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Photographer

Trond Hugo Hermansen

E-mail

trond.hermansen@getmail.no

Location

Kristansand Kanonmuseum, Møvik, Kristiansand in southern part of Norway

Date

8. june 2004 time 05.29 utc

Equipment

40 mm Coronadofilter on Helios 80 mm f/5. Camera: Nikon Coolpix 990 and WO DLC 28 ocular. Mount: Vixen GP

Description

The second contact of Venus in the early morning of 8. june 2004. This was the first time ever than man could see the Transit of Venus in hydrogen-alfa. The Sun showed a really big prominence on the solar limb in the beginning of the event. A few minutes later we could not se the prominence any more.
 

Photographer

Murat Gure

E-mail

gure@fen.bilkent.edu.tr

Location

Ankara-TURKEY

Date

May 27, 2010

Equipment

Meade DS80EC, 80mm f/11 refractor.

Description

This shows the tycho crater and the beatiful moon.
 

Photographer

Ernest R. Evans

E-mail

dy4dy6ca6@yahoo.com

Location

Pawcatuck, CT

Date

July 11, 2010 15:25 UT

Equipment

6" f/8 Criterion RV6 Newtonian telescope w/violet filter at 150X. Digital point-and-shoot camera used afocally. Image composite of 200, 0.1" frames; processed in Registax, XnView and MS Paint.

Description

This photo shows the cloud deck on Venus photographed through a violet filter during strong daylight. Additional processing with software shows views with violet suppressed and also in gray tone. No obvious detail seen visually through the telescope! Ernie Evans
 

Photographer

Patrick McCullough

E-mail

mcculloughred@aol.com

Location

Denver,Co.

Date

4-5-11, 10:45 AM

Equipment

Coronado 60mm Solar Max II H-a,.5 angstrom telescope mounted on LX-90, 8in SCT. Canon 20d 1/100 exp.Processed in Photoshop 6.0

Description

First day of using scope.Image shows the largest Prominence that I saw this day Incredible views through H-a
 

Photographer

Michael Gallagher

E-mail

mkgallagherny@netscape.com

Location

Tiplady, ny

Date

3/14/2011 22:18 pm

Equipment

Celestron OMNI XLT 120mm Refractor, CG5 Computerized Mount, Phillips SPC900NC Webcam, Orion 5X High-light Barlow Lens, Celestron UV-IR Blocking Filter

Description

Photo showing the shadow of Promontorium Laplace on the end of the Jura Mountains onto Mare Imbrium. Represents a stack of 76 photos using the Registax software (Version 5.0)
 

Photographer

Pulsar Mills

Location

Maryland

Date

3-18-2011 @ 8:06 PM

Equipment

This image was shot with my Nikon D80 through my Celestron Nextar 6SE Telescope.

Description

2011 Supermoon as seen from Maryland shortly after rise.
 

Photographer

Brian Hough

Location

Maui, Hawaii

Date

3/19/11

Equipment

Skywatcher Dobson 12" 25 and 16 mm eyepieces Orion Skyglow Filter Canon S90 camera My hands placing the camera to the eyepiece...

Description

Super Moon from 3/19/11. Some of the better shots taken. All have been touched up to enhance contrast. This is my first ever astrophotography attempt. My scope is my first too :)
 

Photographer

Will Davis

Location

Tucson, Arizona

Date

03-19-11, 20:11 PM

Equipment

Meade DS 114mm Saturn Newtonian Reflector on standard alt-azimuth mount, 17mm Celestron Plossl, and iPhone 3 camera.

Description

March 19 Full Moon, just after rising
 

Photographer

Steve Yerby

E-mail

syerby@gmail.com

Location

Richmond, VT

Date

3-19-11

Equipment

Camera - Canon 350D Scope - Orion 80ED

Description

It's SUPER moon!!! Now, 14% bigger! Closest it's been in 20yrs! Richmond, VT
 

Photographer

Robert Cataldo

Location

West Hartford, CT

Date

3/18/2011 7:10 PM EDT

Equipment

Canon EOS 5D MkII 400mm lens with 2X extender for 800mm focal length

Description

Getting ready for the March Supermoon the next night, I was testing the setup when I had a surprise visitor. You can see the exhaust effect on the edge of the lunar disk behind the aircraft.
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