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Celestial Scenes
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PhotographerBen AdlofLocationCanton, MIDate9/2/08 10:07 pm EDTEquipmentC-8 + Meade LPI + 2X BarlowDescriptionThe LPI and 2X Barlow easily split each pair. |
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PhotographerFranz Xaver KohlhaufLocationWackersberg, Southern Bavaria, GermanyDateAugust 9, 2008 21:57 UTEquipmentCanon EOS 400D set at 800 ISO with Sigma 18-125mm lens. Manually guided exposure for 127 sec. Photoflash was used to illuminate the foreground.DescriptionWith this photograph I wanted to express what makes many of us stargazers tick. A clear night, away from the lights of civilisation, a telescope and our home-galaxy spread out over almost the entire sky. Can we ask for more? |
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PhotographerMichal ZolnowskiLocationCracow, PolandDate3.09.2008EquipmentTelescope A&M 320 AST Ritchey-Chretien, SBIG STL 11000M, Paramount ME.DescriptionThis is center of new discovered "Clock glass" nebula in Cygnus. It is 13 exposures in H-alpha stacked together in MaximDL. One exposure is 3600 seconds. This nebula was discovered a few weeks ago by. Is very near to open cluster IC 4996 and Crescent Nebula. Unfortunately is extremely faint and visible only on very long exposures. Picture taken in my Solaris Observatory in Cracow in Poland, |
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PhotographerMichal ZolnowskiLocationCracow, PolandDate25.08.2008EquipmentTelescope A&M 320 AST Ritchey-Chretien, SBIG STL 11000M, Paramount ME.DescriptionThis is center of Bubble nebula region in Casiopea. 14x300 seconds in RGB BINx2, 14x1800 seconds in H-alpha. Taken in my backyard Solaris Observatory. PS Here is B-W version of this image: http://www.starrysite.com/index.php?m=Galleries&a=ShowGalleryImage&gc_id=11&gi_id=492 |
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PhotographerLynn CromerLocationFerris, TxDate8-22-08 9:00 pmEquipmentMeade 8" SCT,LXD75 mount, Orion Autoguider/PHD, Baader Ha filter, Nikon D200 cameraDescriptionPrime focus photo of M8 with Ha filter. 20X4 min. light frames, Processed with Image Plus, PS CS3. This is the first part of a Ha, SII, OIII and RGB set of lights that I thought looked good enough to process on their own. |
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PhotographerMark SiboleLocationFife Lake Mi.Date9/2/2008EquipmentMeade 80 mm APO piggybacked on a Meade LX200R and a SXVF-H9DescriptionIC 1318 also known as the butterfly Nebula is a very nice nebula located in the constellation of Cygnus. This image has 180 minutes of Ha data and 40 minutes per color channel. A full size image can be seen here. http://astronomy.qteaser.com/images/IC-1318Hargb.jpg |
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PhotographerJim LaffertyLocationRedlands, CaDateNov-Dec 2007EquipmentScope-Takahashi FSQ-106N, SBIG ST2000xm with Astrodon Filters, Takahashi NJP Temma 2 mount.DescriptionIC 1805, the "heart" of the Heart Nebula in Narrowband, from Redlands, Ca. Imaged with my FSQ106N and ST2000xm with astrodon filters. Guided on my NJP mount with an sbig e-finder/remote guide head assembly. Ha-SII-Ha-OIII. unbinned for a total exposure time of 14.2 hours,on the nights of November 14, 15, 18, 19, and December 3 and 4, 2007 from my Skyshed POD. Ha was 280 minutes, SII was 280 minutes and OIII was 300 minutes, unbinned. Processed with Maxim DL, CCD Stack, and Photoshop CS2. |
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PhotographerWeike PanLocationGuangDong, ChinaDate2008.7.21-24EquipmentTakahashi FSQ106ED, EM-200 Temma Jr.2, STL-11000M, Astrodon Ha & OIII filtersDescriptionI only shot Ha & OIII channel and mapped them with Ha:OIII:OIII into R:G:B, in which way I can take advantages of narrowbanding and yet preserve the natural color of M8. |
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PhotographerkoMike BuchkoLocationPitt Lake, B.C. CanadaDateSept 16th, 2008 between 9 and 10 p.m.Equipmentcanon 40D 1/200 second handheld(500 iso)..with 55-200 IS zoom lensDescriptionSequence of the Moon rising through the trees over a mountain ridge... |
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PhotographerChris Dalla PiazzaLocationMuncy, PADate2004-2008Equipment2004-2007 Meade 10" Newtonian Starfinder and SXV-H9 2008 6" Lurie-Houghton Newtonian and SXXF-M25CDescriptionThis is an animation of Barnard's star from 2004-2008. Total motion is 40" with North at top. |
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