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Celestial Scenes
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PhotographerWill DavisLocationTucson, ArizonaDate08:00 UT, 06-10-2011EquipmentAn Olympus C-750 UZ digital camera, exposure time: 1/20 second, at f/3.7, ISO 50DescriptionA Waxing Gibbous Moon setting, the shape of the Moon is slightly distorted due to atmospheric refraction being that it was just barely touching the horizon. |
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Photographersteve coatesLocationOcala, FLDateJune 3, 2011EquipmentOrion 80mm EON Orion 80mm guide scope with SSAG Canon T1i (Hap Griffin modified) CG-5 mount (Hyper-tuned) Atronomik CLS light pollution filter clip for Canon EOS 2 minute exposures stacked in DSS for total integration time of 2 hours 9 min and processed in PS CS5DescriptionM8, M20 the Lagoon and Trifid nebula and M21 (open cluster) Ocala, FL Taken June 3, 2011 Constellation: Sagittarius ~4,100 light years distant |
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Photographerrobert fieldsLocationUnited StatesDateJune 2011EquipmentTakahashi Epsilon 180 with STL 4020DescriptionHa:OIII:R:R:G:B 240:180:80:80:30 min Total minutes: 610 or 10.16 hours |
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PhotographerLynn HilbornLocationGrafton, OntarioDateJune 7, 2011EquipmentImaged with TEC140 @f7 and FLI ML8300 cameraDescriptionOriginal data taken March 24,2011 and Supernova data added June 7, 2011. |
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PhotographerMichael BormanLocationEvansville, Indiana, USADateJune 4, 2011 19:03 UTCEquipmentTelevue 102iis refractor, Coronado SM90 h-alpha filter, BF30 blocking filter, Imaging Source DMK41AU02.AS camera, 2x barlow, Celestron CGE Pro mount. Composite of two images - one for the disk, and one for the prominence. Processing done with Registax and Photoshop.DescriptionJune 4th, 2011 had alot of activity of interest including two giant limb prominences and several sunspot groups. Other images of the sunspots and other prominences can be seen on my website listed above. |
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PhotographerG.T.LarsonLocationMoloka'i Hi.DateApril '09EquipmentNikon d-90, 18-105mm Nikkor , Gitzo tripodDescriptionThe Moon setting over the island of Oahu, taken from the island of Moloka'i Hi. thrity miles away. Orion in the upper left. |
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PhotographerSamuele GaspariniLocationPetriolo (Si) ItalyDate08.05.2011 h. 02.30 AmEquipmentRefr. Williams Optics 120 Ed with Houtech flattener. 5X6 min pics with Modified Canon 1000d at 800 iso. Mount: Skywatcher Eq6. Guide equipment: Skywatcher 80ed with Magzero M5. Samuele Gasparini. web address : www.astrobook.itDescriptionThe Dumbbell Nebula known as Messier 27, M 27, or NGC 6853 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula. |
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PhotographerSamuele GaspariniLocationAgritourism Torre Doganiera Pievescola (Si) ItalyDate29.05.2011 h. 03.10 AmEquipmentRefr. Skywatcher 80Ed with 0.85 flattener/reducer and Canon 1000d. Mount Skywatcher Eq6 . 7x6 min shots at 800 Iso. Guide equipement: Magzero M5 on Scopos 66Ed. Samuele Gasparini. Web address: www.astrobook.itDescriptionM8 (Lagoon nebula) and M20 (Trifid nebula) wide located in an incredibly rich area of the Milky Way in Sagittarius |
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PhotographerRod PommierLocationPommier Observatory, Portland, OR, USADate2011-05-09, 03:16UTEquipmentCelestron Compustar C14 telescope with 0.75x focal reducer (f/8). SBIG STL 11000M CCD at -25C,self-guided. Baader Planetarium LRGB filters. LRGB exposures=184:70:70:70 minutes=7hours:O4minutes total exposure.Calibrated with bias, dark, and flat field framesDescriptionThis is a close up view of M51, the Whirlpool galaxy, and NGC 5195 cropped from my earlier full frame submission. It shows dust lane detail down to the region of the stellar nucleus. Numerous faint background galaxies are also visible, although not as many as in the full field frame. These include the small blue face-on barred spiral galaxy IC 4278 above the bridge and the yellow edge-on spiral galaxy IC 4277 above the large diffuse "E" formed by the tidal spray of stars from NGC 5195. |
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PhotographerLynn HilbornLocationGrafton, OntarioDateApril 6,8,2011EquipmentTEC 140 @f7 and FLI ML8300 camera on G11 mountDescriptionM3 Globular Cluster, LRGB taken with TEC140 @f7 and FLI ML8300 camera at -30. All binned 1x1, L 35x2min, RGB each 9x5m. Taken by Lynn Hilborn, April 6,8, 2011 at WhistleStop Observatory, Grafton, Ontario |
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