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PhotographerzoranLocationcroatiaDate17.04.2010. 20.52EquipmentCanon EOS 50D, ef 17-40 lens mounted on a tripodDescriptionPhoto shows 3 day old Moon over M45 and Venus. |
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PhotographerJim GrantLocationOcean Beach CaDateFriday 4/16/2010EquipmentNikon D50 200 mm lens....f5.6 1/800 secDescriptionI walked out on the pier to get a good angle. The sun is setting through the pier and a nice green flash is visible.... |
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PhotographerDale ConradLocationSedro Woolley, Wa.DateMarch 2010EquipmentMeade 102ED at F9 with Hutech 40D Older MI-250 (Tangen Arm Mount) Orion 100 guide scope and Star shoot Auto Guider & PHD guiding.DescriptionOrion and Running Man Nebulas |
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PhotographerCraig & Tammy TempleLocationHendersonville, TNDateApril 11 & 12, 2010EquipmentCelestron C8 Schmidt-Cassegrain at f/6.3; Orion Atlas EQ-G, off-axis guided; Modified Canon Digital Rebel T1i; Astronomik CLS-CCD EOS Clip; 38 x 480sec @ ISO 800DescriptionM61 (NGC4303) is a magnitude 10.18 spiral galaxy located about 52 million light-years distant in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered on May 5, 1779 by Barnabus Oriani while searching for a comet. Charles Messier saw M61 this same night, but thougt it was the comet. After a few days of observing the object, he realized that it was not, in fact, the comet, but a nebula (which was later determined to be a galaxy). |
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PhotographerDanny FlippoLocationCaprock Canyons State Park, TexasDate11/19/2009EquipmentExposure: 4 x 40min. Optics: 135mm Olympus Lens @ f/3.5 Mount Astro-Physics AP400QMD Camera: SBIG ST-10XME Processing: CCDStack, Photoshop CS4DescriptionFaint nebulosity of supernova remnant Simeis 147 in Taurus. It is one of the faintest objects in the sky and covers nearly 3 degrees. |
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PhotographerDale ConradLocationSedro-Woolley, Wa.DateMay 8, 2010 22:00hrs +EquipmentScope Meade 102ED Camera Hutech modified Canon 40D Baader IR/UV rejection filter. MI-250 tangent arm mountDescriptionDumbbell Nebula in the constillation Vulpecula. |
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PhotographerHanjo KwonLocationUiryeong, South KoreaDate10/15/2009 02:00 KMTEquipmentTakahashi Epsilon130(f3.3 fl=430mm) with cooled EOS350d, EM200 mount, Vixen70s Guide TelescopeDescriptionTotal exposure time was 4h 30m for ths image. This beautiful nebulae is an everlasting theme to astrophotographer (living in northern hemisphere). I did not use any optical filters (LPS-P2, Ha..etc.) for this image and stacked and processed the image with PixInsight Pro demo version. |
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PhotographerJohn AmbroseLocationCherry Stone Campground, Cheriton, VaDateApril 14, 2010, 10:30PMEquipmentShot was taken at campsite with a Canon 20Da camera w/ Canon 50mm lens mounted atop Nexstar 6 for tracking. The shot is a single 60 second frame at ISO800; f/3.2; IDAS filter.DescriptionThe Beehive cluster with Mars close by, taken at Cherry Stone Campground in Virginia on April 14, 2010. A car passed down the road illuminating the pine tree during the shot. |
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PhotographerGuillermo YanezLocationLo Barnechea, ChileDateMay 1, 2010EquipmentTelevue NP101is SBIG ST8300M Losmandy GM8 mount Astronomik CLS filter (to fight extreme light pollution in my area)DescriptionThis huge Paw print in Scorpius is an emission nebula where particularly massive stars are born. 20x5 min. mono exposure. Images captured with CCDSoft, average combine with Deepskystacker and postprocessing with Photoshop elements (curves,levels and unsharp mask). Seeing 5/5; transparency 4/5. |
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PhotographerPeter WienerroitherLocationVienna, AustriaDate04/18/2010EquipmentPentax 75, CCD QHY8, Vixen GP-DXDescriptionMars was near M44 in mid April 2010. |
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