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PhotographerCraig & Tammy TempleLocationHendersonville, TN, USADateApril 18 & 19 and May 9, 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: 65 x 6min.(L); 15 x 4min.(R); 15 x 4min.(G); 15 x 4min.(B); L binned 1x1, RGB binned 2x2 Acquisition: ImagesPlus Camera Control v4.3 Processing: Calibration, DDP in Images Plus v4.5; Registration in Registar Post-processing: ImagesPlus 4.5; Adobe Photoshop CS5DescriptionM100, also known as NGC 4321, is a spiral galaxy located 55 million light years away in the southern part of the constellation Coma Berencies and is one of the brightest galaxies in the Virgo cluster. This galaxy has an apparent magnitude of 10.1 and is 160,000 light-years in diameter. It was discovered by Pierre Mechain on March 15, 1781 and added to the Messier catalog after Charles Messier made observations of his own on April 13, 1781. |
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PhotographerAlberto LaoLocationBinondo, Manila, PhilippinesDate5:30 pm May 8, 2012EquipmentSony Alpha A77 with 500mm/F8 RFDescriptionThe sky was hazy and a bit cloudy on May 8 2012. I waited for a few minutes before sunset to try to image the sun hoping to get a glimpse of AR 1476. My patience was rewarded though only for brief moments before and during the sunset. |
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PhotographerHamidreza AhmadiLocationkashan,IranDate19/5/2012EquipmentNikon D90 digital camera.DescriptionThe Milky Way view is a single 30 second shot taken with the camera set at F3.5, ISO600 |
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PhotographerTakeahiko HashimotoLocationIstanbulDate17th May,12hh16mm04ssEquipmentTelescope: Lunt Solar Systems LS60T50DS/PT IMAGING PACKAGE　 Mount: Takahashi P2-Z Camera: SBIG ST-8300M Exposure: 0.09s Processing: CCDOps Post-processing: Adobe Photoshop CS5DescriptionI like this process. |
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PhotographerDavid ParmetLocationCherry Springs State Park PADateMay 20, 2012 - appox 3:00AMEquipmentNikon D80 on an Astrotrac mount. 10mm -20mm zoom lens set at 10mm. 5 minutes at ASA800. f4.DescriptionThe night sky over Cherry Springs State Park in Pennsylvania - one of the few dark sky locations in the Northeast US. |
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Photographermohammadreza ghorbanzadeLocationiran,babolDate2012/05/18Equipmentfuji film finepix s4000 this photo make 112 image Exposure:8 f/3.1 ios-200DescriptionIn this light pollution in the box below to show that there are fewer stars with their light dip |
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PhotographerChikayoshi MurotaniLocationYosemite ValleyDateApril 30, 2012 3h08m59sEquipmentCanon 5Dmk2, EF24mm f/1.4L2USM, ISO2000 Exposure 1min.DescriptionYosemite night was clear and dark. so I surrounded the universe by my eye, binocular and camera. Very silent night, only I could hear the sound of Yosemite Falls. |
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PhotographerChikayoshi MurotaniLocationYosemite ValleyDateApril 30, 2012 1h38m36sEquipmentCanon 5Dmk2 SIGMA10mm F2.8EX DC FISHEYE ISO6400 Exposure 30 sec.DescriptionI visitted Yosemite Glacier Point midnight after the moon set. Here is the famous stargazing place in summer seasom, but I was alone at that night. I experienced good sky and landscape view, and silent night. |
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PhotographerMahamarowi OmarLocationKelantan, MalaysiaDate11-5-2012EquipmentI use Mewlon 250mm telescope with 2x barlow lense and NJP mount. 3000 frames were taken, stacked in Registax and little touched in photoshop.DescriptionSaturn after opposition.. |
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PhotographerIng. Eduardo Alamilla EsquivelLocationVilla de Arriaga, S.L.P., Mexico.Date30/May/1984EquipmentTelescope: Edmund Scientific 4 inches f/15 (achromatic), camera Canon A1, film Kodak Color ASA100.DescriptionThe central path of this eclipse was very narrow and the day was rainy, was very difficult to take this photo. Magnitude 0.998. Very impressive. |
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