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Stars & Star Clusters
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Photographeraaron jockoLocationMattaw, OntarioDateaugust 25 2006EquipmentNikon D70s piggybacked, ISO 800, 10-minute exposure |
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PhotographerJohn L. GrahamLocationKettering, OhioDateApril 9, 2006EquipmentMeade DSI Pro at the prime focus of a Meade LXD75 SN6 Schmidt-Newtonian reflector.DescriptionLRGB (L:100x15sec, RGB: 30x15sec each, high gain) of M13 in Hercules. Source images saved as FITS, aligned and processed in Meade AutoStar Image Processing software. |
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Photographerdominique dierickLocationVarages, FranceDateAugust 2006EquipmentTMB 80 millimeter refractor, SBIG STL4020 CCD camera, Vixen Sphinx mount.DescriptionPleiades star cluster (M45) in Taurus. |
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PhotographerChristopher ConnellyLocationEast BridgewaterDateAugust 24, 2006, 10:00 PMEquipment8-inch LX200 Alt/Az mount. StellaCam II with focal reducer and Violet Light filter.DescriptionThis picture was obtained by capturing 30 seconds of streaming video. I then extracted 30 frames and stacked them in Registax, and processed the stacked pic in MicroObservatory software. |
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PhotographerRemy GresslyLocationLe Bouveret, SwitzerlandDate10/29/2005 01:15EquipmentCanon EOS300D with a Televue NP-101 refractor, piggyback on my Meade LX200 10" for tracking. No manual corrections or autotracking were applied. Temperature 10-15°C, no wind, sky transparency 7/10.DescriptionPleiades cluster (M45). 10x30sec, 1x3min, 1x5min photos stacked with IRIS (dark corrected), logarithmiic scaled with AIP4WIN to show nebulosities, contrast increased with Adobe Photoshop, and filtered with Neat-Image. |
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PhotographerSean WalkerLocationChester, NHDate05/30/06EquipmentSTF Mirage 7-inch Maksutov-Cassegrain, SBIG ST-8XE CCD camera, Losmandy G-11. Exposure time was 180 minutes of red, green, and blue filtered images.DescriptionMessier 92 in Hercules |
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PhotographerSteve MattanLocationCoeur d'Alene Lake, IdahoDateJuly 29, 2005EquipmentFour 15-minute long exposures with a digital camera on a tripod and a zoom lens set at 10 mm.DescriptionStar trails over Idaho. |
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PhotographerHerve DoleLocationSaguaro National ParkDateAugust 2004EquipmentISO 400 slide film and a 17-mm lens. Tripod-mounted Nikon N80.DescriptionSummer Triangle and cacti from Saguaro National Park |
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PhotographerJimmy WestlakeLocationSteamboat Springs, ColoradoDateJanuary 25, 2006Equipment5-minute exposure with a digital camera set at ISO 400 and a 300-mm lens.DescriptionBeehive Cluster M44 in the constellation Cancer. |
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