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Photographer

Tim Jensen

E-mail

tjensen03@gmail.com

Location

Saxaphahaw, NC

Date

March 18,2011

Equipment

C14 on CGE mount Canon XT camera at prime focus

Description

9 image mosaic of the Moon one day before "Super Full Moon", taken March 18, 2011
 

Photographer

Tim Jensen

E-mail

tjensen03@gmail.com

Location

Saxaphahaw, NC

Date

July 10, 2011

Equipment

C14 Flea3 IR filter

Description

Mosaic of images captured using a Flea3 camera at prime focus of C14 thru 708nm IR filter.
 

Photographer

Bill McMullen

E-mail

perseus475@hotmail.com

Location

Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park, Mattawa, Ontario

Date

July 26, 2011 at 11:00pm

Equipment

Photographed with a Canon EOS 7D, Sigma 17-70 at 17mm, f2.8, iso 6400 for 20 seconds, Manfrotto 055x pro tripod with Manfrotto ballhead.

Description

With sheet lightning all around me, I knew I had to capture this scene quickly as time was running out. Looking south, this photo depicts the Sagittarius region of the milky way. I got a few long exposures in before the approaching storm got too close.
 

Photographer

Samuele Gasparini

E-mail

sam.gasp@yahoo.it

Location

Montieri (Gr) italy

Date

30.07.2011 h. 11.PM

Equipment

Refr. Williams Optics 120 Ed with Hotech flattener and Canon 1000d and Astronomik Cls-ccd filter. Mount Skywatcher Eq6 . 6x6 min shots at 800 Iso. Guide equipement: Magzero M5 on Skywatcher 80ed. Samuele Gasparini. Web address: www.astrobook.it

Description

The Lagoon Nebula know as M8 or NGC 6523 is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittari
 

Photographer

Samuele Gasparini

E-mail

sam.gasp@yahoo.it

Location

Castelfiorentino (Italy)

Date

31.07.2011 h. 10.09 Am

Equipment

Lunt 50 mm 0.75A with Skywatcher 80 Ed and Atik 314L+ Personal web address: www.astrobook.it

Description

Big sun spot in Halpha
 

Photographer

Ezequiel Etcheverry

E-mail

ezequiel.etcheverry@yahoo.com

Location

Frazier Park,CA

Date

August 2011

Equipment

Celestron CGEM 9.25 F/6.3 SBIG ST8300M With Baader filters

Description

The Eagle Nebula
 

Photographer

Scott Gauer

E-mail

13scoga@gmail.com

Location

United States

Date

July16 @ 6:15 AM

Equipment

Celestron NexStar 6SE @ F/10 Canon PowerShot A 630 digital camera

Description

This was one of the trickiest shots I'v done, as Venus was only 10 degrees away from the sun. Because of this, I had to get up at 4 to align my telescope and wait for Venus to rise. This is and afocal image, used in conjunction with a 2x apochromatic Barlow lens and 17mm eyepiece.
 

Photographer

Rudolf Mueller

Location

Germany near Regensburg

Date

17.12.2007

Equipment

Newton 400mm F6, Barlow lens 2x, Canon EOS 400D, German Mount

Description

Animated gif of the comet Tuttle. Photographed: 17.12.2007 Time: 22:46h - 23:12h 12 pictures
 

Photographer

Maurizio Cabibbo

E-mail

mau.cab@libero.it

Location

Italia

Date

24 July 2011 h. 00,05

Equipment

Takahshi TOA130 guided with Orion Starshoot Autoguider on Takahashi FSQ106EDXIII. Losmandy G11 mount. Canon 1000D modified Baader Planetarium. 11x6min. Casole d'Elsa (Siena). Italy

Description

The "Veil" nebula is a large but faint supernova remnant. In the picture you can see the eastern portion of it. The nebula is about 1,500 light-years away from us
 

Photographer

Bob Johnson

E-mail

bjohnson555@hotmail.com

Location

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Date

July 25th 12:42 am

Equipment

Canon 40D camera with a 140mm lens.

Description

Was out to capture the Moon and Pleiades conjunction when as I was setting up and Aurora arrived as well. Breath taking to see this all happen live.
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