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Photographer

John Bunyan

Location

Mt. Bachelor Star Party

Date

July 27th 2006

Equipment

80 mm Orion on an Orion EQ-G Go-to Mount

Description

Beautiful panorama of two familiar Messier objects in Ursa major.
 

Photographer

John Stetson

Location

Falmouth, Maine

Date

August 16, 2006

Equipment

Coronado 90 h-alpha scope and a webcam

Description

This flare erupted on the 16th ... Aurora activity appeared on the 19th.
 

Photographer

João Miguel Pinto

Location

Penamacor, Portugal

Date

9/08/2006

Equipment

Skywatcher 8" - f/6 on Eq5 Meade LPI with IR blocking filter Processed in Registax

Description

Full Moon mosaic
 

Photographer

Alexandros Diamantis

Location

Athens, Greece

Date

7-5-2006, 23:11:06 UT

Equipment

Vixen ED 80 SF, SONY DSC-H1 digital camera, Baader Hyperion 21-millimeter eyepiece.

Description

Full Moon
 

Photographer

ILIA TEIMOURI

Location

Firooz koh,North of Iran

Date

27 jul 2006

Equipment

Celestron – C6 6”,f/8 Telescope + Canon EOS 20D digital SLR camera.

Description

The Swan Nebula, also known as the Omega Nebula.
 

Photographer

mike forster

Location

Spokane Valley, WA

Date

aug.12, 10:30pm

Equipment

Sony DSC F717 digital camera, 2x zoom on a homemade equatorial platform

Description

I was trying to get a sky shot of the Sagitarius region with some background trees and my son-inlaws observatory in it. A cloud pattern emereged, reflecting the glow of forest fires near us.
 

Photographer

Nicole Laporte

Location

Rigaud, Quebec, Canada

Date

July 9th, 2006 9:15 pm

Equipment

A Nikon Coolpix L1 camera was mounted on a tripod.

Description

The rising moon low in the horizon, one day before the grain or fruit moon, gives this celestial object an orange color. The cloud trail from a jet forms a moustache on the moon.
 

Photographer

Michael Blaber

Location

Tallahassee, Florida

Date

8/11/06, 11:30pm

Equipment

12" Meade LX200 OTA at f/10 on Optic-craft mount with Sidereal Technology controller. Canon EOS 350D imager (12 x 2minute exp at ISO 1600), guided with a Starlight Express MX916.

Description

Blue Snowball Nebula (NGC7662)
 

Photographer

Zlatko Kovacevic

Location

Virovitica, Croatia

Date

12 October 2005, 23:21 UT

Equipment

Celestron SC G-8 German equatorial mount Eyepiece projection f/35 Philips ToUcam, 10 fps, 1/33 second exposures. Baader UV-IR Block Filter 347 of 1269 frames stacked with K3CCD Tools

Description

Planet Mars before oposition in 2005. Very good details are visible enlarged in grayscale. Southern polar cap is up, very small, due to southern-hemishere summer.
 

Photographer

João Miguel Pinto

Location

Algarve, Portugal

Date

31/07/2006

Equipment

Telescope: Skywatcher newton 203mm / 1200mm in Skywatcher EQ5 Photo equipment: CCD Meade LPI + Anti IR filter. Processement with Registax. Original size: http://img287.imageshack.us/img287/2930/luapanoramajpgpd5.jpg

Description

Moon Panorama
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