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Nebulae & Galaxies
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PhotographerPeter W. O'BrienLocationDerry NHDateJan/Feb 2007EquipmentDSI Pro II behind 10" LX200RDescriptionThis image represents over a dozen hours of LRGB integration time. The bulk of the image is comprised of a mosaic of 6 panels taken @ f3.3 w/ Drizzle for a final image size of 9Mb. Inner detail of the Trapezium and M43 was taken @ f10. H-alpha data represents Red |
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PhotographerEnrico AfricaLocationWest Chester, OhioDateNovember 23-24, 2006EquipmentEquipment used: Takahashi FSQ-106 Takahashi EM200 Mount SBIG STL-6303 camera Astrodon HaRGB Filters |
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PhotographerDietmar HagerLocationStargazer private observatory near Linz, AustriaDate18.2.2007Equipment9" TMB Apo f/9 @f/7 (TeleVue 0,8 reducer) SXV M25C one shot color cameraDescriptionthe night of 18th of feb. offered a very good transparency. seeing was not perfect but good enough for this image. unfortunately after 2 hours transparency decreased gradually and I had to quit imaging after 3 hours. seeing 6/10 transparency 8/10 AstroArt4 3 hours total exposure time (8min and 12 min frames) PS CS2 Pix IS-LE |
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PhotographerGary BoyleLocationOttawa OntarioDateJanuary 26, 2007EquipmentMeade 12" LX200 with ToUcam. Stacked 154 imagese processed withy Registax 4.+ |
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PhotographerDietmar HagerLocationStargazer Private Observatory near Linz, AustriaDate18.2. and 17.2. 2007Equipmentscope: 9" TMB Apo f/9 @f/7 (TeleVue 0,8 erducer) CCD: SXV M25C Starlight Xpress no filtersDescriptionseeing 6/10, transparency 7/10 exposure time: 3,5 hours - (4,8,12 minute frames) AstroArt4 for image acquisition, preprocessing (average) postprocessing in multilayertechnique PS CS2 and Pix Insight LE M106 and the h-alpha bands are already visible without an h-alpha filter thanks to the sensitivity of the SX Camers. there are some backgroundgalaxies as well. the image is a crop. see here the full sized version. FYI: http://stargazer.christelhager.info/index.htm |
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PhotographerKelvin PhoonLocationSan DIego, CADate2/24-2/25/07EquipmentMeade DSI Pro II CCD through Meade 8" LX90 at f/6.3. 8 hours 52 minutes total exposure time using 4 minute subframes. LLRGB processing.DescriptionNGC2903, a Barred Spiral (type SB) Galaxy in the constellation Leo. The dense central bar is hypothesized to accelerate star formation in the galaxy's circumnuclear ring. 25 million light years from earth, this magnitude 9 galaxy is one of the brightest galaxies in Leo and is visible through binoculars. |
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PhotographerMark SiboleLocationFife Lake MiDateMarch 23, 2007EquipmentMeade LX200 ten inch at f/5 Meade DSI PRO IIDescriptionThis is a LRGB image of M108 It has 104 minutes of luminance and 40 minutes per color channel. |
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PhotographerDietmar HagerLocationStargazer private observatory near Linz, AustriaDate15.1.2007Equipment9" TMB Apo f/7 (TeleVue 0,8 reducer) SXV M25C Astroart no filters.Descriptionin the night of 15th of Jan 07 we had some good seeiong at my observ. place! so I decided to go for M82 with my 9" f/7 Apo 9" f/7 SxvM25c 2,3 hours 4,6,8,10,12, minutes frames. image acquisition, autoguiding and preprocessing in AstroArt4 postprocessing in PSCS2, background smoothed in PixIS this image is a crop - see here the full sized version: http://stargazer.christelhager.info/sonic/index.html |
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PhotographerAmir Hossein AbolfathLocationIranDate19th March 2007EquipmentWilliam Optics 110 triplet APO, EOS 30D, EQ6 mountDescriptionM4, M80 and Rho Ophiuchi are the most colorful objects in this area of the sky. |
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PhotographerJoe StefaniakLocationWarwick,NYDate3/9/2007EquipmentNP127is, Starlight Xpress Hx916, G-11, CS RGB filters, ST-4, roll off roof observatoryDescriptionM106. L=70 min, RGB=28 min each for a total of a 2 hr 34 min exposure |
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