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Celestial Scenes
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PhotographerJames MaxwellLocationCaldera Rim Observatory, NMDateFeb 4, 2009, 4:45-5:30 AMEquipment10" F/4 Schmidt Newtonian (Meade) with Baader Coma Corrector. 5" Guidescope with autoguider. Losmany G-11 Mount. Color Astro 400D (Canon Rebel)cooled DSLR. Photograph taken at -11C and at 8300 ft. elevation. Dark and Flat frames applied. Processed in Nebulosity and Photobrush.DescriptionComet Lulin with tail and anti-tail. A composite of 24 x 90 second exposures, totaling 36 minutes, tracking the comet. |
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PhotographerGregg RuppelLocationEllisville, MODate2/4/2009 0530 local timeEquipmentASA 10" astrograph, SBIG STL11000, Losmandy G11DescriptionComet Lulin had a major disconnect in its tail on the morning of 2/4/09. I just happened to be imaging it at the time. |
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PhotographerJames ChampagneLocationRamah, LouisianaDate2-5-09EquipmentCanon EF 200mm f/2.8L II Camera Lens at f/2.8 Focus with homemade Bahtinov Mask Piggybacked on Celestron C8 Fork Mount Canon XTi 15 X 240 sec. exposures ISO 800DescriptionComet Lulin is making its way to the double star Zubenelgenubi. |
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PhotographerJamie BradleyLocationChesnee SCDate02-01-09 3:30 amEquipmentOrion Atlas Mount Orion 6" Imaging Newtonian Orion SSDSCI ProDescription20x180 Second Exposures Nice cluster of about 500,000 stars in Canes Venatici, some 33,900 light years away from Earth |
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PhotographerDave WeixelmanLocationNevada City, CADateJanuary 29, 2009. 11 pm PSTEquipmentStellarvue 105 mm f/7. Starlight Express SXV-H9 camera. Losmandy GM8 mount. 12 X 7 minutes Ha, 12 X 7 minutes OIII. Ha and OII combined to produce synthetic green channel.DescriptionThis nebula, with its wing-like appendages, is popularly called Thor's Helmet. This nebula is about 30 light-years across. The central bubble is the result of a fast wind from a bright, massive star near the bubble's center. Known as a Wolf-Rayet star, the central star is an extremely hot giant thought to be in a brief, pre-supernova stage of evolution. Cataloged as NGC 2359, the nebula is located about 15,000 lightyears from the sun. |
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PhotographerEfrain Morales RiveraLocationAguadilla, Puerto RicoDate01/25/09 06:56utEquipmentLX200ACF 12 in. OTA, DMK21AF04 Ccd, TeleVue 3x barlows, Astonomik LRGB filter set, Baarder Uv/Ir filter.DescriptionIts apparent now that the rings have tilted slightly now approaching opposition, The cassini div. is observable and C,D rings also. |
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PhotographerJason CottleLocationCoyle Field , NJDate1-24-09EquipmentImage captured with a self modified Canon 350XT exposures consisting of 8x600 seconds iso 800 Orion ED80, WO 0.8 FR/FF II, Baader UV/IR cut,LP-1 mounted on Atlas EQ-G and guided with PHD using a DSI and F60M guide scope frames were calibrated in MaximDL and processed in PSCS2DescriptionThis image shows the Rosette Nebula and open cluster |
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PhotographerRoger CooperLocationOcean City Md.Date7-12-2008 5:45a.m.EquipmentOlympus C-8080 Wide Zoom 8Mp Digital Camera with a 58mm Ed-High Resolution Lens set auto exp.DescriptionThe sun rising as far east as you can go in Ocean City Md. |
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PhotographerPat PinnellLocationMoselle, Mo.DateFebruary 01, 2009 05:30 a.m. c.s.t.EquipmentTakahashi TSA102s, Losmandy G-11, Canon 40DDescriptioncomet C/2007 N3 Lulin |
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PhotographerDoug ZubenelLocationLinn Co., KansasDateJan. 31, 2009, 10:08 pm, CSTEquipmentCanon Rebel XTi with a 135mm Nikkor lens @ f/3.2; 277 second exposure at ISO 400.DescriptionAlthough upstaged by Comet Lulin, Comet 144P/Kushida has been a nice evening target for small telescopes and cameras. Here it is slowly moving eastward among the stars of the Hyades Cluster in Taurus. |
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