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PhotographerStefano De RosaLocationMonate Lake (Italy)DateOctober 16, 2009 at 6:48 a.m.EquipmentCanon Eos 1000d;Exp: 10 sec; F/5; 400 ISODescriptionThe lovely celestial scene shows an old Moon (with its earthshine) forming a triangle with Saturn and the bright Venus, all of them reflecting their light on the calm water of the lake. Below on the left of the "triangle", Mercury is emerging from twilight to complete the predawn conjunction. |
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Photographersadegh ghomizadehLocationiran tehranDate7 Oct Time 00.33 UTCEquipmentCelestron C11 + DMK21AU04.ASDescriptionpolar hood is still very large the Sky was very good atmosphere & seeing |
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PhotographerNabarun SadhyaLocationKolkata, IndiaDate19.10.08 21:25 ISTEquipmentSony Cybershot H50 digital cameraDescriptionWhen Moon seen very close to the horizon, the long sight-line through the atmosphere, filters and reddens the moonlight. |
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PhotographerJean-Christophe MeriauxLocationSan Bruno, CADate8/9/2009 - 11.43pm PDTEquipmentTelescope: Orion Maksutov Cassegrain 7″ with Atlas Mount CCD Camera Imaging Source DKF 21AU04.AS with RGB color wheelDescriptionPicture at Focal Plane F/D 15. All pictures are processed with Registax, Maxim DSLR, and Paintshop Pro Seeing 3-4 / 10 on ALPO scale- Stack of 539 R / 349 G / 763 B frames |
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PhotographerJohn W. O'Neal, IILocationHigh Meadows Reservation, Elyria, OhioDate09/13/2009 @ 14:00 ESTEquipmentMeade Hydrogen Alpha filter on an Orion 127mm Refractor, mounted on a Celestron ascg5-goto mountDescriptionWe set up our scopes at High Meadows Metroparks Reservation to show the public the Sun and were surprised to find several prominences visible. |
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PhotographerNabarun SadhyaLocationKolkata, IndiaDate12 September 2009 14:12 UTCEquipmentSony Cybershot H50 digital camera only.DescriptionJupiter and its four Galilean moons, Europa and Io on left and Callisto and Ganymede on right. |
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PhotographerBrian CombsLocationLooking Glass Observatory, Buena Vista, GADate05:41:29 UT, 8-19-09EquipmentC14@f/31 on AP1200 Lumenera SkyNyx 2-0 monochrome cameraDescriptionThis image shows that impact debris is still visible 30 days after impact! |
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PhotographerRolando ChavezLocationPowder Springs, GADate09 August 2009 3:01amEquipmentCelestron C-14, Celestron CGE Mount, DMK 21 AF04 Camera.DescriptionJupiter showing the GRS, Callisto, Europa and the Impact site at upper right hand. |
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PhotographerJames MaxwellLocationCaldera Rim ObservatoryDateAug. 19, 2009, 9:26-11:20PMEquipmentMeade 10" F/4 Schmidt Newtonian, on Losmandy G-11 Mount. Cooled Canon (Astro) 400D at 4.5C, acquired with Nebulosity Software. Autoguiding using 5-inch refractor with Orion Deep Space Imager and PhD guiding. Post-processing with Nebulosity and Photobrush.DescriptionComet Christensen C/2006 W3, tracking the comet. This was taken in a Rich Milky Way Field within Sagitta on Aug. 19, 2009 between 9:26-11:20PM MST. A total of 1 Hour and 27 minutes from 90 second exposures. Photo was taken at 8300 ft. elevation at the Caldera Rim Observatory near Jemez Springs, NM, USA. Higher resolution photo available. |
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PhotographerMike HoodLocationKathleen, Georgia, USADate708 UT August 9, 2009EquipmentA TEC 200 at F-32 with a color SkyNyx camera on an AP 1200 Mount.DescriptionThe impact under high contrast appears to have broken into four dark spots with two spots close side by side. |
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