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Nebulae & Galaxies
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PhotographerEric JacobLocationSanta Barbara CADateAugust 2007EquipmentCelestron C102 refractor (500mm f/5), CG5 mount, Canon 400D.Description140 exposures were combined to make this image: 90 frames at 60 seconds and 50 frames at 90 seconds. Dark frame subtracted and adaptive stacked using Nebulosity into substacks of 30 to 40 frames each. Substacks were then combined in Photoshop using Apply Image > Add. Color balanced and histogram stretched in Photoshop. |
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PhotographerNikica IgnjatovicLocationArkansasDate6/10/05EquipmentMeade 10" lxd55 Schmidt Newtonian + Meade DSI color cameraDescriptionIt shows gas and dust in the Lagoon Nebula along with stars. |
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PhotographerJoe StefaniakLocationWarwick, NYDateAug 4, 2007EquipmentVixen R200SS Starlight Xpress Hx916 Losmandy G-11 ST-4 autoguider Astroart 3, AIP4WIN2 & PS7DescriptionM27 ( The Dumbell Nebula) Ha = 55 min L = 10 min RGB each = 8 min Total exposure = 89 min |
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PhotographerRichard CrispLocationBackyardDateDuring the Spring of 2006 and Spring of 2007 (several months to complete)EquipmentStinger 450 Classical Cassegrain, FLI CM10, Edumund Scientific Polarizing Filters, Custom Scientific Emission Line Filters, Optec LRGB filters, Lumicon Giant Easy Guider ST7E Guider, Astro-Physics AP1200GTO mount, Maxim DL 3.21, FocusMax, Robofocus.DescriptionCrab Nebula in 5 different optical representations: clockwise left to right: LRGB, Emission line ( [SII], Ha, [OIII] ), Stokes Parameter Polarigram, Simple Polarigram; Center: emission line + stokes parameter polarigram |
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PhotographerRobert LockwoodLocationPalomar Mountain, CADate7/13/07 at apx.11 pmEquipmentTec 140 at f/7 Starlight Xpress SXV-H9 AP 900 GTO Tru-Balance 6nu Ha, SII, OIII.DescriptionI like this image, It's my first with this scope. Seeing was very good that night and it shows a lot of detail for only 2 15min exposures with each filter. Hope you like it to. Robert. |
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PhotographerEric JacobLocationSanta Barbara CADateJune 2007EquipmentCelestron C102 refractor (500mm f/5), CG5 eq mount, Canon XTi.DescriptionM31 spiral in Andromeda. Unguided 1-minute and 2-minute exposures at ISO 1600. Total exposure time 169 minutes. Dark and flat frame processed in Nebulosity. Final processing in Photoshop CS. |
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PhotographerHunter WilsonLocationMansfield, OhioDateJuly 7, 2007EquipmentCanon 30D modified with an Astronomik CLS filter Orion ED80 with WO 0.8 reducer/flattener 42x300sec at iso 1600 30 Darks/Flats/Bias Atlas EQ-G guided with PHD Guiding/EQMOD using Meade DSI ProDescriptionThis was one TOUGH subject. Very large and diffuse, in truth a purely photographic nebula, and for modified cameras ideally. My unmodded Canon 30D had fits with this thing, even with a whopping 3.5 hours of integration time. I have to get a modified camera soon. More than 6 times the diameter of the full moon, IC 1396 is one of the largest emission nebula in the sky. The bright central star cluster (also designated IC1396) actually interferece with the view of nebulosity. The whole area is criss-crossed with dark nebulae - some of Barnard's are marked in the illustration below. There is also prominent nebula Van den Bergh 142 (the Elephant Trunk) just West of the central star cluster. |
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PhotographerFernando BrittoLocationPorto Alegre, BrazilDate07/14/07EquipmentNexstar 5i at f/5 with focal reducer and Stellacam II.DescriptionThis beautiful nebula(named M57) is actually an expanding shell of gas thrown off explosively by a dying star, which is barely visible at the center of the ring. Stack of 17 exposures.Camera settings: 256 frame integrations, gain 50% and gamma set on low. |
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PhotographerEric JacobLocationSanta Barbara CADateJune 2007EquipmentCelestron C102 achro refractor, fl 500mm, f/5. Canon XTi, Orion broadband LPR filter. A stack of 64 exposures of 1 minute each at ISO 1600.DescriptionNGC7000, The North America nebula in Cygnus. A stack of 64 exposures of 1 minute each at ISO 1600. |
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PhotographerAndrey BatchvarovLocationTMSP WA USADate11 July 2007EquipmentMEADE LX200 8" SCT Classic at F3.3 reducer. Camera Orion DeepSky StarShoot. 16x1min unguided exposures. Processed with FizFix. |
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