Photographer

Les Tilly

Location

Flemington NJ

Date

Aug 2012

Equipment

Takahashi 106 EDX FLI 16803 with Astrodon 5nm HA 3nm OIII and SII Paramount MX

Description

Image is 25hrs worth of data compiled in the Hubble colors consisting of North American and Pelican Nebula

Photographer

Werner Pribil

Location

Austria near Vienna

Date

2012-08-12 to 2012-08-15

Equipment

ASA 10N,ALccd 6c,AP 1200GTO Exposure: 61 x 10 min Processing: AstroArt 4 and 5, Photoshop CS3

Description

VdB 141 Ghost Nebula in Cepheus

Photographer

Bill Worley

Location

Altoona, PA

Date

9/9/2012 1:00 am

Equipment

Target: The Heart Nebula - IC1805 (HA-SII-HA-OIII/SBIG ST-8300M) Imaging Scope: Astro-Tech 8" Imaging Newtonian w/Baader Coma Corrector @ prime focus Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G (EQMOD) Imager: SBIG ST-8300M @ -10C below ambient w/Hutech IDAS filter Guiding: 2 second guide exposures using a SSAG through a Stellarvue SV66ED Software: acquisition - MaxIm DL 5, processing - CCDSoft 5, AstroArt & Adobe Photoshop Exposure Information: 18 x 10 minutes binned at 1x1 using a Baader 7nm Ha filter. 14 x 10 minutes binned at 1x1 for OIII, 14 x 10 minutes binned at 1x1 for SII. 7 Hours 40 minutes total exposure time. Mapped Red = SII, Green = Ha, Blue = OIII. Luminance = Ha. All exposures were dithered. Darks and Flats applied. Comments: Ha shot on 9/8/2012. SII and OIII shot on 9/9/2012.

Description

The Heart Nebula's (IC1805) core in narrowband. SII/HA/OIII.

Photographer

kurtis markham

E-mail

kurtismrkhm@aol.com

Location

West Va , Srpuce Knob "Akmost Heaven Star Party "

Date

August 22,212

Equipment

cgem 1100hd w/hyperstar ,atik 428 ccd imager

Description

Lagoon Nebula

Photographer

JJ Modig

Location

ASKC Dark Sky Site

Date

September 09, 2012

Equipment

Modified Canon 300d with an adapted Nikkor-S Auto 50mm lens at f/4, mounted on a homemade, motorized barn-door mount. 36 exposures of 4 minutes each for a total of 144 minutes.

Description

This photo shows the northern half of the constellation, Cygnus. That portion of the sky is very rich in red emission and dark nebulae. Visible, are the North America and Pelican Nebulae, Le Gentil 3, the Northern Coalsack, and many more.

Photographer

Andre van der Hoeven

Location

HI-Ambacht, NL

Date

Several days in May/June/September 2012

Equipment

Takahashi FSQ106 SXV-H9 NEQ-6 Custom Scientific 4,5nm Ha Astrodon 3nm OIII Astrodon 5nm S2

Description

This image shows the heart of NGC7822/Cederblad 214, one of the most beautiful nebulae that I know of...

Photographer

Angelini, Antonucci, Tagliani

E-mail

info@astrobrallo.com

Location

Brallo di Pregola

Date

end august 2012

Equipment

RC-14” F/8,4 SBIG STX 16803 LRGB Filters Baader LRGB Mount: Gemini Telescope Design - MOFOD Fork Mount L-R:G:B 225-60:60:60 (minutes) SQM: 21.4-21.6 Seeing: 1.5"-1.8"

Description

L-RGB composition of VdB 142 "The Eelephant Trunk Nebula", a part of the bigger complex IC 1396 in Cepheus. Authors: Image Acquisition: F. Antonucci -M. Angelini - F. Tagliani Image Processing: Francesco Antonucci Parco Astronomico del Brallo

Photographer

mohammad nouroozi

E-mail

monowroozi@gmail.com

Location

iran-abyaneh

Date

6/17/2012-started @21:00

Equipment

scope:williamoptics FLT110DDG vs flattener4 mount:sky-watcher NEQ6 pro guiding:orion starshoot autoguider on 70/700 refractor camera:canon eos40D modified exposure:12*6min total 72min @ iso800 place:iran-abyaneh

Description

The Trifid Nebula (catalogued as Messier 20 or M20 and as NGC 6514) is an H II region located in Sagittarius. Its name means 'divided into three lobes'. The object is an unusual combination of an open cluster of stars, an emission nebula (the lower, red portion), a reflection nebula (the upper, blue portion) and a dark nebula (the apparent 'gaps' within the emission nebula that cause the trifid appearance; these are also designated Barnard 85). Viewed through a small telescope, the Trifid Nebula is a bright and peculiar object, and is thus a perennial favorite of amateur astronomers.

Photographer

Lynn Hilborn

E-mail

lynnhilborn@yahoo.ca

Location

Grafton, Ontario

Date

Aug 01,20,21,22,2012

Equipment

TEC 140 @f5.6, FLI ML8300 camera with Baader filters. Tak NJP Temma2 mount.

Description

The Cave Nebula SH2-155. 15 hours of exposure HaLRGB. The Cave Nebula, Sh2-155 or Caldwell 9 is a very diffuse nebula within a larger nebula complex containing emission, reflection, and dark nebulosity. It is located in the constellation Cepheus. Right Ascension: 22:58 (hours : minutes) Declination: +62:34 (degrees : minutes)

Photographer

Chuck Manges

Location

Hooversville,Pa.

Date

August 22,2012 10:00 EST

Equipment

Telescopes: Orion ED102T CF Triplet Apochromatic Refractor & Orion ST-80T Refractor Cameras used: Canon T3i & modified Canon T3 Filters: Astronomik OII & Ha clip-in filters Mount: Orion Sirius German-equatorial Computerized Goto Mount Guiding:Orion Starshoot Autoguider and 50mm guide scope

Description

The Lagoon Nebula #8 of Charles Messier's "not a comet" list,the Lagoon Nebula is a cloud of ionized hydrogen estimated to be 4000-6000 light years from earth. It can be seen with the naked eye as a gray/green patch in the constellation of Sagittarius.The center or core is illuminated by a hot,massive bluish star with an output one million times that of our own sun, most of which is ultraviolet radiation. Right of the center of the photo can be seen NGC 6530, an open cluster of young stars formed from material within the nebula. Processed in false color & cropped to emphasize the core region.