhat like a miniature version of M104 - the Sombrero Galaxy and the plane of the galaxy can be seen to be slightly warped, which is not usually seen at optical wavelengths. If one examines the background field, it is evident that the area around NGC 7814 is swarming with distant galaxies. Like the Hubble deepfield, this type of image puts our tiny earth in perspective and is truly humbling. The galaxy is between 40 and 55 million light years distant and glows at magnitude 10.6 |
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PhotographerHunter WilsonLocationLexington, OhioDateOctober 29, 2008EquipmentCanon 350D Hap Griffin Baader Mod Celestron 9.25 reduced 0.63 Astro-Physics Mach1GTO MountDescriptionNGC 672 and IC 1727 - Interacting Pair in Triangulum 40x180sec at iso 1600 NGC 672 (top) and IC 1727 are quite the interesting couple. Being only 88,000 light years apart - about the diameter of one of them - they interact extensively, even to the degree that they are encapsulated in a common envelope of shared gas and intermingling stars. This pair is theorized by Zitrin and Brosch to be situated along the same dark-matter filament in an otherwise galaxy-sparse part of the universe. The theory is that the dark matter has focused the regular matter in the region, allowing it to condense into small, irregular galaxies and then into larger spirals by way of heirarchial clustering. |
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PhotographerHunter WilsonLocationLexington, OhioDateOctober 30, 2008EquipmentCanon 350D Hap Griffin Baader Mod Celestron 9.25 reduced 0.63 Astro-Physics Mach1GTO MountDescriptionM77 in Cetus 40x180sec at iso 1600 30 Darks/Flats/Bias Messier 77 (NGC 1068), lies about 60 million light years away (approximately the same distance but another direction as the Virgo Cluster) in the constellation Cetus. It is the nearest Seyfert type II galaxy to Earth, but also the most distant Messier object according to some sources. This galaxy has been studied extensively regarding galaxy core supermassive black holes and is thought to contain a monster black hole of 15 million solar masses. |
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PhotographerJacob BassøeLocationFrederiksberg, DenmarkDate24th and 25th september 2008EquipmentSkywatcher Heq5pro mount, Takahashi FSQ-85, QHY2pro camera, QHY5 guider, Baader filters Ha 7nm SII 8.5nm OIII 8.5nm, Truetech 8pos. filterwheel.DescriptionA "Hubble" palette narrowband image of the beautiful Pelican Nebula. It's amazing how much detail one can capture even in a very light polluted city like my town, Copenhagen, Denmark. |
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PhotographerChris HutchesnLocationPontotoc, MsDateOctober 3 at 11:00PMEquipmentThis image was taken with a Celestron ASGT-C8 ,guided with a William Optics Z66SD mounted piggyback. Camera used was a Meade DSI Pro II with a Meade 3.3 focal reducer. Guide camera is a Meade DSI-C using PHD software.DescriptionNGC 1055 is an edge-on spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cetus. It is nearby the more popular galaxy Messier 77. It has a thick dust lane that obscures most of the core. |
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PhotographerRod PommierLocationPommier Observatory, Portland, ORDate2008-08-01 007:01 UTEquipmentCompustar C14 SCT @ f/7, Canon EOS 20DDescriptionNGC6992, the brightest portion of The Veil Nebula, is the remnant of a supernova that occurred 10-15,000 years ago. Its amazing filamentary structure may be due to compression of expanding shells of gas as they meet the resistance of the interstellar medium. The fact that the nebula is sweeping up interstellar dust as it expands is evidenced by the visibility of more faint stars on the lower right side of the nebula than on the upper left side. Exposures were 30 second unguided sub-frames calibrated with dark frames and flat fields. Processed with MaxDSLR and Photoshop CS2 |
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PhotographerDerek SantiagoLocationMorristown, NJDate10/5-10/7/08EquipmentDSI Pro III on ED80. Guided with DSI II on LX200R. Ten hours total exposure. Eight minute Ha subs and Four minute LRGB subs.DescriptionThere is a lot going in in the "Pac Man Nebula" in Cassiopeia. There is an open cluster, an emission nebula, obscuring dust lanes and Bok Globules. |
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PhotographerHunter WilsonLocationLexington, OhioDateOctober 9, 2008EquipmentCanon 350D Hap Griffin Baader Mod Canon 70-200 f/2.8 L at 200mm Baader 2 inch 7nm H alpha filter Step Down Rings Astro-Physics Mach1GTO MountDescriptionNorth America and Pelican Nebulae Complex In Cygnus 31x600sec at iso 1600 30 Darks/Flats/Bias Taken during a waxing gibbous moon. Over 5 hours of Hydrogen Alpha data on the huge NGC 7000/IC 5070 Nebula complex in Northern Cygnus. This area is a vast collection of dust and gas in the Orion arm of the Milky way at a distance of about 2000 light years, spanning 100 light years. This group of nebulae, both bright and dark, contains no less than 30 seperate objects |
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PhotographerHunter WilsonLocationLexington, OhioDateOctober 8, 2008EquipmentCanon 350D Hap Griffin Baader Mod Canon 70-200 f/3.2 L at 200mm Astro-Physics Mach1GTO MountDescriptionA string of dark nebulae, a couple reflection nebulae, a very young star cluster, and a hint of hydrogen emission can be seen in this area that begins in the south of Perseus near the star Atik and proceeds southwest through Taurus and into northeastern Aries. The field seen here spans about 7 degrees of the sky. I would like to respectfully call this area "Barnard's Cascade" (even if no one else does). These include the first five members of Barnard's catalogue of dark nebulae (B1-B5) and five of his later entries (B202-B206). |
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PhotographerMark SiboleLocationFife Lake Mi.Datesept 22 2008EquipmentMeade 80 mm APO SXVF-H9DescriptionObject name: VdB: 152 Magnitude: 8.8 Equatorial: RA: 22h 13m 39s Dec: +70°17'53"(current) Equatorial 2000: RA: 22h 13m 25s Dec: +70°15'05" Horizon: Azim: 27°59'08" Alt: +50°49'43" Transit time: 23:45 Always above horizon. Mark Sibole Fife lake Michigan September 21, 2008 astronomy@qteaser.com Meade 80 mm APO SXVF-H9 120 minutes of luminance information in 10 minute sub frames 40 minutes per color channel in 10 minute sub frames. A total of 4 hours of information went into this rarly images area. It is a mix of reflection Nebula and dusty region . |
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