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Celestial Scenes
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PhotographerBernard MillerLocationRancho Hidalgo, NMDateMay 21 and 25, 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 a Galaxy Cluster known as Markarian's Chain. This is not the entire cluster, but includes a section centered around M86 (The large galaxy in the center of the picture). Markarian's Chain is part of the Virgo cluster of galaxies in the constellation of Virgo. It is named after Armenian astrophysicist, B. E. Markarian, who discovered their common motion in the early 1960s. The galaxies in this picture include M86 (in the center), then counter clockwise from the left side of the image are NGC4438, NGC4435, NGC4402, M84, NGC4387, NFC4388, NGC 4413, and NGC4425. |
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PhotographerHoward H BowerLocationChandler, AZDate6/7/2011 - 12-1:00 AMEquipmentImaging Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106ED Autoguider: Starlight Xpress Lodestar Imaging Camera: QSI583wsg Mount: AP Mach 1 GTODescriptionThe Lagoon Nebula, Messier 8 (NGC 6523) is one of the finest star-forming regions in the sky, is is faintly visible with the naked eye in clear dark skies. It is a giant glowing cloud of interstellar gas, divided by a dark lane of dust, containing a cluster of young stars. This HaRGB "snapshot" consists of 1-Ha exposure of 15 minutes and 1- each of RGB at 7 minutes. |
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PhotographerWill DavisLocationTucson, ArizonaDate03:55 UT, 06-04-2011EquipmentMeade 114mm DS series Saturn reflector telescope, on Meade alt-azimuth mount, with a Meade 40mm super plossl, and an Olympus C-750 UZ digital camera, exposure time: 1/10 second, at f/2.8, ISO 50.DescriptionThe Waxing Crescent Moon, taken through a telescope, I set the sharpness on the camera as high as it would go to make more detail come out. The Moon was probably about 10 degrees high when I took this. |
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PhotographerCraig & Tammy TempleLocationHendersonville, TN, USADateJune 6, 2011 at 8:42 a.m. CDSTEquipmentTelescope: Lunt Solar Systems LS60THa/B1200CPT Camera: Imaging Source DMK31 Accessories: TeleVue 2.5x Powermate Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G performance tuned by AstrotroniksDescriptionToday the Sun put on a real nice show, allowing us to capture some great prominences. This is a false-color image of a few of the prominences, including one that was "detached". |
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PhotographerGiacomo BartolacciLocationPievescola, Tuscany - ItalyDate29 May 2011Equipmentmount: vixen GP photo equipment: modified EOS 40D on Tecnosky ED 70/420 with reducer/flattener W.O. type III, 9x4 min shots at 800 ISO guide equipment: Orion SSAG on Orion 80/400 calibration: 9 dark, 11 flat elaboration: MaxIm DL e PhotoshopDescriptionM16, the "eagle nebula" on the bottom right and the sharpless nebula Sh-2-53 on the top left. An inusual frame with M16 |
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PhotographerJaime Roberto Muñoz LuqueLocationBogotá, D.C. COLOMBIADateJanuary 29, 2010 7:52 p.m. Local timeEquipmentHP Photo Smart R717 Camera attached to a Celestron Astromaster 130EQ with moon filter. f/3.5, ISO-200, 1/26s exposure.DescriptionThis picture shows the Tycho crater on the moon when it was on its 2010 perigee. |
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PhotographerJoseph RomeLocationAustin, TexasDate06-04-11 2:30AMEquipmentEDGE-11 @ f/2 Hutech Canon 5D mkII, LPS-P2-48 filter ST-120 guide scop using the Orion Solitarie auto-Guider Gathered and processed in Images Plus 4.25DescriptionShooting light to go deep. Image the interior of M8. |
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PhotographerSamuele GaspariniLocationCastelfiorentino (Fi)Date02.06.2011 h. 09.10 AmEquipmentSkywatcher 80 Ed with Lunt Solar Halpha Filter 50mm 0.75 Ang, Sum 40 pics with Atik 314 L+.DescriptionAutor: S. Gasparini. web address : www.astrobook.it |
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PhotographerMartin DawsonLocationYork, EnglandDate2011 June 04 00:10:06EquipmentCanon EOS450d with Tamron 18mm-200mm (set at 18mm) mounted on a Topcon/Slik 88 hybred tripod. 15 sec exp. F4 ISO 200DescriptionHaving heard of a Iridum flare taking place just after midnight, I set my camera up while some members of the York AS where stood talking and putting equipment away. I shot a few exposures checking focus, ect. The alloted time came and went but the Iridium was a no-show. I moved my equipment to look north, again I checked my settings when I noticed a moving object, I thought at first it was a Iridium but it grew in brightness and developed a lovely trail. When I checked my camera I could not believe my luck. Martin Dawson York Astronomical Society |
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PhotographerNicolae IliutLocationSibiuDate05.06.2011EquipmentBenq Digital CameraDescriptionSun Halo |
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