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PhotographerBernard MillerLocationRancho Hidalgo, NMDateMay 28 - June 1, 2011EquipmentTelescope: TEC-140 (F7) Camera: SBIG ST-8300M Mount: AP900 GTO Luminance: 15x10 minutes Red: 6x10 minutes Green: 6x10 minutes Blue: 6x10 minutesDescriptionHere is a picture of M64, also known as the Black Eye Galaxy and the Sleeping Beauty Galaxy. It is a spiral galaxy about 20 million light years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It is about 45,000 light years in diameter, and the inner part of the galaxy (about 3000 light years in diameter) is rotating in the opposite direction from the outer part of the galaxy (about 40,000 light years in diameter). |
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PhotographerWill DavisLocationTucson, ArizonaDate03:30 UT, 06-15-2011EquipmentA Meade DS series 114mm Saturn newtonian reflector telescope, an Olympus C-750 UZ, and a Meade 40mm super plossl eyepiece. Exposure time: 1/80 second, at f/3.7, ISO 50.DescriptionCraters on the east side of the Moon through a medium sized telescope, this detail is visible because the Full Moon occurred at 20:14 UT, so seven hours later at 03:00 UT, it had waned quite a bit. |
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PhotographerRoberto PalmerLocationBuñolDateJune 15 2011 & 23:07:23EquipmentDigital Camera Kodadk Easyshare Z981DescriptionThe fog prevented clearly see the dawn of the eclipsed Moon. But I got a sequence of images from 22:36 am to 23:25. I took exactly the time when the lunar disc entered the twilight zone, east brighter than the west. |
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PhotographerGiacomo BartolacciLocationBersk, Novosibirsk, Siberia (Russia)Date01 August 2008EquipmentCanon FTb on Tamron 400 f/5,6 with 2X teleconverter at full aperture; Velvia 100 color slide. Partiality: 1/30 sec with astrosolar filter; Corona: 1 sec. All on Manfrotto tripodDescriptionsequence of Total Solar Eclipse, 1th August 2008, captured from Bersk, Siberia (Russia). Partiality shot were captured 15', 30', 45' and 60' after 1st contact and 15', 30', 45' and 60' before 4th contact, Corona was captured at Greatest Eclipse time (10:46:19 TU), 17:46:19 of Local Time, with the Sun 30 degrees above my head |
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PhotographerJohn ChiravalleLocationGraham county, AZDate6/7/11 3:00 AMEquipmentAstroTech 12 inch F/4 Newtonian reflector manually guided with a 5 inch F/10 Celestron mounted on a Losmandy G-11. Canon 5D modified @ ISO 2000 with a 3 minute timed exposureDescriptionBright nebula NGC 1275, IC 4685, IC 1274, IC 1275 and dark nebula B 91 are within open cluster Cr 367 |
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PhotographerJoseph RomeLocationAustin, TexasDate06-03-11 10:30PMEquipmentOrion StarShoot IV, Edge-11 @ f/30 (Orion 2" 3X HighLight Barlow)DescriptionPoor night 2/5 1437 BMP's from Registax processed in Images Plus 4.25 |
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PhotographerCraig & Tammy TempleLocationHendersonville, TN, USADateJune 10, 2011, 9:07pm CDSTEquipmentTelescope: Celestron C8 @ f/10 Accessories: Atik EFW2 Filters: Baader LRGB Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G controlled by EQMOD performance tuned by Astrotroniks Camera: Imaging Source DMK31 Exposure: 1/109s Gain: 500 Length: 1:30 Acquisition: IC Capture.AS (Uncompressed AVI) 30fps Processing: Registax 6: highest 10% quality frames; ImagesPlus v4.0: R-L Deconvolution; PSCS5: curves, Noise Ninja, annotationsDescriptionThis is one of many lunar images we captured on the night of June 10, 2011. The waxing gibbous moon was just 9.54 days old, but already 72.2% illuminated. Our conditions were good, giving us the opportunity to capture some great features on the lunar surface. This image shows many mountains that chain together to form the larger mountain range known as Montes Apenninus. Many craters can also be seen, as well as some mare. (North is to the right in this image) |
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PhotographerAlex ConuLocationRodna Mountains, RomaniaDateAugust 12th 2010EquipmentCamera: Canon EOS 450D Baader modified Lens: Sigma 8mm f/3,5 EX DG Exposure: 8 x 420 s Aperture: 5 Sensitivity: 800 ISODescriptionIn the middle of Rodna Mountains, in northern Romania, light pollution is practically inexistent. The summer sky reveals itself in all its splendor. |
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PhotographerDhruvLocationPune, IndiaDate20:45 IST IST=5:30+GMTEquipmentI used a Meade 8inch telescope and a canon 500D DSLR camera mounted on the telescope with a T-ring to capture the photograph.DescriptionThough it is the monsoon season in India tonight was a quite clear night. In this photograph I have captured Saturn and the star Porrima using my telescope and putting the camera to prime focus. It was enjoyable to see Saturn again after the end of summer season. |
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PhotographerBernard MillerLocationRancho Hidalgo, NMDateMay 25-28, 2011EquipmentTelescope: TEC-140 (F7) Camera: SBIG ST-8300M Mount: AP900 FTO Luminance: 12x10 minutes Red: 6x10 minutes Green: 6x10 minutes Blue: 6x10 minutesDescriptionHere is a picture of NGC 4565, also known as the Needle Galaxy. It is a spiral galaxy about 31 million light years away in the constellation Coma Coma Berenices. Although it is a spiral galaxy, it looks thin because we are viewing it edge on as seen from earth. The galaxy is about 100,000 light years in diameter. |
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