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Celestial Scenes
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PhotographerJosh WilsonLocationOutside Phoenix, ArizonaDate9-10PMEquipmentCanon EOS Digital Rebel xTi, 18-55mm lens. Shot in monochrome at ISO 400. Processed using Startrails and GIMP.DescriptionGreat picture of the star trails in Arizona. I was surprised to see this many stars considering the light polluted area I live in. I shot in monochrome to increase the contrast between the stars and sky. |
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PhotographerLynn HilbornLocationWhistleStop Obs, Grafton,OntarioDateMay 19, 2012EquipmentTEC 140 @f5.8 and FLI ML8300 camera with Baader filtersDescriptionAbell 2151, The Hercules Galaxy Cluster...over 200 galaxies some 500 million light-years distant. Taken by Lynn Hilborn at WhistleStop Observatory, Grafton, Ontario May, 2012. TEC 140 @f5.6 and FLI ML8300 camera. Lum 1x1 13x10m, RGB each 2x2 12x5m |
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PhotographerAnthony Guiller UrbanoLocationUP NISMED Observatory, UP Diliman, Quezon City, PhilippinesDateNovember 9, 2006Equipment8-inch refractor, point-and-shoot cameraDescriptionImage of the Mercury Transit in 2006 taken with a point-and-shoot camera through solar projection method using the 8-inch refracting telescope of the UP NISMED Observatory in UP Diliman, QC. Photo Credit: Anthony Urbano and UP NISMED |
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PhotographerSean Scott WalkerLocationFernley, NVDatemay 10, 2012 11amEquipmentLunt LS60THaDS50/B1200FTPT with an Imaging Source DMK 51AU02.AS on a Celestron ASGT CG-5 with a Televue 4x powermate.DescriptionThis is my first zoomed in pic of the sun. This is AR11476 in Hydrogen Alpha. There are 200 stacked pics processed through Gimp 2.0. |
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PhotographerAlireza vosoughiLocationAbyaneh(near esfahan)-IranDate17/5/2012EquipmentCanon EOS 1000D F/5.6 with 55mm focal lenghtDescriptionThis photo created with combination of five photos and forty minutes exposure |
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PhotographerDhruv ParanjpyeLocationPune, IndiaDate30th May, 2012. 1:07am IST (+5:30 GMT)EquipmentCamera: Canon 500D Other Equipment: Tripod standDescriptionWhile I was awake till midnight I saw the Half-moon near the horizon with a beautiful red colour to it. It was amazing to see such a sight from my building which is surrounded by many other buildings and also street lights! It also made me think that light pollution 'may not always' be bad :) |
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PhotographerJJ ModigLocationLenexa, KSDateMay 29, 2012 at 10:00 pmEquipmentModified Microsoft Lifecam Cinema HD and a Meade 860 telescope. 53 second stacked 720p video captured by VirtualDub, stacked in Registax, and touched up in Photoshop.DescriptionThis picture shows Saturn taken with a simple modified webcam. Visible are some of its cloud bands and the rings A, B, and maybe C. |
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PhotographerCraig & Tammy TempleLocationHendersonville, TN, USADateMay 24, 25 & 26, 2012EquipmentTelescope: Stellarvue Raptor SVR105 @ f/7 Accessories: Stellarvue SFF7-21 flattener; Dew control by Dew Buster; Alnitak Flat-Man Mount: Takahashi EM-200 Temma2 Camera: QSI583wsg CCD @ -10.0C Guiding: Starlight Xpress Lodestar via PHD Filters: Astrodon Tru-balance E-Series Generation II LRGB Exposure: 33 x 6min.(L); 12 x 6min.(R); 15 x 6min.(G); 16 x 6min.(B); all binned 1x1 Acquisition: ImagesPlus Camera Control v4.3 Processing: Calibration, DDP in Images Plus v4.5; Registration in Registar & ImagesPlus Post-processing: ImagesPlus 4.5; Adobe Photoshop CS5DescriptionM13 (NGC 6205), the Great Hercules Cluster, is a globular cluster of approximately 300,000 stars that lies around 25,000 light-years away in the constellation Hercules and has an apparent magnitude of 7. This cluster is about 145 light-years in diameter. Edmond Halley discovered M13 in 1714 but it was not catalogued by Charles Messier until June 1, 1764. The galaxy that lies to the upper right of the cluster in this image is a 12th magnitude edge-on galaxy, designated NGC 6207, and halfway between NGC 6207 and M13 is the small galaxy IC4617. |
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PhotographerPeter NerbunLocationPerry Hall, Maryland USADateMarch 23, 2012 at 8:37 UTEquipmentCelestron 11 in SCT, I-Nova PLA-Mx monochrome CCD planetary webcam, Orion equatorial mountDescriptionThe planetary band structure of Saturn is shown as it appeared on March 23 2012 about 3 weeks prior to opposition. |
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PhotographerFernando Roquel TorresLocationCaguas, Puerto RicoDate5/22/2012 - 7:50PMEquipmentNikon Coolpix P500 with TripodDescriptionIn this photo shows the Crescent Moon with Earthshine and Venus planet in Conjuntion Mode. |
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