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Celestial Scenes
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Photographerpaolo pinciaroliLocationCastel Sant'Angelo RI ItalyDate10.08.2009EquipmentEquatorial mount Eq6 Stellarvue 80 apo triplet Focal 480 mm CCd Sbig ST10XMEDescriptiontotal time 5 hours with sub of 15-30 min RGB 7-5-10 with sub 5 min in bin2 Site: Castel Sant'Angelo RI Italy |
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PhotographerDerek SantiagoLocationMorristown, NJ, USADate4/12/10 - 4/14/10EquipmentImaging Camera: QSI540wsg Imaging Scope: SVR90T Detail in the central galaxies is a composite,incorporating luminance data from QSI on 10" LX200R. Guide Camera: SX Lodestar Mount: Meade 10"LX200R Filters: Astrodon LRGB SVR Exposure: 1.25 hours each LRGB. Four minute subs. LX200R Exposure: total five hours luminance. Eight minute subs. Central crop to highlight the interesting bits.DescriptionHickson 68 is a compact galaxy cluster in the constellation Canes Venataci. The larger neigbor to the lower left is the barred spiral NGC 5371. |
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PhotographerGianni PasqualiLocationCimone Trentino North ItalyDate02/05/2009 21h11m32sEquipmentCanon eos 40D at prime focus of a Maksutov Cassegrain Intes Micro Alter M603 on a Vixem GP mount with Skysensor 2000DescriptionThe moon seems a world in black and white but if we exaggerate the colors in phase of elaboration we realize there of as its surface is various. This is due to differences in chemical components of the lunar surface, due to remixing caused by asteroidal impacts or from lava effusions. |
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PhotographerHerb BubertLocationDerry, NHDate4-21-2010Equipment11 inch Starmaster ELT. Tracking on Tom'O dual axis equatorial platform. Nikon Coolpix 4500 with 14mm Scopetronix eyepiece. 137 frames @ 200ISO stacked in Registax.DescriptionThis is part of a project with the goal to image Saturn through one complete cycle. |
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PhotographerDidier Van HellemontLocationLaukvik, Lofoten Island, NorwayDateMarch 18, 2010 @ 1 amEquipmentNikon D3 on tripod, 10 seconds at f/2.8 with a 24-70 mm lens (at 27 mm), 1600 ISO.DescriptionA really bright aurora turned the landscape around us green. The magnetometer at the Polarlightcenter on the Lofoten islands (Norway, Europe) never let us down and warned us whenever the northern lights were out. |
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Photographersadegh GhomizadehLocationIran TehranDate23 march 20.15 UTCEquipmentC11 + DMK21AU04.ASDescriptionSATURN'S RINGS: This week Saturn is "at opposition." That's astronomy jargon for "Saturn and the sun are on opposite sides of the sky." Saturn rises at sunset and soars overhead at midnight, up all night. This arrangement has a striking effect on Saturn's rings. Ciao |
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PhotographerCraig & Tammy TempleLocationHendersonville, TNDateJanuary 4, 5, 10 & 13, 2010EquipmentOrion 80ED at f/7.5; Astro Tech AT2FF zero-power field flattener; Canon Digital Rebel T1i, Hap Griffin Baader modified; Hutech IDAS LPS-V2-FF EOS Clip (RGB); Astronomik 6nm H-Alpha EOS Clip (Ha)DescriptionProbably the most famous and easily recognized deep-space object, Barnard 33, a dark nebula commonly known as The Horsehead, is situated in the middle of the constellation Orion. It gracefully stands out in front of emission nebula IC 434. Also visible in this image, is Alnitak, the very bright left-most star in Orion's belt. Below Alnitak is the Flame Nebula, NGC 2024, an emission nebula energized by Alnitak. To the left of The Flame is reflection nebula IC432. Above IC432 is reflection nebula IC431. To the right of the Flame, is reflection nebula, NGC 2023. The reflection nebula below NGC 2023 is IC435. |
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PhotographerJim TomakaLocationAlamogordo, NMDate3/5/10 9:40 PM MTEquipmentCelestron 6inch SCT @ f/6.3 unguided on a CG-5 mount. 30 x 30sec exposuress using an unmodified Canon Rebel XSI (ISO 400) stacked using Nebulosity 2.0, touched up using Phooshop 7.0DescriptionThe Orion nebula (M42) is a star-forming region about 1340 light years away in the constellation Orion (the Hunter). The image illusrates what can be accomplished with a minimum of equipment. |
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PhotographerCraig & Tammy TempleLocationHendersonville, TNDateFebruary 25, 2010EquipmentCelestron C8 Schmidt-Cassegrain at f/6.3; Atlas EQ-G, guided; Canon Digital Rebel T1i, Hap Griffin Baader modified; Astronomik CLS-CCD EOS Clip; 82 x 180sec @ ISO 800 (4hr. 6min.)DescriptionM108 (NGC3556) is a magnitude 10.20 barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. From Earth, we are viewing this galaxy edge-on. It was discovered in 1781 by Pierre Méchain. |
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PhotographerGuillermo YanezLocationLo Barnechea, ChileDateFebruary 7, 2010EquipmentTelevue NP101is SBIG ST8300M Celestron CG5 mount Astronomik CLS filter (to fight extreme light pollution in my area)DescriptionEmission nebula in Centauri (near the southern cross) that includes the particularly beautiful Bock globules where stars or even multiple star systems are formed. 18x5 min. mono exposure. Kappa sigma clipping. Images captured with CCDSoft, stacked with Deepskystacker and postprocessing with Photoshop elements (curves and level). Seeing 4/5; transparency 3/5 |
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