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Celestial Scenes
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PhotographerPaul DaniellLocationTornado, WVDateJune 2008 - March 2009EquipmentMount Atlas EQ-G. Camera Canon Rebel IR Modified for all images except M1 and M94 (Starshoot DSI 1 for these 2). Telescope was Orion ED80 for all widefield images and 11" Orion SCT was used for close ups. Guiding with PHD from Stark-Labs, Images acquired and processed with Nebulosity. Post processing with Photoshop Elelments 4. Exposure times from a few minutes to several hours.DescriptionImaged all 110 Messier Objects from my driveway. Image attached is Messier 1-50. Messier 51-110 also availible and will be submitted seperately. |
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Photographersadegh ghomizadehLocationiran tehranDate10.march.2009EquipmentCelestron C11 + SKYnyx2-0 camera total 3000 frames stacksDescriptionHi Something special is happening to Venus. The brightest of all planets is hanging low in the western sky at sunset, and if you look at it with a backyard telescope, you'll see that it is a slender 4% crescent. But that's not the special part. What's special is, Venus looks like a rainbow The seeing was poor, but Venus was still bright and beautiful. |
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Photographermike ForsterLocationSpokane valley parkDateTuesday jan 13 2009EquipmentSony alpha 350 camera, 300mm zoomDescriptionDense fog was moving in across the disk of the sun. it looked like Jupiters bands so i snapped this photo. When i looked at it i saw the man in the sun....it was great! |
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PhotographerHunter WilsonLocationLexington, OhioDateHanuary 16, 2008 8PMEquipmentCanon 350D Hap Griffin Baader Mod Celestron 9.25 reduced 0.63 Astro-Physics Mach1GTO MountDescriptionComet 144P/Kushida was discovered by Yoshio Kushida in January of 1994 and has an orbital period of 7.2 years. At the time of this image, Comet 144P/Kushida was about mag 10.8 and had a coma of 9 min. It's position was approximately RA 03 50' DEC +15 43. This image shows the star trails that indicate the movement of the comet over the hour of time it took for the 22x180sec exposures. |
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PhotographerFabiomassimo CastelluzzoLocationFrasso Sabino (Italy)DateDecember/January2009EquipmentNewton Skywatcher 10 inch,Eq6 pro, Canon 350D autoguide magz on 70/900mm refractorDescriptionM81 is a very nice and a target for astroimagers. But the flux nebula presents in the field is a very difficoult target to achieve. In particula is difficoult for a dlsr camera. I try to take it using a quite long exposure in not very clear sky. Anyway I did it in 8 hours total exposures and stretching in processing |
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PhotographerJesper GronneLocationDenmarkDateJan. 2nd 2009 , 17:48EquipmentDSLR Canon 5D mark II on tripod, 24mm tilt/shift lensDescription140 megapixel photomerge, the horizon all the way around. I know that this 1000 pix don´t show the stars, but look at the link (also description of the objects) http://astrophoto.dk/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-404 |
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PhotographerTed Rafferty/Hunter WilsonLocationLexington, OH/Baltimore MDDate10-28 and 11-23-2008EquipmentModified 350D and C9.25 on AP Mach1 (Color) DSI Pro 2 and Meade SN8 on LXD75 (Hydrogen Alpha)DescriptionCollaboration of DSLR color and CCD Ha data to produce an image that uses the best of both. The two sets of data were registered and aligned in DeepSkyStacker and combined in Photoshop CS3. The combine method used is one described by Russell Croman. Layer masks were used to keep star colors true while allowing the Ha and RGB to combine in a way to optimize the nebula's appearance. |
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PhotographerAgust GudmundssonLocationSouth of IcelandDate21.03.2008EquipmentCanon EOS 30D on tripod using Canon 10-22mm lens at 10mm. Exposure time 1 second at ISO 1600DescriptionPhoto taken almost at midnight. Full moon with colorful halo. Moondogs with 22° halo, parhelic circle, upper tangent arc, circumzenithal arc and superlateral arc. |
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PhotographerCraig & Tammy TempleLocationHendersonville, TNDateJanuary 12, 2009EquipmentModified Canon 350D through a Celestron C8 at f/6.3. Atlas EQ-G mount using EQASCOM. Guided with PHD.DescriptionComet Broughton as it passed though Auriga on January 12, 2009. The temperature was about 37° F. Distance from observer: 1.91au Distance from sun: 2.76au |
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PhotographerDoug ZubenelLocationPottawatomie Co., KansasDateMay 4, 2008EquipmentGuided Canon Rebel XTi with an 85mm Nikkor lens @ f/5.6; 3 minute exposue at ISO 800.DescriptionHere are three fine Messier objects all "clustered" together in Auriga: M36, M37, and M38. Open clusters all, these winter sparklers are an easy target with binoculars, and resolve well in scopes as small as 4 inches in diameter. |
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