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PhotographerMike Boyle Sr.LocationTampa FL.DateOct 3rd 2AM localEquipment12inch Dobsonion Reflector (Unguided) 70 selected frames HD video stacked in Registack. (from one pass.) Canon SX 130 compact 12X zoom into Meade 18mm X2 barlowed eyepiece to approximately 800X. Two images are stacked. This was my 12th in the series I took that night 4.7 hours after the red spot rotated out of site. (I'm attempting to get 45 to 6-0 good frames to make a movie.)DescriptionA backyard photo "Looking Up!" with very simple equipment. Even you average astronomer can get good results with practice! It was a very stable night. I love the coloring. Look how much IO moved in 10 seconds! This is my second year subscribing to your Magazine. The first year it was a gift! I'm hooked! Clear skies! Mike Boyle Tampa FL. |
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PhotographerTahir SabanLocationEmberger Alm, AustriaDate10/1/2011, 3:30UTEquipmentTakahashi FSQ-106ED Canon 350D Takahashi JP-Z mountDescriptionComet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova on the eastern sky just before dawn |
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PhotographerLuis ArgerichLocationBuenos Aires, ArgentinaDateSeptember 23 2011EquipmentCanon T2i DSLR with 400mm lens and 1.4x TC.DescriptionThe sun just rising emerges thru stormy clouds looking like an eclipsed sun. Half of the Sun was totally obscured while the other half was bright. I guess not only the moon can produce a eclipse! |
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PhotographerTomLocationCreston, IADate9-1-11 Est. a hour after sunset.EquipmentCamera with a 2 x multiplier 1000mm total, just wanting to capture the moon.. Had no idea what the feature is that I did catch.DescriptionI would appreciate any ideas on what this may be in front of the moon. I am clueless. |
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PhotographerWill DavisLocationTucson, ArizonaDate11:40 P.M. MST, 09-14-2011EquipmentA Meade DS Saturn 114mm newtonian, on a Meade alt-azimuth mount, and a Olympus C-750 UZ digital camera. 1/5 second exposure, at f/3.7, ISO 100.DescriptionJupiter with three of it's moons. In this image you can see Ganymede to it's lower left, Io to it's upper right, and you can faintly see Europa to Io's upper right. |
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PhotographerJIm TomakaLocationAlamogordo, NMDate09/26/2011 21:51 UTEquipmentOprion 90mm refractor (f10, 910mm), Celestron CGE mount. Lunt B1200 CaK module, Imaging Source DMK41AU02DescriptionHaving difficulty imaging AR1302 using a whitelight filter, I plugged the Lunt CaK module in and with its narrowband (2.4 Angstrom) bandpass, image sharpness increased dramatically. |
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PhotographerScott FletcherLocationCovington, TNDate9/5/11 @ 10 PM CDTEquipmentWilliam Optics 90mm Megrez APO telescope w/ Canon 30D @ prime focus. 1/1000 sec exposure @ ISO 200.DescriptionMoon w/ good crater features and lighting showing contrast of maria, etc. |
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PhotographerSamuele GaspariniLocationCastelfiorentino (Fi) ItalyDate11.09.2011 h. 11.28 AMEquipmentSkywatcher 80Ed with Meade Apo Barlow lens 2x and Apm Herschel wedge . Baader Nd3 and polarizing filter. 300 frames. www.astrobook.itDescriptionVery big Sunspot |
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PhotographerDr. Robert ZaballaLocationWoodstock, GA, USADateSeptember 9, 2011, 9 PM EDTEquipmentCelestron 8" Schmidt-Cassegrain f/10 with Phillips SP 900 webcam at 30 fps. Video frames stacked and processed in Registax 5.DescriptionToward the top left corner, one can see the craters Aristarchus and Herodotus, and to their northwest, neighboring Vallis Schroteri. |
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PhotographerWill DavisLocationTucson, ArizonaDate09-18-11, 07:04 UTEquipmentMeade DS Saturn 4.5 inch newtonian on a Meade alt-azimuth mount, and a Olympus C-750 UZ. 1/125 second exposure, at f/2.8, ISO 50.DescriptionWaning Gibbous Moon in Taurus, at 31 degrees altitude. An interesting feature to notice, is that due to the Moon's libration over the month, a small sliver of land past Oceanus Procellarum is visible at the left side of the Moon. |
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