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Celestial Scenes
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PhotographerLarry Des MarteauxLocationSunland, CADate01-Jul-2007 21:08EquipmentCanon Digital Rebel XTi with 70-200mm f/4 L zoom set at 70mm, f5.6DescriptionLooking into the Western sky Saturn shines near Venus. |
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PhotographerDavid LernerLocationNear Vincentown, NJDate2:50 EDT 07-08-07EquipmentMeade Lx90GPS 8 SCT, IR Filter, Orion Solar Filter, Spc900NC webcamDescriptionCalsky.com gave the time, centeline path, and path across the sun for the 7-8-07 ISS Solar Transit. The predicted path across the disk indicated that the ISS should pass close to the sunspot. I got everything framed, focused, waited for the right time. At transit, I saw a flash across the screen. I opened up the AVI, scanned across the frames and was THRILLED to see I had at leaset one frame that captured both the ISS and Sunspot 963. Imagine my delight to later discover I cpatured 3 frames of the ISS passing |
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PhotographerBruce KarbalLocationFort Sheridan, IllinoisDateJune 30 2006 11:30 PMEquipmentPentax 125 SDP with dedicated reducer, Finger Lakes Proline 16803 CCD cam Finger Lakes CFW 4-5 50 mm square filter wheel, Finger Lakes 7 nm HA filter 50 mm square sizedThe FLI proline was operating at a 50 degree delta temp all night...with no problemDescriptionThis was my first light shot with a new pentax 125 SDP I had the good fortune of finding the dedicated reducer for this scope..which provides a blazing fast F 4.9 with an 88mm image circle. whats even more astounding, this image was taken in a park, 12 miles north of the Chicago downtown loop, with a full moon out, some high, thin Cirrus clouds passing through. bruce karbal |
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PhotographerSadegh ghomizadehLocationiran tehranDate25 june 18.36.UTCEquipmenttelescope C 11 +ToUcam pro III Mono +G 11 MountDescriptionAt 26 degees above the horizon I took this image when the seeing was good. processing RegiStax 3 and PS. |
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PhotographerDoug ZubenelLocationPottawotamie Co., Kansas, USA.DateMarch 2002EquipmentThis is a 15 minute exposure with a 50mm Nikkor lens on a Mamiya 120 back loaded with Fuji Provia 400F pushed to ISO 1600.DescriptionHere is tha almost-great Comet of 2002, Ikeya-Zhang, just minutes before disappearing behind high clouds. |
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PhotographerAntoniosLocationAgios Efstratios, GreeceDateJuly 3, 2007, 10:30 pmEquipmentNikon D70 with 18-70 lens @ 50mm, ISO 800, 17,6 minute exposure on a fixed tripod.DescriptionA recent conjuction of Venus with Saturn combined with the brilliant shadow of Venus was a remarkable cellestial scene that moved me. The photograph was taken from a small island in the north Aegean sea in Greece called Agios Efstratios. The red line on the bottom of the image is drawn from a boat that passed by. |
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PhotographerDoug ZubenelLocationLinn Co., Kansas, USA.DateMarch 6, 1997EquipmentThis is a digital stack of one 10 and one 7 minute exposure with a 50mm Nikkor lens @ f/2.8 on Kodak PPF 400. S&T's Sean Walker combined the two images for this result - MUCH better in every way than either single image.DescriptionHere is the Great Comet of 1997 still approaching both earth and sun below a backdrop of the Cygnus star cloud highlighted by regions of glowing hydrogen. |
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PhotographerDoug ZubenelLocationLinn Co., Kansas, USA.DateApril 6, 1997EquipmentThis is a 10 minute exposure with a 135mm Nikkor lens @ f/2.8 on Kodak PPF 400.DescriptionHere is the amazing great Comet of 1997, Hale-Bopp, trying its best to occult the open star cluster M34 in Perseus. Single negative image scanned and Photoshopped by DZ. |
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PhotographerDoug ZubenelLocationJohnson Co., Kansas, USA.DateJuly 9, 2007, 05:29 UTEquipmentThis is a 6 minute exposure with a Canon Rebel XTi and a 300mm Nikkor lens @ f/4.5, ISO 200.DescriptionThe light pollution from downtown Kansas City, MO, was no match for Comet Linear (C/2006 VZ). It could just be detected with a 7X35 binocular |
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PhotographerRamiro HernándezLocationSaltillo,MéxicoDatejune 24, 23:30 CTEquipmentCelestron 8" SC telescope, eyepiece projection. DMK 21AF04 b&w camera. 2000 avi frames stacked with Registax |
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