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Celestial Scenes
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PhotographerDoug ZubenelLocationLinn Co., KS, USADateEvening of Jan. 13, 2005EquipmentThis photo is a 15 minute exposure with a 135mm Nikkor lens @ f/5.6 on Fuji NPZ 800DescriptionThis image shows Comet Machholz (C/2004 Q2) floating in the rich starfields of Perseus near Messier 34. If you look closely, you can pick out several NGC open clusters, too. |
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PhotographerDouglas SlausonLocationNorway, IADateJan. 19, 2007EquipmentCanon 350D Rebel XT with 18-55mm EF-S Zoom lens, f/5.6, 64 sec. , tripod, and remote controlDescriptionThe tail of Comet McNaught was visible up to 20 deg. above the SW horizon despite that the comet's head had set more than 1 hour before sunset (or 2 hours and 40 minute prior to the exposure) at 42 deg. north latitude. |
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PhotographerMark A. BrownLocationTyndall AFB, Florida 30.0950° N, 85.6450° WDateJanuary 20, 2007 5:55pm CSTEquipmentCanon Digital Rebel, 18-55mm lens at 35mm, f/4, ISO 100, 3 second exposure.DescriptionThis is a view of the thin crescent moon and Venus overlooking St. Andrews Bay. |
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PhotographerJames ReimundLocationGeorgetown TexasDateJan 8, 2007 8:45pmEquipmentTelescope = Celestron 9.25SCT Mount = ASGT Camera = Nikon D50 DSLRDescriptionThis photo shows M42 and M43 in the sword belt of the constellation Orion. It is a composit of exposures ranging from 15s to 2 minutes. * adjusted for viewing on LCD monitor |
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PhotographerGary ElsLocationJohannesburg South South AfricaDate18 Jan 007 @ 19h40EquipmentKowa Spotting Scope at 20x with Sony Cybershot 7Meg at the eye pieceDescriptionAfter a few nighs of cloud we were amazed to see such splendor of the Comet |
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PhotographerMitrut DanutLocationBacau-RomaniaDate19.03.2006 16 h 18 m 11 s UTEquipmentCanon 300 D 18-55mm lens exp 1/250 f/9 Hoya circ-polarizorDescriptionBeautiful sunset |
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PhotographerEric JacobLocationSanta Barbara, CADate10-18-2006, 10:20pmEquipmentCanon 10D camera, Canon 55-200mm zoom lens, focal length 55mm, f/6.7, ISO 400, a series of 6 exposures, each 10 minutes. Stacked and processed in Photoshop CS.DescriptionNGC 7000 |
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PhotographerLeek Meng LeeLocationNational University of SingaporeDate16 Jan 2007, 2am local timeEquipmentCelestron C8, Toucam with Baader Contrast booster filter, vixen GP mount in very rough alignment, recall that I am at the equator.DescriptionThe use of webcam and image processing really marvels me always. My C8 is fractionally out of collimation and I am experiencing year-end monsoon rains so the seeing is terrible. Besides, I took this where concrete is all around me. Local seeing is also bad. |
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PhotographerJohn L. GrahamLocationKettering, OhioDate1/11/07 4h UTEquipmentOrion StarBlast (original), Meade LXD75, Meade DSIDescriptionThis is image of M46 and NGC2438 was taken with a Meade DSI at the prime focus of an Orion StarBlast on and LXD75. The luminance data (50x15sec) was taken using the color sharp model while the color data (25x15sec) was taken using the color soft model. All of the source images were saved as FITS3P, aligned and combined in drizzle. Drizzle was also used to save the color data as a BMP. The luminance and color data were combined in Photoshop. |
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PhotographerMark SiboleLocationFife Lake MichiganDateMonth of december 2006EquipmentImaging Telescope Meade 80 mm APO Guide scope Meade LX200R 10 inch Imaging Camera Meade DSI PRO II Guide camera Meade DSI PRODescriptionThis is a HaLRGB image of NGC 2175 Captured with the Meade 80 mm APO piggybacked on the Meade 10 inch LX200R. It is 192 minutes of Ha data 60 minutes of Luminance and 40 minutes per color channel.This image was captured several nights in December using 8 minute sub frames. |
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