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Photographer

Michael Finch

Location

Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean Lat: 7°18'16" S Long: 72°23'48"E

Date

7/23/2007 @ 16:39

Equipment

Canon 20D with a Canon 75-300mm IS lens hand-held

Description

Not many get to see the moon from Diego Garcia.
 

Photographer

Micahel Siniscalchi

Location

Abbott Observatory - NY

Date

August 12 & 14, 2007

Equipment

Camera - SBIG ST2000XM w/CFW8 OTA - TMB130-SS refractor Mount - Losmandy G11 Filters - CS LRGB & Astronomik Ha

Description

A bright emission nebula in Cygnus, Sharpless 2-101 is also known as the Tulip Nebula. This image also shows the Cygnus X-1 binary system in the lower right corner.
 

Photographer

Peter W. O'Brien

Location

Derry NH

Date

08/10/07

Equipment

DSI pro II behind homemade 6" f1.8 astrograph w/13nm H-alpha filter

Description

4 frame mosaic, each frame represents 20 images of 2 min intgtn time. Combined and processed in PS
 

Photographer

Richard Johnson

Location

Northern MN

Date

Aug 10, 2007, 4:30 UT

Equipment

14" LX200R, STL-11000XM, Paramounte ME, L=5 x 1 minute, RGB all 2 x 1 minute.

Description

The nova is the bright star in the very center. SS Vulpeculae is the slightly brighter star to the upper right. Magnitude per The Sky and CCDSoft was 9.408. Quality is lousy when compressed to 100K sorry.
 

Photographer

Judd Isbell

Location

Hanna City, IL.

Date

07/21/07 01:00

Equipment

Orion SkyView Pro 203mm Newtonian Reflector; Camera - Meade DSI; AutoStar Suite and Adobe PhotoShop

Description

Star Cluster M22 in Sagittarius
 

Photographer

Dietmar Hager

E-mail

dietmar.hager@maz.at

Location

35km north of Linz

Date

13th of july 2007

Equipment

9" TMB Apo f/9 SXV H16 monochrom - luminance SXV M25C - color data at f/7

Description

this image isa combination of luminance data from a monochrome CCD and color data from an OSC CCD. seeing was good and so was transparency. software used: astroart, maxim dl, phototshop and Pix Insight LE more data on my webpage: www.stargazer-observatory.com
 

Photographer

Doug Zubenel

E-mail

nzubenel@kc.rr.com

Location

Linn Co., Kansas, USA.

Date

8-14-07, 03:31 UT

Equipment

90 second exposure with a Hutech modified Canon Rebel XTi and a Nikkor 24mm lens @ f/2.8 at ISO 800.

Description

A single Perseid, like a celestial spear, pierces the "Galactic Dark Horse" nebula.
 

Photographer

myron wasiuta

E-mail

myrnteryx4@aol.com

Location

spotsylvania, virginia

Date

August 13, 2007 11PM EDT

Equipment

CGE 1400 f/7 ST-402 ME 15 1-minute subs for Luminance, 5 1-minute subs for each red, green, blue

Description

This beautiful planetary floats among the rich Milky-Way background in Vulpecula.
 

Photographer

myron wasiuta

E-mail

myrnteryx4@aol.com

Location

spotsylvania, virginia

Date

August 11, 2007 10PM EDT

Equipment

CGE 1400 f/7 and ST-402 ME LRGB 20 1-minute subs for luminance and 5 1-minute subs each for red, green, blue

Description

This image shows the hourglass shaped brightest central region of M8-the Lagoon Nebula.
 

Photographer

Eric Jacob

E-mail

ericjacob613@yahoo.com

Location

Santa Barbara, CA

Date

August 2007

Equipment

Celestron C102 refractor (500mm, f/5), CG5 mount, Canon XTi (unmodified).

Description

20 unguided exposures of 90 seconds each at ISO 1600. No filtration. Dark frame subtracted and stacked in Nebulosity. Processed in Photoshop CS.
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