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Celestial Scenes
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PhotographerDoug ZubenelLocationGove Co., Kansas, USADateLate March, 1997EquipmentThis was made with a 50mm lens. First, the arch was rendered with a flash @ 1/250th second exposure @ f/16. Then, the focus was shifted to infinity and the lens opened up to f/4 and the shutter opened again for 2 minutes guided.DescriptionHere you see Comet Hale-Bopp framed by the Keyhole Arch at Monument Rocks National Natural Landmark. This is a good representation of how the comet actually looked to the naked eye. |
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PhotographerDoug ZubenelLocationLinn Co., Kansas, USADate2006EquipmentThis a 10 minute exposure with a 135mm lens @ f/5.6 on a Mamiya back loaded with Kodak E200 pushed to ISO 800.DescriptionHere is the King of the Rings, Saturn, trying not to get stung by the bees comprising M44 in Cancer. Note the other,much smaller and fainter open cluster M67 just below and left of center. |
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PhotographerJOSELY MENDESLocationSão Luis do Purunã - PR - BrazilDate01/24/2007EquipmentNikon D200 + Nikkor 80~200 + ManfrottoDescriptionWonderful stars |
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PhotographerDietmar HagerLocationstargazer private observatory, near Linz, AustriaDate26th December 2006Equipment4" TMB Apo f/6,2 SXV M25C mountegra - one arm fork mount http://stargazer.christelhager.info/equipment.htmDescriptionthis image was taken in a night of excellent transparency. visually I could see stars at 6m5! seeing was less well - 2,8 arc seconds FWHM. AstroArt 4 was used for guiding, image acquisition and preprocesing (average - defect map) postprocessing was done in PS CS2 and PixIS - LE here the link to the original size: http://stargazer.christelhager.info/astropics/deepsky/M42_23_dez_std_medium.jpg any comments are welcome (-: bes regards Dietmar |
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PhotographerDon BararLocationFountain Hills, AZDateJanuary 2007EquipmentAP 155 EDFS f/7 ST10 XME/CFW8a Custom Scientific 4.5nm Ha/SII/OIII Paramount MEDescriptionIC 410 is an emission nebula 12,000 light years away located in the constellation of Auguria. The most notable feature of this nebula are two gas clouds often referred to as "the Tadpoles". The image was constructed from exposures made through SII/Ha/OIII filters. Total exposure time was 10 hours. |
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PhotographerGiuseppe PetraliaLocationSicily (Italy)Date13-01-07EquipmentOttica : W.O. Megrez 80mm F 6,9 doppietto alla fluorite Montatura: Losmandy G-11 contr. da FS 2 CCD: Sbig ST 2000 XM+CFW8DescriptionExposure :L. 8 x 1200s + 3 x 300s bin.1 -R 3 x 600 G 2 x 600 B 3 x 600 Bin.2 - 20 hi resolution on web site http://giuseppepetralia.interfree.it/index.html |
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PhotographerDoug ZubenelLocationVan Wert Co., Ohio, USADateMarch 8, 1976EquipmentThis is a 3 minute exposure with an old Argus C-3 camera, the 50mm lens wide open @ f/3.5. Kodak Tri-X 400 filmDescriptionHere is the Great Comet of 1976, discovered by Richard West from the European Southern Observatory. |
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PhotographerTom KindelLocationAustin TexasDateOct. 29, 2006. 8:00pmEquipmentTelescope: 8" f/6 Newtonian (Orion XT8) Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G Camera: Philips SPC900NC Webcam 2.5x PowermateDescriptionStraight Wall (Rupes Recta) Best 200 frames out of approx. 800. Processed in Registax v4 with 20 alignment points. High pass filter, Unsharp mask and Levels in Photoshop Elements v5. |
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PhotographerKelvin PhoonLocationSan Diego, CADate12/22/06 - 1/8/07EquipmentMeade DSI Pro II through Celestron C80ED 80mm Refractor mounted on Meade LX90 8" SCT. 10 hours total exposure, LLRGB processing.DescriptionM78 is a diffuse nebula of dark gas and dust lit by the reflected light of several B-type stars. 1600 light years from earth, this region of active new star formation has received recent scrutiny for its numerous Herbig-Haro outflow objects, jets of matter ejected from newborn stars. |
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PhotographerDoug ZubenelLocationLinn Co., Kansas, USADateJan. 2005EquipmentThis is a 20 minute exposure with a 24mm lens @ f/5.6 on a Mamiya back loaded with Kodak E200 pushed to ISO 1600.DescriptionHere is the winter sky, and the winter Milky Way from Puppis to Perseus. Note the abundance of glowing red hydrogen; particularly prominent is the California Nebula (NGC 1499) in Perseus at upper right. Saturn is being stung by the bees of the Beehive (M44) in Cancer at left. |
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