Photographer

Lynn Laux

Location

Doylestown, Ohio

Date

12/2006

Equipment

Meade 12" SCT LX200 Classic Canon 350 D at prime focus

Description

The Crab Nebula is the most famous and conspicuous remnant of a supernova, which was observed around the world in 1054 AD. In most astronomical handbooks this object is listed as 'bright', but an increase in light pollution has resulted in its becoming harder to see in a modest telescope! Once seen, however, it is not easily forgotten, resembling a gauzy handkerchief fluttering in a cosmic wind.

Photographer

Enrico Africa

Location

West Chester, Ohio

Date

November 20-22, 2006

Equipment

Takahashi FSQ-106 Takahashi EM200 Temma Mount SBIG STL-6303 Camera Astrodon LRGB Filters

Description

The fabulous great galaxy in Andromeda, otherwise known as M31, with its attendant galaxies M32 and M110.

Photographer

Bill Griswold

E-mail

billgriz@fmtc.net

Location

Taxahaw, SC

Date

Feb 10, 2007 11PM

Equipment

Orion ED 80 with WO 0.8 corrector/reducer. IR Modified Canon 300D Clestron ASGT mount Guiding with guidedog, Orion 80mm guidescope and Toucam pro. 9x5minute exposures. Processed in ImagesPlus

Description

The Rosette nebula located just east of Betegeuse in Monoceros.

Photographer

John L. Graham

Location

Kettering, Ohio

Date

2/24/07 2h UT

Equipment

Meade LXD75 SN6, DSI Pro

Description

NGC3115 - The Spindle Galaxy; LRGB (L:60x30sec, RGB: 20x30sec each, high gain) 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.

Photographer

paolo

E-mail

simeis@tin.it

Location

Cimini astronomical Observatory - Italy

Date

Febbruary 2007

Equipment

AF-S Nikkor 200mm f/2.0 G ED-UF VR on Marcon RC 500/8 SBIG STL 6303E Binning 1x1+ Astrodon filters B for L 75 min; R 9 min; G 9 min; B 9 min. Total 1h 40m of exposures.

Description

Here my last shot just to prove my ultimate instrument (a perfect Nikon 200/2 14 elements 3 ED and 1 super ED). I tested also a new method in assembling the image (B;R;G;B) using 2 times the channel Blue: 1 for L and 1 for B.This for the reason the nebulosities are reflection in blue spectrum.The field of view are wide as about 6 degree! Pleiades & IC 353/1995 Overshadowed by the Pleiades, which are immediately to the SW of this extremeley faint patch of reflection nebulosity, IC353/1995 are rarely photographed, let alone in color. Measuring 180' X 30', this gossamer web of nebulosity is a real challenge. It is not clear if this nebula is associated with M-45, but I think yes.

Photographer

Mark Sibole

Location

Fife Lake Mi

Date

feb 11-12, 2007

Equipment

Meade DSI PRO II Meade 80 mm APO piggybacked on a Meade LX200R 10 inch Autoguided with a DSI PRO

Description

Here is an area in Orion just outside of Barnards loop. It contains dark nebula,emission nebula and a small Reflection nebula. This is a very dim area to image. Exposure times were 150 minutes of Ha 120 minutes of luminance and 40 minutes per color channel.

Photographer

Peter W. O'Brien

Location

Derry NH

Date

02/10/07

Equipment

DSI Pro II behind 10" LX200R @ f3.3

Description

First clear, moonless sky since forever happens to coincide with my daughter’s recital. Out of shear stubbornness I set up my scope and hit start @ around 6:30pm; attend recital, return home approximately 10:30pm. 114 (2min) exposures stacked and waiting for color…..That was easy. H-alpha, Green & Blue all 20 x 2min

Photographer

Amir Hossein Abolfath

E-mail

amir_ho_a@yahoo.com

Location

Abyaneh, Iran

Date

December 2007

Equipment

Canon Eos 30D, 200 mm f/2.8 lens, 12 min total exposure, Sky-Watcher EQ6 Mount

Description

I have used a 200mm f/2.8 L Canon EF series lens and an equatorial mount to take this photo. I captured 4 3 min and combine them in Photoshop.

Photographer

Doug Zubenel

E-mail

nzubenel@kc.rr.com

Location

Linn Co., Kansas, USA

Date

Autumn of 2005

Equipment

This is a 15 minute exposure with a 24mm lens @f/4 on Kodak E 200 pushed to ISO 800

Description

The high-res image has given me many pleasent hours identifying all the celestial goodies! Of note is the large, circular red nebula, and what has been dubbed the "galactic dark horse." I first noticed the horse Rorschach in Aug. of 1987 from Canyonlands National Park in SE Utah.

Photographer

Dietmar Hager

E-mail

dietmar.hager@maz.at

Location

stargazer private observatory, near Linz, Austria

Date

26th December 2006

Equipment

4" TMB Apo f/6,2 SXV M25C mountegra - one arm fork mount http://stargazer.christelhager.info/equipment.htm

Description

this image was taken in a night of excellent transparency. visually I could see stars at 6m5! seeing was less well - 2,8 arc seconds FWHM. AstroArt 4 was used for guiding, image acquisition and preprocesing (average - defect map) postprocessing was done in PS CS2 and PixIS - LE here the link to the original size: http://stargazer.christelhager.info/astropics/deepsky/M42_23_dez_std_medium.jpg any comments are welcome (-: bes regards Dietmar