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PhotographerHunter WilsonLocationLexington, OhioDateOctober 23, 2008EquipmentCanon 350D Hap Griffin Baader Mod Celestron 9.25 reduced 0.63 Astro-Physics Mach1GTO MountDescriptionGalaxy NGC 925 in Triangulum 45x180sec at iso 1600 30 Darks/Flats/Bias This object is about the limit of the 350D's ability to gather photons. Much lower surface brightness than I expected. Still, this image compares favorably with images from larger scopes and CCD cameras. NGC 925 is nearly face-on with us. A spiral galaxy in the constellation Triangulum, this galaxy is part of the Hubble Space Telescope Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale, which was designed to determine the Hubble Constant within +/-10% using Cepheid Variables. |
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PhotographerBob JohnsonLocationSaskatoon SaskatchewanDateOctober 27,6:53 amEquipmentCanon 40DDescriptionA beautiful early morning celestial gathering of Mercury and a slim crescent Moon, a couple jet contrails dds to the image. Camera settings, ISO 1000, Exposure 1/4 second, 160mm lens, f5. |
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Photographerdietmar hagerLocation35 km north of linz, austriaDateoctober 08Equipment9" TMB Apo SXVF H16 Fingerllake filterwheel stzarlight instruments focuserDescriptionDate: Oct. 2008 - seeing 6/10; transp. 7/10 Scope: 9" TMB Apo f/7 using TeleVue 0,8 reducer CCD: SXV H16 - 3.3h 1x1 L; 40min 2x2 each color (10 min subs) Software: Astroart 4, CCD Stack, Maxim DL Processing: postprocess in PS CS2 |
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PhotographerAlejandro GarroLocationCordoba, ArgentinaDate10/26/2008EquipmentSky-Watcher 8" EQ5 Dual Axis Drive, webcam Philips SPC900 (SC1 modified)DescriptionEta Carinae is a hyper massive star surrounded by matter dumped by itself in 1843 explosion. Eta Carinae (Carina Constellation))could become to a supernova in the next 1000 years. |
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PhotographerMark SiboleLocationFife Lake Mi.DateOct 29,2008EquipmentMeade 80 mm APO piggybacked on a LX200R SXVF-H9DescriptionThis is a very often ignored area consisting of reflection nebula and dark nebula. A full size image can be seen here. http://astronomy.qteaser.com/images/NGC1333sx.jpg |
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PhotographerIvica SkokicLocationOkic, CroatiaDateOctober 30, 2008 21:10 UTEquipmentCanon EOS 350D, Tamron 85-210, f/11, ISO-800, exp. 6 minDescriptionRuins of an old mediaeval town Okic silhouetted against the stars of Orion |
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PhotographerHunter WilsonLocationLexington, OhioDateOctober 30, 2008EquipmentNGC 7814 in Pegasus Canon 350D Hap Griffin Baader Mod Celestron 9.25 reduced 0.63 Astro-Physics Mach1GTO MountDescriptionNGC 7814 in Pegasus 35x180sec at iso 1600 30 Darks/Flats/Bias NGC 7814 (Caldwell 43) is a beautiful edge-on spiral located in the southeast corner of the great square of Pegasus. It looks somewhat like a miniature version of M104 - the Sombrero Galaxy and the plane of the galaxy can be seen to be slightly warped, which is not usually seen at optical wavelengths. If one examines the background field, it is evident that the area around NGC 7814 is swarming with distant galaxies. Like the Hubble deepfield, this type of image puts our tiny earth in perspective and is truly humbling. The galaxy is between 40 and 55 million light years distant and glows at magnitude 10.6 |
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PhotographerHunter WilsonLocationLexington, OhioDateOctober 29, 2008EquipmentCanon 350D Hap Griffin Baader Mod Celestron 9.25 reduced 0.63 Astro-Physics Mach1GTO MountDescriptionNGC 672 and IC 1727 - Interacting Pair in Triangulum 40x180sec at iso 1600 NGC 672 (top) and IC 1727 are quite the interesting couple. Being only 88,000 light years apart - about the diameter of one of them - they interact extensively, even to the degree that they are encapsulated in a common envelope of shared gas and intermingling stars. This pair is theorized by Zitrin and Brosch to be situated along the same dark-matter filament in an otherwise galaxy-sparse part of the universe. The theory is that the dark matter has focused the regular matter in the region, allowing it to condense into small, irregular galaxies and then into larger spirals by way of heirarchial clustering. |
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PhotographerHunter WilsonLocationLexington, OhioDateOctober 30, 2008EquipmentCanon 350D Hap Griffin Baader Mod Celestron 9.25 reduced 0.63 Astro-Physics Mach1GTO MountDescriptionM77 in Cetus 40x180sec at iso 1600 30 Darks/Flats/Bias Messier 77 (NGC 1068), lies about 60 million light years away (approximately the same distance but another direction as the Virgo Cluster) in the constellation Cetus. It is the nearest Seyfert type II galaxy to Earth, but also the most distant Messier object according to some sources. This galaxy has been studied extensively regarding galaxy core supermassive black holes and is thought to contain a monster black hole of 15 million solar masses. |
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PhotographerJacob BassøeLocationFrederiksberg, DenmarkDate24th and 25th september 2008EquipmentSkywatcher Heq5pro mount, Takahashi FSQ-85, QHY2pro camera, QHY5 guider, Baader filters Ha 7nm SII 8.5nm OIII 8.5nm, Truetech 8pos. filterwheel.DescriptionA "Hubble" palette narrowband image of the beautiful Pelican Nebula. It's amazing how much detail one can capture even in a very light polluted city like my town, Copenhagen, Denmark. |
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