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Celestial Scenes
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PhotographerFabio PettinatiLocationHawk Hill, Sausalito, CADate09/21/2012 10:30AMEquipmentPentax K5 camera with Pentax smc PENTAX DA* 60-250mm F4 [IF] SDM set at 250mmDescriptionEndeavour Shuttle flying over Golden Gate Bridge on its final journey to Los Angeles |
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PhotographerJoe VeghLocationUnited StatesDate627 AM, 9/23EquipmentPanasonic DMC-TZ5 (15" exposure)DescriptionVenus peeking through the pine trees just before sunrise from Green Mountain Falls, Colorado |
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PhotographerJames McAfeeLocationVancouver, WADateSeptember 3, 2012EquipmentCanon 5D Mark III William Optics FLT-110 Televue Powermate 2x Baader Astro-Solar FilmDescriptionISS transiting the Sun twice in one day, from the EXACT same geographic location. Location only a few hundred meters from the center-point for each pass in Vancouver, Washington. The passes were separated by 4 orbits. The distance to the ISS was about 570 km for pass 1, and 1024 km for pass 2. |
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PhotographerSteven VaughtLocationUnited StatesDate20 September, 2012 8:38pm CDTEquipmentCannon 1000D on a tripod.DescriptionMy first decent Milky Way picture. 42 seconds at 1600 ISO, 18mm/f4 lens. Processed in Photoshop Elements 5.0. In the region of Cygnus. |
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PhotographerReza Amini HoonejaniLocationHoonejan, IranDate10/12/2010EquipmentCanon 500D cameraDescriptionThe moon sets behind clouds. |
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PhotographerDhruv ParanjpyeLocationPune, India (18 degree N, 73 degree E)Date18th Sept, 2012 18:42 IST (+5:30 GMT)EquipmentCanon 500D CameraDescriptionIn this photo you can see an amazing display of colours produced during sunset on the clouds while the city had no lights on the ground! Looks like a very dramatic scene where as though the nature has set its light onto the city of Pune! |
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PhotographerKjell H. WinnemLocationHof,Norway.DateSep 5- 9 2012EquipmentHomebuilt 10-inch f/4 Newtonian and mount in dome. Cam.:SXVR-H9 guided off-axis with DSI ProII and PHD.GPUSB-interface to mount.Exp. with Astrodon 3nm;Ha 3x40m,SII 6x30m bin2x2,OIII 4x30m bin 2x2.HST-palette. Proc.:Nebulosity2 and PS CS3.DescriptionNGC 6820 has its own "Pillars of Creation", composed of interstellar gas and dust, which act as incubators for new stars. |
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PhotographerTim RichmondLocationSaint Petersburg, FloridaDate7/29/2012 @ 10pm ESTEquipmentMeade 12in LX200GPS @ f6.7, AO-8, SBIG ST8-XMEDescriptionThe Dumbbell Nebula is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula approximately 1360 light years away. Captured on a rare, clear summer night and RGB combined with 80mins of integration for each channel. |
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PhotographerRodrigo RoeschLocationKewanee, WIDate9/15/12EquipmentCamera: Mod Canon Xsi Mount: Orion Atlas Guider: orion SSAU and Orion 50mm mini guider Software:Caturing Backyard EOS Processing: Deep Sky Stacker, Adobe Photoshop CS3DescriptionThe interesting fact of this picture is the dark nebulosity around the Galaxy and the cluster. The nebulosity is difficult to capture with the equipment used. However, the picture was taken under superb sky conditions. 15x8min ISO 1600 |
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PhotographerMarco LorenziLocationWarrumbungle Observatory, AustraliaDateJune 2012EquipmentApo TEC140 (140/f7.2) - FLI Proline 16803 - L (580m) R (90m) G (90m) B (90m)DescriptionHome to some of the nearest molecular clouds, the constellation of Chamaeleon is filled with many dark nebula complexes. The Chamaeleon I complex is one of three large clouds found in this southern constellation and has an age of 2 million years. The distances of the three main clouds range from 520-580 light years and are also isolated from other major star forming complexes. The Chamaeleon I complex is a site of low mass star formation, which is characterised visually by various reflection nebulae including IC 2631 to the north and the blue nebula Ced 111 and the white reflection nebula Ced 110 to the south. The great obscuring mass of thick brown dust in the region absorbs the blue light of distant stars making them appear much redder than they actually are. This process of interstellar reddening also affects the light of distant galaxies in the line of sight, making them look less blue. Despite the copious amounts of dust, the Chamaeleon I complex is regarded by astronomers to impose only a moderate level of extinction on the background starfield in comparison with other dark nebulae. The Chamaeleon I complex is near the south celestial pole and is situated at the edge of the Scorpius-Centaurus OB association. The cloud is illuminated by massive stars that belong to a subgroup of this OB association |
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