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Celestial Scenes
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PhotographerMike HoodLocationKathleen, GeorgiaDateSept 21 2010 4:42 UTEquipmentThe photo was taken on a 1973 Celestron 14 on a AP 1200 mount. The camera was a SkyNyx Monochrome camera using RGB at F-29DescriptionThe Red Spot in transit as Jupiter is at opposition. |
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PhotographerClifton WhiteLocationSouth of Raratonga, Cook Is.Date7/11/2010EquipmentDroid phone camera hand heldDescriptionThis was taken on a Air Raratonga chartered flight from Raratonga,Cook Is. to fly above the clouds to see the solar eclipse on the morning of 7/11/10. The picture was taken at 25,000 feet. The horizon is truly amazing. |
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PhotographerPat PinnellLocationCrawford Co., Mo.DateJuly 11, 2010 at 04:00 a.m.EquipmentAT8RC, ST-8XME, G-11DescriptionComet 10P/Tempel moving through NGC 54, PGC 996, NGC 58, PGC 971, NGC 50 |
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PhotographerManuel FernandezLocationLeon, SpainDateJuly 2010EquipmentTELESCOPE: TAKAHASHI TOA 130 APO + Reducer @ f/5,8 (754 mm) MOUNT: TAKAHASHI EM400 TEMMA II CAMERA: CCD QHY9 (-25º) GUIDE: STV CAMERA / EZ GUIDER 60mm. TOTAL EXPOSURE: 13,5h (Ha=5x30min, SII=11x30min, OIII=11x30min) FILTERS: Ha 6 nm Astronomik, SII y OIII BaaderDescriptionThis nebula is part of a complex area that houses gas emission, absorption, and dark nebulae. In the picture you can see the most famous (the elephant's trunk), a large dark column within the areas of hydrogen IC 1396. |
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PhotographerRICK SPAULDINGLocationGLENDALE ARIZONADateSEPT. 17, 2000 - 9:20 PMEquipment8 INCH DOBSONIAN REFLECTOR, AND POINT AND SHOOT DIGITAL CAMERA. I HELD THE CAMERA UP TO THE LENS OF THE TELESCOPE, AND TOOK THIS PICTURE. FOR SOME REASON, HAVING THE AUTO-FLASH ON WAS NESSESARY. LOW TECH - SUPRISING RESULTDescriptionGANYMEDE'S SHADOW WAS BEGINNING IT'S TREK ACROSS THE FACE OF JUPITER, BUT BEFORE THE MOON COULD BLEND IN WITH JUPITER'S CLOUDS, I SNAPPED THIS PICTURE. |
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PhotographerTheo RamakersLocationSocial Circle, GADate2010-09-25 16:38:04 ETEquipmentSteelarvue SV80/90, DMK21AU04.ASDescriptionNo this is not the Moon, it is the cresent Venus as the ISS made a transit accross Venus from the driveway of a friend of mine. Frank Garner and I have been waiting a long time for this opportunity. Please note, this is a daytime pass at 4:38 P.M. local time. The sun is still 33 degrees high and 30 degrees from Venus. Venus was shining at a magnitude of -4.2 and the brightness of the ISS was -1.2, |
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PhotographerAndres ChapmanLocationBuenos AiresDate01/11/2009EquipmentTelescope; reflector 8" Mount; Eq5 dual axis with webcam autoguiding Camera; Canon Eos 300DDescriptionOrion Nebula The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated south[b] of Orion's Belt. It is one of the brightest nebulae, and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky. M42 is located at a distance of 1,344 ± 20 light years[2][5] and is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth. The M42 nebula is estimated to be 24 light years across. Older texts frequently referred to the Orion Nebula as the Great Nebula in Orion or the Great Orion Nebula. |
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PhotographerPaco Burguera CataláLocationCalpe, SpainDate24-9-2010EquipmentNikon D300 and fisheye lensDescriptionFull Moon and Jupiter rises over Penyal de Ifac at Calpe (Spain). Some clouds join to the show |
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PhotographerDan ZarlengaLocationWeldon Spring, MissouriDate8:18 pm CST, September 22, 2010EquipmentCanon 40D Canon 17-55mm lens @ 17mm f/22 ISO 100DescriptionThe moon and Jupiter came within 6 degrees of each other on the Autumnal Equinox. This image, overlooking the Missouri River just west of St. Louis, consists of a 90 minute exposure to create the trails combined with static images of each body taken immediately prior. |
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PhotographerOshin D. ZakarianLocationAlamoot valley, IranDateseptember 2010Equipmentcanon 40d body, 15mm f:2.8 fish eye lens. motor driven mountDescriptiona new married couple are looking at their orogin , the starry sky and to the birthplace of stasr, the orion nebula. |
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