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Nebulae & Galaxies
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PhotographerJoe StefaniakLocationWarwick,NYDate3/9/07EquipmentTele Vue NP127is, Starlight Xpress Hx916, G-11, ST-4, CS RGB filtersDescriptionM51. L=60min, RGB=28 min each for a total of 2 hr 24 min exposure. Aquired with Astroart and Processed with AIP4WIN. |
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PhotographerDietmar HagerLocationStargazer private observatory near Linz, AustriaDate15.3.2007 - 22h00UTEquipment9" TMB Apo f/7 (TeleVue 0,8 reducer) SXV M25C CCD one shot color cam mountegra - single arm fork mount Dynostar driver xm3 AstroArt4 PhotoshopDescriptionthe night this images was captured, seeing was exceptional good! at my place I usually encounter 5/10. that night seeing was arouind 7/10 according to Pickering. transparency could have been much better 5/10. preprocessing in AstroArt including image acquisition, guiding, colors. postprocessing in PS CS2 and Pix Insight LE further scale sizes on my webpage: http://stargazer.christelhager.info/sonic/index.html thanks ! |
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PhotographerAnthony AyiomamitisLocationAthens, GreeceDateMarch 18, 2007 @ 00:15-00:45 UT+2EquipmentAP 160 f/7.5 StarFire EDF, AP 1200GTO GEM, SBIG ST-2000XM, SBIG CFW10, SBIG LRGB + IR-blockDescriptionThe quasar 3C273 in Virgo is the brightest visible quasar from Earth and with a magnitude of 12.8 is also visible with average amateur equipment. Lying at a distance of two BILLION light-years away, it is the furthest any amateur equipment can reach (and especially right from one's backyard). |
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PhotographerJames ReimundLocationNorth of LLano TexasDateMarch 17, 2007 22:00EquipmentASGT Celestron Mount Nikon D50 Camera Guiding with DSI Pro Telescope = Astrotech 66mm ED Guide Scope = Orion ST-80DescriptionThis is a 120 minute exposure (10 minutes at a time) of the Rosette Nebula and associated star cluster. |
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PhotographerDietmar HagerLocationStargazer private observatory near Linz, AustriaDate17.+18.2.07Equipment9" TMB Apo f/9 @ f/7 TeleVue recuder SXV M25C Mountegra single arm fork mountDescriptionin those 2 nights odds were wuite uneven: in the first imaging night I encountered terrific transparency of 9/10, but bad seeing - 4/10 the other night was the other way around: transparency was pnly 5-6/10 but terrific seeing for my place of 6/10 I used my SXV M25C and imaged 3,5 hours exposure time. 4,8,12, minutes frames. AstroArt4 for preprocessing and guiding, PS CS2 for postprocessing. find more details here: http://stargazer.christelhager.info/sonic/index.html |
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PhotographerJohn L. GrahamLocationKettering, OhioDate3/10/07 2h UTEquipmentMeade LXD75 SN6, DSI ProDescriptionLRGB (L:65x30sec, RGB: 30x30sec each, high gain) of NGC2903 taken with a Meade DSI Pro at the prime focus of LXD75 SN6. Source images saved as FITS, combined in drizzle, aligned in ASIP, LRGB assembled in Photoshop. |
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PhotographerMark SiboleLocationFife Lake Mi.DateMarch 11 2007EquipmentMeade LX200R Meade 80 mm APO Meade DSI PRO II Meade DSI C IIDescriptionThis is an image of NGC 4236 a 15.5 mag galaxy in Draco. It has 120 minutes of luminance from the DSI PRO II and 60 minutes of RGB info from the DSI C II. Image was captured with the Meade 80 mm APO piggybacked on the Meade LX200R . |
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PhotographerFrank R UrodaLocationJeddo, MI USADate2nd week of March, 2007EquipmentC-11 scope Older G-11 mount (totally rebuilt and tuned by me) with FS2 goto and ESCAP steppers TCF-s focuser Optec 0.5 reducer ST2000XM with 2020 imaging chip and 237 guide chip CFW8 with A-Don LRGB I series and 13nm Astronimik Ha All housed within my Black River Observatory near Port Huron, MichiganDescriptionFINALLY a break in the horrible Michigan weather! I never waste a good night and the past two have been no exception. This is my rendition of NGC-3953. I grabbed the L channel last week and the RGB just the other night. 13x15min unbinned for the L channel, and about 7x10min binned 2x2 for the RGB. Comment more than welcome! ---Frank Rocketman Uroda |
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PhotographerChuck CundiffLocationAshburnham, Ma.Date02/07/2007EquipmentPhotographed thru Celestron 80ED with a SAC 10 Color CCD Mounted piggyback on a C11. Mounted on Losmandy G11 L4DescriptionPhoto of the Orion Nebula M42 Exposure 120Seconds X 15 shots Caputred with Nebulocity and Processed in MaximDL/CCD and Photoshop. |
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PhotographerKevin BloodworthLocationGray, GA/ In private ObservatoryDateDecember 15 2006, 23:15 ESTEquipmentMeade 8" Starfinder reflector telescope with a .5 focal reducer on a LXD55 Autostar Mount. Camera used is a Meade DSI pro. Total exposure is 1 hour.DescriptionThis image of The Bubble Nebula known as NGC 7635 is located in the constellation of Cassiopeia. NGC 7635 is an excellent example of a planetary nebula and lies about 11,000 light years away. The bubble itself measures 6 light years across. |
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