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PhotographerRobert NovakLocation45.09 n 87.07 w Door County WisconsinDate10-5-2008 between 07 an 09.00 UTCEquipmentShot with affordable used equipment. Self modified Canon 350d dslr. Orion 80ed with William optics reducer-flattener vII. WO 66 guide scope and DSI pro. Riding on a used Vixen Sphinx mount. 10x10min lightsDescriptionBernard 33, dark nebula in the Orion constellation has long been my favorite Astronomical object. One can only imagine the excitement felt by Williamina Fleming when viewing this object for thr first time. |
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PhotographerJan SonnvikLocationDalby, SwedenDateSept 24, 2008EquipmentModified Canon 20Da with 200 mm lens @ f3.2 and Kenko R-64 deep red filter. Camera mounted piggyback on Celestron NexStar 11 GPS. Guiding with the NS11 at f3.3 with Meade DSI/PHD Guiding. The image is an average of twenty ten-minute exposures. Post processing with ImagesPlus and Photoshop.DescriptionThe IC1805/IC1848 nebula complex is located in Cassiopeia about 4 deg north of the great Double Cluster in Perseus. The open cluster near the center of the image is NGC1027. Also note the small cluster Czernik 13 in the upper right quadrant of the image. |
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PhotographerJan SonnvikLocationDalby, SwedenDateAug 08, 2008EquipmentModified Canon 20Da with 200 mm lens @ f2.8. The camera was mounted piggyback on my NexStar 11 GPS. Guiding with the NS11 at f3.3 with Meade DSI/PHD Guiding. The image is an LRGB composite. The L channel is an average of 16 15-minute exposures with a Kenko R64 filter. The color channels are averaged from 24 6-minute exposures without filter. Post processing in ImagesPlus and Photoshop.DescriptionThe North America Nebula (NGC7000) and Pelican Nebula (IC5067) is located near brilliant Deneb (upper right). Also note the Magic Carpet Nebula (IC5068) at the bottom of the image. |
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PhotographerJan SonnvikLocationDalby, SwedenDate2006EquipmentCanon 20Da/Celestron NexStar 11 GPS with f6.3 reducer. The color channels are averaged from a batch of 100 individual exposures. This allows the color saturation to be greatly enhanced without introducing too much color noise. The luminance channel is taken from one high resolution exposure. Post processing in Photoshop.DescriptionThe Moon shows it's true colors! If our eyes were color sensitive enough, this is how we would see the Moon. So the Moon has colors even if they are subtle. The diffences are mainly due to different mineral composition of the Lunar regolith. For example, mares (lava fields) rich in titanium are blue while titanium-poor lavas are red. Also note the different (reddish) color of imapact melt around major craters, in particular Tycho (bottom center). |
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PhotographerJ-P MetsavainioLocationOulu, FinlandDate26.09.2008Equipment- Camera, QHY8 - Filters, Baader 7nm H-alpha and Baader 8,5nm O-III - Optics, Tokina AT-X 300mm @ f2.8 - Exposures, 5 X 1200s H-alpha 3 X 1200s O-III 4 X 1200s S-II + flats and bias - Guiding, LX200 GPS 12" + PHD-guiding and LodestarDescriptionIn this image colors are showing difference between Double ionized Sulfur (Red), Hydrogen alpha (Green) and triple ionized Oxygen (Blue). This palette is generally known as a Hubble palette by the palette used to processing images from Space telescope Hubble. |
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PhotographerJaroslaw SmolarLocationTorun/PolandDate18.10.2008EquipmentMount Celestron CG 5 GT, Skywatcher 80 ED - Sony Alpha 700 + teleconverter x2DescriptionMoon |
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PhotographerIvica SkokicLocationSamobor, CroatiaDate2008-10-11, 17:50 UTEquipmentCanon EOS 350D, 18-55 lens, f/8, ISO 200, total of 20 minute exposureDescriptionRuins of a mediaeval town near Samobor, lit by almost full Moon with Bootes star trails in the background |
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PhotographerOdilon Simões CorrêaLocationAraxá, BrazilDateOctober 12, 2008 - 23h 23m UTEquipment10-inch Meade SC LX50 equipped with Orion Plössl 40mm eyepiece and Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX3 digital camera.DescriptionThe camera was set up at motion picture mode (VGA - 30fps) and captured the ISS against the Moon in ten frames. They were combined and processed with Adobe Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro. The diameter of the ISS was 43 arc seconds and it took less than half a second to cross the Moon's disk. Prediction came from CalSky.com. |
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PhotographerMark SiboleLocationFife Lake Mi.DateOct 19-2008EquipmentMeade 80 mm APO piggybacked on a LX200R 10 inch and a SXVF-H9DescriptionThis is an image of the heart of the california nebula. I shot this using 15 minute sub frames in Ha then I reduced the exposure down to 4 minute subs for each color channel to help reduce moon glow. A full size image can be seen here. http://astronomy.qteaser.com/images/NGC1499sx.jpg |
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PhotographerDoug ZubenelLocationNear De Soto, Kansas, USA.DateAug. 24th, 2008EquipmentCanon Rebel XTi with a 16mm fisheye-Nikkor @ f/8; 1/10th second exposure at ISO 100.DescriptionI had first seen these odd, rippling clouds on the evening of Aug. 22nd, and confirmed that they were from the Aug. 7th eruption of the Kasatochi volcano in Alaska's Aleutian Islands. What incredible beauty ensued! |
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