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Celestial Scenes
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PhotographerTheo RamakersLocationSocial CircleDate2011-06-19EquipmentSolarMax40 and DMK41AU02.AS camera with Meade 140 2x barlow.DescriptionI noticed a light bridge accross the big sunspot in active regions AR1236. I decided to image a closeup and it turned out that the sunspot had a double light bridge. Here the inverted image of the active region in which the sunspot shows up white and the bridge dark. |
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PhotographerWill DavisLocationTucson, ArizonaDate04:00 UT, 03-28-2011EquipmentAn Olympus C-750 UZ digital camera, on a Sunpak photo tripod, with a 2.3x super telephoto lens. Exposure time: 5 seconds, at f/2.8, ISO 50.DescriptionM45 ,(The Pleiades), star cluster in Taurus, on a windy night close to the horizon, setting about two hours later. M45 is one of the closest open clusters at a distance of about 400 light years, and also one of the brightest. |
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PhotographerCraig & Tammy TempleLocationHendersonville, TN, USADateJune 12, 2011, 9:32am CDSTEquipmentTelescope: Lunt Solar Systems LS60THa/B1200CPT Accessories: TeleVue 2.5x Powermate Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G performance tuned by Astrotroniks, controlled by EQMOD Camera: Imaging Source DMK31 Exposure: 1/15sec. (prominences), 1/77sec. (surface) Gain: 888 (prominences), 500 (surface) Length: 2:00 eachDescriptionThis image of the Sun, captured on the morning of June 12, 2011, is a composite of two images that were combined to show the prominences and surface together. We think the bright prominence to the left of the large center one looks like the shape of a person that is pointing to the big, center prom. The image was processed in false-color, then cropped to remove the bad edges that resulted from aligning the two images. |
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PhotographerJames WestLocationHampshire, EnglandDate19th June 2011, 2258 BSTEquipmentCelestron CGEM EdgeHD 925 with Canon 40D at prime focus. 1/1000s at ISO 1600DescriptionA transit of the ISS overhead on the 19th June 2011. |
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PhotographerMarian-Lucian AchimLocationTismana, Gorj, RomaniaDate19.06.2011EquipmentTelescope: EQUINOX 120 f 7,5 Camera QHY IMG0H TeleExtender Meade 5XDescriptionA beautiful sunspot developed on the sun these days. Although very wet, atmosphere allowed the capture of 3246 frames of which I used 235 frames.It also includes many details can be seen in this stain, and solar granulation. |
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PhotographerBernard MillerLocationRancho Hidalgo, NMDateMay 28 - June 1, 2011EquipmentTelescope: TEC-140 (F7) Camera: SBIG ST-8300M Mount: AP900 GTO Luminance: 12x10 minutes Red: 6x10 minutes Green: 6x10 minutes Blue: 6x10 minutesDescriptionHere is a picture of NGC 6946, also known as the Fireworks Galaxy and Open Cluster NGC 6939, both on the boarder of the constellations Cepheus and Cygnus. The Fireworks Galaxy is about 10 million light years away and nine supernovae have been detected in this galaxy since 1917. |
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PhotographerBernard MillerLocationRancho Hidalgo, NMDateJune 3 and 5, 2011EquipmentTelescope: TEC-140 (F7) Camera: SBIG ST-8300M Mount: AP900 GTO Luminance: 12x10 minutes Red: 6x10 minutes Green: 6x10 minutes Blue: 6x10 minutesDescriptionHere is a picture of M63, also known as the Sunflower Galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. The Sunflower Galaxy is about 37 million light years away and has a diameter of 100,000 light years, about the same as our Milky Way galaxy. |
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PhotographerPhilippe MOREL & Marielle RUFINLocationNikel, RussiaDate2001/06/01 20h34UT to 21h41 UTEquipmentCassegrain Maksutov telephoto lense F : 500mm, F/D = 6,3 on photo pier. Astrosolar D = 3,8 filter. One image per 3 minutes. Defiltered Canon 350D DSLR on ISO50. Landscape during the eclipse : photo/video camcorder Sanyo Xacti 10 mega. |
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PhotographerG.T.LarsonLocationMoloka'i Hi.DateApril '09EquipmentNikon d-90, 500 mm Nikkor mirror lens, gitzo tripod. F-8, 1/640 shutter speed, 500 ISO.DescriptionFull Moon with clear Moloka'i Hi. night skies. |
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PhotographerWilliam MurrayLocationSE of Eugene, ORDate30 April 2011 21:34EquipmentCanon XTi, 28mm FD f2 @ f2.8 (FD to EOS adapter), 75 seconds, ISO 800, piggy-back on an Alt-AZ mounted 8" LX-90DescriptionThe International Space Station cruises through Ursa Minor and beneath Polaris on 30 April 2011. Taken from the Eagles Rest observing site SE of Eugene, OR. |
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