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Celestial Scenes
PhotographerKent BlackwellLocationCoinjock, NCDateDecember 1, 2008 5:45 pm ESTEquipmentCanon 20Da DSLR, 28mm f/7.1 ISO 400DescriptionThe view of a lonely ditch bank road in North Carolina with the Moon, Venus and Jupiter overhead. |
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PhotographerWojciech PiskorzLocationGliwice, PolandDate01.12.2008.EquipmentCanon 350D, Sky-Watcher 114/500, 1,6 s eksposure, ISO 800.DescriptionThis imags shows view from Gliwce, Poland, several minutes before occultation of Venus behind the Moon. |
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PhotographerMohammad AnsariLocationShiraz, IranDateDec. 01 2008, 18:00 (GMT+3.5)EquipmentPentax K10D Digital camera |
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PhotographerGain LeeLocationHuddersfield UKDate01 DECEMBER 2008 15.45UTEquipmentCANON 5D WITH CANON EF-L35-350MM @ 350MM AND WILLIAM OPTICS MEGREZ 80 MM FLOURITE REFRACTOR ON FIXED TRIPODDescriptionOccultaion of Venus on the 1st of December 2008. Images showing Venus just seconds away from being hidden behind the moon and minutes after reappearance an hour and a half later. Jupiter is the bright object to the North. |
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PhotographerKelsey GuerraLocationRandolph New JerseyDate11/20/08 at 5:30 pmEquipmentCanon G9 - standard lensDescriptionVenus and Jupiter dance along the southwest dusky sky on a crispy New Jersey night...! Tomorrow the moon with join the planets...can't wait! |
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PhotographerEric BishopLocationSW Phoenix, AZDate11/30/08 1830EquipmentTripod mounted Nikon D200 Digital using 70-200 @120mm f/2.8 VR Zoom ISO 100 6 second exposure @ f/5.6DescriptionImage rotated and cropped with Photoshop CS2 to show correct orientation to horizon. |
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PhotographerEfrain Morales RiveraLocationAguadilla, Puerto RicoDate11/27/08 09:30utEquipmentEquipment: LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, CGE mount, DMK21AF04 Ccd, Astronomik LRGB filter set, Atik MFW.DescriptionSaturn taken on the 27th, 05:30am (Good Turkey catch) in this stage the rings are getting narrower. Plus a small spot on the center of the lower ring shadow. And also showing other images taken by me in the last 5yrs showing its tilt angle as time passes to the present. |
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PhotographerAdrian GuzmanLocationsan jose ca.Date11208Equipmentnikon coolpix4500 |
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PhotographerTheo RamakersLocationMansfield, GeorgiaDate11/20/2008 18:14:42 local timeEquipmentCPC925 with DMK21AU04-AS in direct focus with a Williams Optics 2x barlow at an focal ratio of 13. 31 images out of 6000 at 1/1000sec.DescriptionThis is a special image showing the ISS on its 10th anniversary date with the space shuttle Endeavour docked. While I took this image, the second of 4 EVAs was in progress and spacewalkers Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper and Shane Kimbrough were working on the starboard solar alpha rotary joint. |
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PhotographerBob JohnsonLocationSaskatoon SaskatchewanDateNovember 30 , 6:37 pmEquipmentCanon 40D, 85mm, ISO 3200, Exposure, 1.6 secondsDescriptionGot a pretty image of the Venus Jupiter and Lunar conjunction, Venus with a cool halo. |
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