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Celestial Scenes
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PhotographerTommy HartlineLocationBurleson, TexasDate11-08-2006 1300hrs cstEquipmentCelestron cpc 800series XLT Neximager ccdDescriptionThis shot is with a 3x barlow and 285 frames stacked using Registax 4. |
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PhotographerTommy HartlineLocationBurleson, TexasDate11-08-2006 1300 CSTEquipmentCelestron cpc 800series XLT Schmidt-Cassegrain with a NexImager ccd camera.DescriptionComposite of 4 images |
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PhotographerTim SchuhLocationColleyville, TX - about four miles west of D/FW Int'l AirportDateOct 21, 2006EquipmentMeade LXD75 6" Newtonian reflector with a Meade DSI Pro CCD camera.DescriptionThe small version doesn't do it justice. 100 8-second subs for each of R:G:B |
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PhotographerRick TuckerLocationMemphis, TNDate11/8/2006EquipmentMeade LXD75 AR6 refractor with a Meade LSI webcam. Baader Solar Filter material.DescriptionMercury transit on November 8, 2006 |
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PhotographerPaolo CandyLocationCimini Observatory, ItalyDateOctober 25, 2006 17:15 UTEquipmentNikon 800 millimeter ED-IF lens at f/5.6, SBIG STL6303E CCD camera binned 2x2. 8 minute total exposures.DescriptionComet Swan in outburst! |
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PhotographerLaurent LavederLocationMonts d'Arrée, Bretagne, FranceDateNovember 1, 2006, around 5:00 AMEquipmentCanon 350D digital SLR camera with Sigma 10-20 mm zoom lens at 10 mm f/4.0. 60 second exposure at 1600 ISO.DescriptionThis composite shows the rising of the zodiacal light. You'll notice that the sky turned blue in the last photo (far right one) because of the beginnings of Dawn. I've made an animation from 50 pictures taken over one hour available at: http://www.photoastronomique.net/photo_us.php?nom=061101_3315-36-45-52 |
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PhotographerErwin FilimonLocationAustria-SeewalchenDateOctober 21, 2006, 3:39 UTEquipmentCanon 20D digital SLR camera with 16-millimeter fisheye lens. Exposure time was 30 seconds at ISO 3200.Descriptiona bright Orionid meteor. |
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PhotographerDoug ZubenelLocationLinn Co., KSDateOct. 29, 2006. 7:15-7:30 pm CSTEquipmentImage is a 15 minute exposure with a 135mm Nikkor lens @ f/5.6 on a Mamiya back loaded camera with Kodak E200 (pushed to ISO 3200). Camera was piggybacked on a driven equatorial mount.DescriptionThis image shows Comet SWAN framed the familiar keystone shape of Hercules. A close look will reveal the ion tail stretching 7 degrees to just north of Pi Herculis. The globular clusters M13 and M92 are quite conspicuous The rich, blue sky background is due to scattered light from the first quarter Moon. |
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PhotographerKelvin PhoonLocationSan Diego, CADateOctober 19, 2006Equipment8-inch Meade LX90 telescope at f/5, Meade DSI Pro II CCD camera, Schuler Hydrogen-alpha filter and Meade RGB filters.DescriptionM76 is a planetary nebula known as the Little Dumbbell, for its slight resemblance to the Dumbbell Nebula M27. Around 5,000 light years away in the constellation Perseus, the nebula is roughly 2 light years across and is composed of gases ejected from the dying red giant at its center. Total exposure 6 hours. |
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PhotographerMorgan WilsonLocationNew Mexico Skies, New MexicoDateOctober 2006EquipmentFSQ 106 astrographic refractor with an SBIG SBIG STL11000M CCD camera, 4 frame mosaic.DescriptionIC 1805 and IC 1848 region |
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