Photo Gallery:
Note: All images in this gallery are copyrighted by the photographers and may not be
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Celestial Scenes
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PhotographerDale ChantrillLocationBellevue, NEDate6/4/2012 5:45 am CDTEquipmentNikon D80DescriptionPartial lunar eclipse at moonset, the farm buildings illuminated by the coming dawn. |
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PhotographerJJ ModigLocationLenexa, KSDateNoon on May 27, 2012EquipmentEyepiece projection with a refurbished Meade 860 telescope, a homemade Bertele eyepiece, a modified Canon 300d with a Meade camera adapter. The solar filter used was a Thousand Oaks Optical type 2+ solar filter.DescriptionThis shows the two new sunspot groups 1490 (bottom) and 1492 (top). |
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PhotographerAlireza AzadfarLocationVarzaneh Desert , Esfahan , IranDateMay 24 , 2012 8:36:39 PMEquipmentCanon 50D in 200 Iso and Canon EF28/135 mm Lens at F 5.6DescriptionNew Moon And Venus set in desert. |
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PhotographerLynn HilbornLocationGrafton, OntarioDateApril and May 2012EquipmentTEC 140 telescope @f5.6 and FLI ML8300 camera with Baader filters. Mount is a Takahashi NJP Temma2.DescriptionDwarf Galaxy about one degree away from Regulus. Regulus is about 75 light years away and Leo 1 is about 800,000 light years distant. |
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PhotographerRobert HortonLocationNorth Sandwich, NHDateMarch, 2002Equipment6x7 medium format camera, equatorial mountDescriptionHere's a shot of Orion departing our early spring sky. |
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PhotographerMichele BrusaLocationMontevenere (Bologna Italy)Date2012/01/15EquipmentCeravolo 300 Astrograph at f/4.9 Mathis 500 mount Camera: Apogee U8300DescriptionImage Data : Total exp.= 6,58 hours L:R:G:B:= 200: 65: 65: 65: min. Location: Montevenere Observatory - Italy Software used: MaxIm DL, Photoshop CS4 |
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PhotographerJimmy WalkerLocationAdamsville, TXDate2/24/12EquipmentTakahashi FSQ106edxiii Central DS cooled Canon 5Dmarkii Borg SBIG guided Astro Physics 1200 mountDescriptionM82 M81 were the main targets. These are about 12 million light years from and they are slowly pulling on each other. I shot this on 2/24/12 from Adamsville, TX at the Bucksnort Observatory. Air was clean and temps were in the low 30's. Many thanks for the invitation. 24X600sec ISO 1600 Darks, Flats, Bias |
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PhotographerBernard MillerLocationRancho Hidalgo, NMDateApril 15-17, 2012EquipmentTelescope: TEC-140 (F7) Camera: SBIG ST-8300M Mount: AP900 GTO Luminance: 18x20 minutes (binned 1x1) Red: 9x10 minutes (binned 2x2) Green: 9x10 minutes (binned 2x2) Blue: 9x10 minutes (binned 2x2)DescriptionHere is a picture of NGC 4725. This is a barreled spiral galaxy about 40 million light years away in the constellation of Coma Berenices. Also visible in the image are NGC 4712 to the right and NGC 4747 in the upper left. NGC 4712 is about 207 million light years away. The faint "tails" you see on NGC 4747 are cause by tidal interactions with NGC 4725. |
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Photographermohammadreza ghorbanzadeLocationiran,babolDate28/5/2012Equipmentfuji film finepix s4000DescriptionSquaring month |
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PhotographerWilliam GarrettLocationLos Angeles, CADateMay 27th, 20:45 PSTEquipment10" Meade LX200 EMC, Canon Rebel T3i, iPhoneDescriptionMe looking at me looking at the moon. |
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