Photo Gallery:
Note: All images in this gallery are copyrighted by the photographers and may not be
reused in any form without their permission.
Celestial Scenes
PhotographerGary WalkerLocationMacon, GADate15 Jan 2011 0037UTEquipmentTelescope: 10-in APM refractor @ f/36 Mount: AP 3600GTO Camera: Luminera SKYnyx 2-0M Astronomik RGB filtersDescriptionBy Jan 15th the revival of Jupiter's South Equatorial Belt had extended to begin ringing the Great Red Spot with dark material. South is up, left preceeding in this image taken with Jupiter only 39 degrees above the horizon. |
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PhotographerSteve FryLocationEl Dorado Hills, CADateNovember 2010EquipmentFSQ-106EDX at 530 mm focal length on Paramount ME. Total exposure of 2.5 hours with STL-11000M camera, AO-L adaptive optics, and Custom Scientific RGB filters. Unattended imaging with CCDAutoPilot controlling TheSkyPro, MaximDL, FocusMaxDescriptionThe Witch Head nebula - interstellar dust is reflecting a ghostly light from Rigel (the bright star at the right foot of Orion). This was a relatively short exposure for this dim object due to non-cooperative weather, and a synthetic luminance image was created from the RGB data. Taken in November 2010 at Sierra Skies Observatory in El Dorado Hills, California. |
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PhotographerMohammad OdehLocationAbu-Dhabi, UAEDate15 January 2011, 14:06:11 UTEquipmentMentioned EarlierDescriptionThis is the same photo I submitted before a while, but I've cropped the photo to get smaller photo size with more details especially for the ISS |
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PhotographerLynn HilbornLocationGrafton, OntarioDateover 5 nights in October/November 2010EquipmentTeleVue NP 101is telescope @f4.3 and a FLI ML8300 camera. Image is LRGB and Ha all binned 1x1. Mount is a pier mounted G11.DescriptionA rarely photographed combination. Giant molecular cloud and dust lanes in Perseus. On the left is IC348 a bright young cluster settled in the reflection nebula of this giant cloud. On the right side of this 2 frame mosaic is NGC 1333 and area of star birth surrounded by dark lanes of cosmic dust. Each frame is 9 hours of exposure for a total 18 hours over 5 nights in October and November 2010. Taken by Lynn Hilborn, WhistleStop Observatory, Grafton, Ontario. |
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PhotographerMohammad RahimiLocationEsfahan , IranDate22/1/2011EquipmentCanon 5D Camera , 5 Second Exposure .DescriptionOld Moon and The Lotfollah Mosque in Naqshe Jahan sqr. in Esfahan Iran, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naqsh-e_Jahan_Square |
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PhotographerMohammad RahimiLocationKhara Desert , Esfahan , IranDate24/11/2009 23ltEquipmentCanon 40D , 30 Second Exposure , with 10 mm lensDescriptionSky Observer in Khara Desert , Esfaha Iran |
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PhotographerMatt VossLocationBel Air, MDDate01/19/11 @ ~8:05PMEquipmentCelestron Powerseeker 127 EQ Fujifilm Finepix AV200DescriptionMy first attempt, holding the camera to the eyepiece. I was very surprised how well it worked. |
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PhotographerBrian CombsLocationBuena Vista, GADate1-15-11 9:23 UTEquipmentC14#f/28 Paramount ME PGR Flea 3DescriptionSeeing was very good when this image was taken which shows the growing storm on Saturn. |
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PhotographerRoy TroxelLocationHarford County, MD, USADateJune 29, 2009EquipmentPhotographed by Larry Hubble, Roy Troxel and Gary George, with Canon 50D camera and 120mm Orion SkyView Pro f/8.3 refractor, on GEM using TruTrack drive.DescriptionSea of Serenity and Caucasus Mountains. The two large craters are Aristotle (top) and Eudoxus(below) |
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PhotographerMP WalshLocationPalos Verdes, CADate750am Jan 21EquipmentTripod and Cannon cameraDescriptionPacific coast, just off of LAX Airport... |
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