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PhotographerIan GorensteinLocationCherry Springs Park, PADate07/05/11EquipmentCelestron NS11/Hyperstar 3 at f/2, QHY10 CCD. And NO light pollution!DescriptionThis picture is taken in Cherry Springs Park in rural PA on 04/07. I love Pinwheel, it is large (twice as our own Galaxy!) and somewhat challenging to image. Exposure time - 115min. See my other image for identification of the brighter regions. |
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PhotographerEzequiel EtcheverryLocationFrazier ParkDate7/5/11EquipmentCelestron 9.25-F/6.3 Cgem Mount SBIG ST8300 W/filtersDescriptionM-13 "The Great Hercules Cluster" |
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PhotographerCraig & Tammy TempleLocationHendersonville, TN, USADateJune 30, July 2 & 9, 2011EquipmentTelescope: Stellarvue Raptor SVR105 @ f/7 Accessories: Stellarvue SFF7-21 flattener; Dew control by Dew Buster Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G controlled by EQMOD performance tuned by Astrotroniks Camera: QSI583wsg CCD @ -10.0C Guiding: Starlight Xpress Lodestar via PHD Filters: Astrodon 5nm Ha, OIII, SII Exposure: 12 x 20min. OIII & SII, 11 x 20min. Ha Acquisition: ImagesPlus 4.0c Camera Control Processing: Calibration, DDP in Images Plus v4.0; Registration in Registar Post-processing: Adobe Photoshop CS5; Hubble palette R=SII, G=Ha, B=OIII Date(s): June 30, 2011, July 2, 2011 & July 9, 2011 SQM reading (begin - end): N1:19.21-19.20; N2:19.00-clouds; N3:18.84-19.14 Temperature (begin - end): N1:76.8ºF-68.5ºF; N2:78.8ºF-73.8Fº; N3:78.3ºF-71.6FºDescriptionThis image of NGC 6992 - The Eastern Veil is our first image that we've processed using the HST palette. We used the standard mapping of SII = red, H-alpha = green, & OIII = blue. We just tried to have fun with it and adjusted the colors to what looked "pretty" to our eyes. |
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PhotographerlucienLocationfort greeneDate7/10/11 11:51 pmEquipmentcanon rebel xs pro tripod 055XPROBDescriptionThe moon is in the constellation Scoprio and in front of One Hansen Place. |
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PhotographerIan GorensteinLocationCherry Springs Park, PADate07/05/11EquipmentCelestron NS11/ Hyperstar3, QHY10, Baader UHC-S/L-Booster.DescriptionAfter reading in one of latest issues of S&T about mosaicing, I decided to do a simpler thing and kill two Messiers in one shot with this new QHY camera. Here you are - Lagoon and Trifid. Exposure - 75 min. |
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PhotographerAl HowardLocationGlacier Point, Yosemite National ParkDate08/13/10, 08/14/10EquipmentTelescope: TeleVue NP101is, f/5.4 Mount: AstroPhysics AP900 Camera: QSI 583WSG with Astrodon Gen2 filter setDescriptionThis wide field shows the Cocoon nebula along with the dark nebulosity of B168. |
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PhotographerRobertLocationHowell,MIDateSummer 2011EquipmentTakahashi Epsilon 180 and STL 4020DescriptionNGC 6960 Hydrogen Alpha, O III, LRGB |
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PhotographeramirrezakamkarLocationseqaleh-iranDate2011/06/27Equipmentcanon EOS 500d, startracker mountDescriptiona view of milky way with some clusters and nebulas. |
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PhotographerDave CooperLocationAvondale AZDate4/28/2011EquipmentMOUNT Fork LX200 10” Classic @ f/10 using 0.5 Optec reducer GUIDING Orion ED80 using Starshoot Autoguider with PHD Autoguiding Software CAMERA Starlight Xpress SXVF-H9C FILTER Lumicon Deepsky Filter EXPOSURE 12 x 10 minutes PROCESSING Maxim DL 4.62, CCDStack 2.0, Photoshop Cs5 with Noel Carboni’s Tools including StarSpikesPro2DescriptionThe nebula itself is formed by the outer layers of gas shrugged off by the central star visible in the image. |
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PhotographerJesus Carmona de ArgilaLocationMadrid (SPAIN)Date06/05/2011EquipmentSolarmax90 bf30. Imaging source DMK21Af04 3000 frames. Takahashi fs152NDescriptionProminence compared with the Earth. |
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