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Celestial Scenes
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PhotographerAlejandro Eduardo RussoLocationChascomús, Provincia de Buenos Aires, ArgentinaDate03-Feb-2011 at 04:47 U.T.EquipmentLumix FZ18 camera, without a telescope, fixed. One shot. Exposure time: 60 seconds, ISO-100.DescriptionPicture shows the constellations of the Southern Cross with Dark Nebula "Coal Sack" at the bottom, Centaur with the globular cluster Omega Centauri and Carina with the Carina Nebula. |
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PhotographerJohn ChiravalleLocationGraham County AZDate2/12/10 8:45 PMEquipmentAntares 8 inch Newtonian on a G-11 Losmandy mount. A modified Canon 5D digital camera @ ISO 1200 with a 6 minute timed exposure. Guiding was manual with a 4 inch Orion refractor mounted on the 8 inch reflectorDescriptionNGC 2237 (Rosette Nebula) with open cluster NGC 2244. |
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PhotographerJohn SchollLocationCovington, La, USADate04/27/2011 12:40 AM CDTEquipmentCelestron CPC 8, Alt/Az, Celestron 6.7 FR, Mallincam Jr., MFR5 Focal Reducer in the camera. Stack of 50 4 second exposures.DescriptionThe Dubbell Nebula imaged with a Video astronomy camera. The images were stacked using Deepsky Stacker and the brightness levels were adjusted using ACDsee. |
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PhotographerEzequiel EtcheverryLocationFrazier Park-CADateMay 5th 2011EquipmentCelestron 9.25 F/10. CGEM Mount SBIG 8300M W/Baader Filters SetDescriptionTotal exposure= L=80' R=45'G=45'B=55' With 50% of moonlight behind. |
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PhotographerBernard Miller and Arei NagelLocationRancho Hidalgo, NM and Eindhoven, NetherlandsDateMay 2011EquipmentTelescope: TEC-140 (F7) for RGB Telescope: 300mm Newtonian (F3.9) for Luminance Camera: SBIG ST-8300M Mount: AP900 GTO for Tec-140 Luminance:5 x 12 minutes, 1x8 minutes, 18 x 5 minutes Red: 6x5 minutes (unbinned) Green: 6x5 minutes (unbinned) Blue: 6x5 minutes (unbinned)DescriptionThis picture is a collaboration between Bernard Miller from Phoenix, AZ and Arie Nagel, Eindhoven, Netherlands. Arie took the luminance date on his 300mm Newtonian and combined it with the RGB from Bernard's TEC-140. Both used the SBIG ST8300M camera. The image processing was done by Arie and Bernard. |
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PhotographerEfrain Morales RiveraLocationAguadilla, Puerto RicoDate05/19/11, 02:16utEquipmentLX200ACF 12 in. OTA, F6.3, CGE mount, ST2000xm, AO8, CFW9, Astronomik Lum only filter set.DescriptionNGC3972 is located in constellation Ursa Major, Inside the big dipper bowl with a recently discovered super nova above the galaxy in this image. |
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PhotographerTheo RamakersLocationSocial CircleDate2011-05-30EquipmentThe image was taken with a SolarMax40 and a DMK41AU02.AS. AVI was stacked in Registax5 and post processed in PhotoShopDescriptionThe Sun and its active regions on May 30 2011. The image is inverted and shows the active regions as well as some of the prominances around the solar disk. The sun has been quiet for most of last week, but activity has pickes up since yesterday. |
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PhotographerTim LockhartLocationBowling Green KYDateThe evening of April 12th, 2011 at approximately 11:15pm. DST.EquipmentTaken through a Celestron C9.25 SCT, on a Celestron CG-5 mount, with a DMK21AU04.as Imaging Source video cam, using a Televue 2.5x powermate and Baader RGB filters.DescriptionThis is an image of Saturn showing the ongoing storm area (top, just off center.) It also shows three of it's moons respectively left to right, Dione, Tethys and Enceladus. |
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PhotographerTakehiko HashimotoLocationBolibiris(Marocco)Date11 May,1994EquipmentPENTAX75SDHF,EOS7,Mark-X(Mount),VelviaDescriptionOnly 4 people could see this fantastic eclipse... |
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PhotographerErik NelsonLocationPort Republic, MDDateApril 20 11:00pm EDTEquipmentOrion Skyview Pro 8" eq reflector with Pentax K1000 SLR film camera and Fuji Superia. 8 mins at ISO 400. Manually guided using Stellarvue 9X50 finderscope, Celestron 2x Ultima barlow, and Meade illuminated reticle plossl with Rigel pulse guide. Noise reduction and image sharpening in Photoshop.DescriptionM51 |
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