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Celestial Scenes
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PhotographerMaurizio CabibboLocationItaliaDate29 May 2011 02.24 amEquipmentTakahashi FSQ106EDXIII f/3,6 - Canon 1000D modified Baader Planetarium - Orion Starshoot Autoguider on Takahashi TOA130 - Mount Losmandy G11 Gemini - 9x4 minutes shots - Agriturisno "Torre Doganiera", Pievescola, Casole d'Elsa (Siena) Italy.DescriptionThe "Veil" nebula is the visible part of a supernova remnant. In the pictures are visible: on the right NGC6960 (the "Witch's Broom"); on the left NGC6992 and to the right of center the "Pickering's Triangle" |
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Photographersteve coatesLocationOcala, FLDateMay 29, 2011Equipment2 minute exposures stacked in DSS for total integration time of 2 hours 14 min Orion 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 Processed with PS CS5DescriptionM8 the Lagoon nebula Ocala, FL Taken May 29, 2011 Constellation: Sagittarius ~4,100 light years distant |
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PhotographerGiacomo BartolacciLocationPievescola, Tuscany - ItalyDate29 May 2011Equipmentmount: Vixen GP photo equipment: modified EOS 40D + Tecnosky ED 70/420 with reducer/flattener William Optics 0,8x type III; 9x4 min - 800 ISO guide equipment: Orion Starshoot Autoguider + Orion 80/400DescriptionNGC 7000 and IC 5070, known as North America and Pelican Nebulae, Cygnus. |
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PhotographerGiacomo BartolacciLocationPievescola, Tuscany (Italy)Date29 May 2011Equipmentmount: Vixen GP photo equipment: modified EOS 40D + Tecnosky 70/420 with reducer/flattener William Optics 0,8x type III; 9x4 min - 800 ISO guide equipment: Orion Starshoot Autoguider + Orion 80/400 calibration: 9 dark, 11 flat elaboration: MaxIm DL and PhotoshopDescriptionNebulae and star clusters around Antares: on the bottom right side M4, on the left Antares; around Antares Vdb 107, a large and soft yellow nebula; the red one that partially wraps the star on the top right is sh2-9 |
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PhotographerGiacomo BartolacciLocationHakos Farm - NamibiaDate9 July 2010Equipmentmount: Skywatcher eq5 photo equipment: modified EOS 40D + Sigma 105 mm f72,8 macro; 9x6 min - 800 ISO - f/5,0 guide equipment: SBIG ST4 + Orion 80/400 calibration: 6 dark elaboration: MaxIm DL and Photoshop CROP OF THE ORIGINAL FRAMEDescriptionAntares and Rho Ophiuchi nebulae: the most interesting is IC 4603, the famous and very faint Rho Ophiuchi nebula. In the image there is some noise, probably because of a not perfect dark aquisition |
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PhotographerHugo LiuLocationNan-Tou,TaiwanDateMay 7, 2011EquipmentTakahashi 130F + 1.6x Extender. f/12.3. EM400. Camera:SBIG ST8300M. L:R:G:B = 15x4:15x3:15x3:15x3. All unbinned. Total exposure time 3 hours and 15mins.DescriptionM97 or Owl Nebula located 1,600 ly away from us which was found by French astronomer and surveyor Pierre Mechain in 1781. He also discovered many deep-sky objects M72,M74,M75,M78,M79,M94,M95....,Totally 26 or 27 objects. |
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PhotographerJames WillinghanLocationMarylandDate20110530 0221UTEquipmentTaken with Lumnera Skynyx 2.0M camera and Astronomix RGB filters through 12inch Meade SCT.DescriptionShow Saturn and the ongoing storm in the Northern Hemisphere. |
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PhotographerBrian McGaffneyLocationBancroft, Ontario CanadaDateApril 04 2011EquipmentF9 300 Ceravolo Astro graph. ME mount, with Apogee U16M CCD and Astrodon filtersDescriptionTaken at the Nutwood Observatory March 2011. Part of the pair M81 and M82. Perhaps the most perfect Spiral Galaxy in the night sky, thanks to close encounters with its neighbour M82 some 600 million years ago. It is a bright galaxy with magnitude of about 6.5 |
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PhotographerMichael L. McDermottLocationWildwood, MODate4/30/11 4:25AMEquipmentOrion 80ED,DSI-C,AP1200GTODescriptionCrescent Moon |
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PhotographerBob ChristmasLocationBarry's Bay, Ontario, CanadaDateMay 5, 2011 12:19 -->12:34 AM EDTEquipmentCamera: Canon Digital Rebel 300D SLR set at ISO 800 & RAW mode. Lens: Tamron 300mm f/2.8 lens, set at f/3.5 Mount: Super Polaris EQ. Tracked but not guided. Exposures: 6 x 60 seconds each = 6 minutes total. Stacked using Deep Sky Stacker 3.2.1; post-processing (levels and curves) done using The Gimp 2.6.DescriptionThese are the globular clusters M10 (left) and M12 (right) in Ophiuchus. NOTE: The trail at upper right, I suspect, is a geosynchronous satellite because the trail is approximately 15 arcminutes long in each of the individual minute-long exposures. Extrapolating to one hour, this would be 900 arcminutes = 15 degrees. Since the Earth rotates 15 degrees every hour, this would mean the satellite is stationary over the same spot on the Earth. North is at upper right, approximately perpendicular to the satellite track. |
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