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PhotographerDoug ZubenelLocationCarroll Co., Missouri, USADateMarch 26, 1996EquipmentThis is an 11 minute exposure with a 24mm lens @ f/4 on Fuji Super G 400.DescriptionThe amazing comet Hyakutake is seen here sporting an ion tail stretching 60 degrees from its head well into the cluster of stars comprising the constellation of Coma Berenices. Not only was the comet cool, but the air temperature that morning was a crisp 8 degrees above zero F. |
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PhotographerDoug ZubenelLocationGove Co., Kansas, USADateLate March, 1997EquipmentThis was made with a 50mm lens. First, the arch was rendered with a flash @ 1/250th second exposure @ f/16. Then, the focus was shifted to infinity and the lens opened up to f/4 and the shutter opened again for 2 minutes guided.DescriptionHere you see Comet Hale-Bopp framed by the Keyhole Arch at Monument Rocks National Natural Landmark. This is a good representation of how the comet actually looked to the naked eye. |
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PhotographerDoug ZubenelLocationLinn Co., Kansas, USADate2006EquipmentThis a 10 minute exposure with a 135mm lens @ f/5.6 on a Mamiya back loaded with Kodak E200 pushed to ISO 800.DescriptionHere is the King of the Rings, Saturn, trying not to get stung by the bees comprising M44 in Cancer. Note the other,much smaller and fainter open cluster M67 just below and left of center. |
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PhotographerDoug ZubenelLocationVan Wert Co., Ohio, USADateMarch 8, 1976EquipmentThis is a 3 minute exposure with an old Argus C-3 camera, the 50mm lens wide open @ f/3.5. Kodak Tri-X 400 filmDescriptionHere is the Great Comet of 1976, discovered by Richard West from the European Southern Observatory. |
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PhotographerTom KindelLocationAustin TexasDateOct. 29, 2006. 8:00pmEquipmentTelescope: 8" f/6 Newtonian (Orion XT8) Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G Camera: Philips SPC900NC Webcam 2.5x PowermateDescriptionStraight Wall (Rupes Recta) Best 200 frames out of approx. 800. Processed in Registax v4 with 20 alignment points. High pass filter, Unsharp mask and Levels in Photoshop Elements v5. |
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PhotographerAlexandros DiamantisLocationAthens, GreeceDate27-11-2006 & 20:50:59 localEquipmentCELESTRON 9.25 XLT ON A CG5-SGT MOUNT. CAMERA: SONY DSC-H1. EYEP: BAADER 21MM. EXPOSURE TIME: 1 SEC, CAMERA F LENGTH: 7.5MM, F NUMBER:3.2, EXPOSURE COMPENSATION:-1.2 STEPDescriptionTHE IMAGE SHOWS THE MONTES CAUCASUS AND IMPRESSIVE SHADOWS ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON. |
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PhotographerDoug ZubenelLocationWallace Co., Kansas, USADateLate March, 1997EquipmentThis was made with a 50mm lens. Foreground was rendered first wit flash @ F/16, then sky tracked for 3 minutes @ f/2.8 Fuji Super G 800 film.DescriptionThis is the Great Comet of 1997 at its best from atop the highest point in Kansas, Mount Sunflower (e. 4,039). |
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PhotographerDoug ZubenelLocationGove Co., Kansas, USADateLate March, 1997EquipmentThis was a 5 minute exposure made with a 16mm fish-eye Nikkor @ f/5.6 on Fuji Super G 800 Plus. Flash was used during the exposure.DescriptionHere you see the western sky from under the Keyhole Arch at Monument Rocks National Natural Landmark. The zodiacal light and comet Hale-Bopp vie for attention. |
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PhotographerDoug ZubenelLocationGove Co., Kansas, USADateLate March, 1997EquipmentThis is a 10 minute exposure with a 50mm lens @ f/2.8 on Fuji Super G 800 Plus.DescriptionThe dust and ion tail of the magnificent Hale-Bopp about to set behind one of the Chalk Pyramids at Monument Rocks National Natural Landmark. |
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PhotographerDoug ZubenelLocationLinn Co., Kansas, USADateOct. 29, 2006; 7:15 - 7:30 pm, CSTEquipmentThis is a 15 minute exposure with a 135mm lens @ f/5.6 on Kodak E200 in a Mamiya back pushed to ISO 3200. The image was then scanned, converted to B&W and filtered to bring out the 8 degree ion tail, then sharpened once.DescriptionThe ion tail of Comet SWAN (C/2006 M4) shows in this B&W rendering in spite of light from the first quarter moon. |
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