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Celestial Scenes
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PhotographerElias ChasiotisLocationAgrigento, Sicily, Italy.DateDecember 1, 2008.EquipmentWide field photo: Canon EOS 450D, Sigma 18-50 F2.8 zoom at 18mm and F9.0, ISO 200, exp. 1 second. Close ups: Canon 70-200 χιλ. F 2.8 zoom, 2x converter at 400 χιλ. F5.6, ISO 800, exposures 0.6 και 0.5 sec.DescriptionA dreamy trip to Agrigento, Sicily, Italy, for the occultation of Venus, as well as for visiting the majestic Valley of the Temples, the greatest complex of ancient Greek temples in the world. In this photo you see the most brilliant of them, the 2500 year old temple of Concordia together with the Moon, Venus and Jupiter. And the occultation was marvelously seen, as the weather was completely clear! |
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PhotographerBob JohnsonLocationSaskatoon SaskatchewanDateNovember 17 2008 10 amEquipmentBlackberry Curves phone cameraDescriptionJust happened to look up in the SW part of the sky November 17 and noticed The fireball, the location would have been right above Leo's head, lucky I had a camera phone. |
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PhotographerEfrain Morales RiveraLocationAguadilla, Puerto RicoDate11/16/08 03:32utEquipmentLX200ACF 12 in. OTA, CGE Mount, DSI III Pro Ccd, F/R F6.3, Astronomik LRGB filter set, Atik MFW. Guided: ZS ED80II APO, ST402 Ccd, CcdSoft v5. At 6min subs. Lum=2hrs, RGB=36min.DescriptionIts the star called Mirach it is a red giant about 450 times more luminous then our sun at mag 2 and 200 ly from us in the constellation andromeda. Because of its brightness the galaxy (ngc404) on its side 5 o'clock position it is difficult to see and hidden from the reflection of the star and its 11 mil. ly further at mag 10 from us. To image it took some trial and error until the light reflecting into the mirror optics was to a minimum at this frame-up. |
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PhotographerIan MercierLocationEast Angus, QuébecDatenovember 11EquipmentTaken with 200/1000 Newtonian on EQ6 pro, QHY5 camera nad red filterDescriptionThis is an image of Clavius taken with my new QHY5 monochrome camera (First light) at F/d 15 |
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PhotographerWilliam Pittman IILocationGreer SCDateNovember 2008EquipmentMeade ETX90 LPI.DescriptionCrater Eratosthenes followed by Montes Appeninus and mons Hadley at the end where Apollo 15 landing site sits. |
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PhotographerRobert CaseyLocationBellevue WADatesept 26, 2008 6PMEquipmentPanasonic Lumix FX500DescriptionAntique Spitz Planetarium projector, control panel |
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PhotographerNaveen L NLocationBangaloreDate28 Aug 2008, 19:15 IST ( GMT +5.5 )EquipmentCanon 450D, TripodDescriptionFantastic view of 3 Planets from Bangalore. Photo shows 3 planets, Mercury, Venus and Mars. |
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PhotographerFranz Xaver KohlhaufLocationWackersberg, about 50km south of Munich, GermanyDateAugust 9, 2008 21:57 UTEquipmentCanon EOS 400 D at 800 ISO with Sigma 18-125mm lens set a f/4.5, guided manually for 127sec. A photo-flash was used to illuminated the foreground.DescriptionWith this photograph I wanted to express what makes us star- gazers tick. A clear dark night, away from the lights of civilisation. Our home galaxy spread out over almost all of our night sky. One of the eternal wonders we may experience and yes, we are even able to photograph it ! Of course, my friend Reinhold Kammhuber who posed for the shot, prefers to have less light around his observing place, but for this picture he made an exception to the rule. |
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Photographerdietmar hagerLocation35 km north of linz, austriaDatejuly 2008Equipment9" TMB Apo SXVF H16DescriptionDate: 13.7.2007 - seeing 6-7/10; transp. 4-5/10 Scope: 9" TMB Apo f/6.8 using Astrophysicsreducer for OSC - M25C. 9" f/9 for monochrome CCD H16. CCD: SXVF H16- 10x1 sec L, 10x1 sec + 10x4 min R,G,B (synthetic L) Filter: Astronomik IIc July 2008: Software: AstroArt4 image acquisition, autoguiding, preprocessing in Maxim Dl Processing: postprocess. PS CS2 The colors in the image result from a G2V star-color-calabration procedure for the entrire image-train. |
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PhotographerMatt VentimigliaLocationArctic Ocean west of Novaya ZemlyaDateAugust 1, 2008 at about 12:01 ship timeEquipmentCasio 5MP pocket cameraDescriptionTotal solar eclipse in thin scattered clouds, passing shadow cone of the moon (traversing to the left in the photo) with partial silhouette of the bow of the nuclear-powered icebreaker 50 Years of Victory with eclipse flag flying on the bow mast later donated to the ship's captain Valentin Davydyants by Astronomical expedition leader Rick Feinberg. |
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