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Celestial Scenes
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PhotographerCraig & Tammy TempleLocationHendersonville, TN, USADateJanuary 15, 2012 @ 9:39am CSTEquipmentTelescope: Lunt Solar Systems LS60THa/B1200CPT Accessories: LS50FHa Double-stack etalon; TeleVue 2.5x Powermate Mount: Takahashi EM-200 Temma2 Camera: Imaging Source DMK31 Exposure: 63ms Gain: 893 Length: 1:00 @ 15fps Acquisition: Fire Capture Processing: Registax 6 Post-processing: ImagesPlus 4.5; Adobe Photoshop CS5 Capture time: January 15, 2012, 9:39am Capture conditions: ~37.6°F; transparency: Average 3/5; seeing: Average 3/5 Location: Hendersonville, TN, USADescriptionMuch activity was visible on the Sun on January 15, 2012. Here is an image showing some of the impressive prominences along the limb. |
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PhotographerRod PommierLocationPommier Observatory, Portland, OR, USADate2011-08-23 through 2011-09-01.EquipmentTelescope/mount: Celestron Compustar C14 with 0.75x focal reducer (f/8). Camera: SBIG STL 11000M with Baader Planetarium LRGB filters. Exposures: LRGB=390:60:50:50minutes=9hrs:10minutes total exposure.DescriptionIC 5146, The Cocoon Nebula (Sharpless 2-125, Caldwell 19) in Cygnus, is a star-forming nebula that lies about 4000 light-years from Earth. It is similar to the Trifid Nebula. The central star formed about 100,000 years ago. The emission nebula is surrounded by the dark nebula, Barnard 168. To me, this would also qualify to be named the eagle nebula. The dust superimposed in front of the lower left portion of the nebula looks like the head, neck and open beak of a screeching eagle, complete with eyeball in the socket. |
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PhotographerJohn W. O'Neal, IILocationThe Good Night Observatory, Amherst, Ohio, USADateJanuary 7th, 2012EquipmentLunt Solar Systems LS60THa w/B1200 Blocking Filter. Canon 40D shooting avi @ prime focus Losmandy G-11 mounted in a Skyshed POD.DescriptionWe finally got a clear afternoon after a week of snowfall. Seeing was excellent and a series of prominences were arranged on the solar limb for our viewing pleasure. I shot 1500 frames for each half of the image, stacked in Registax 6 and processed the best 25%. Then I stitched the halves together and colorized in Adobe Photoshop CS5.1 |
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PhotographerWill DavisLocationTucson, ArizonaDate02:18 P.M. MST, 01-03-2012.EquipmentMeade Saturn DS114EC newtonian reflector, fitted with an Orion 5.81" full aperture solar glass filter, and a Meade 40mm super plössl, taken with a Olympus C-750 UZ. 1/500 second, at f/3.5, ISO 50.DescriptionMy first solar observation to start 2012. Received the filter as a gift, and it has made solar observation a real fun hobby after using the projection method for some time before. The seeing was quite less than perfect, lots of wispy clouds all over the sky, (none in front of the Sun), and much haze was present as well, the camera managed to capture the actual color that the filter provides, even though it wasn't visible to the eye, due to the poor conditions. |
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PhotographerGlenn WesterLocationUnited StatesDate2:00am - Jan 4 2012EquipmentD700 16-35mm f/4.0DescriptionI took this photo of the Quadrantid Meteor Shower 2012 last night from the light polluted skies of Smithtown New York. It's (5) individual meteor frames combined into (1) image. |
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PhotographerJim FakatselisLocationHuntington, NYDate12/31/2011 5:57 pm ESTEquipmentAP Traveler 105 mm Canon modified T1i AP 2X BarlowDescriptionWhile observing the Moon on New Year's Eve just before 6pm EST, I was looking for the area of the Werner X. I noticed that I was possibly a day early but, I noticed this little mini-X very close to the crater Werner. Looks like a Werner X mini-me ! :) Is this something new? Has anyone ever seen this before? |
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PhotographerMarcos L RockenbachLocationCaxias do Sul / BrazilDate18 December 2011EquipmentCamera Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS1, ISO 80, 1/400DescriptionSunday. Scatered showers. Magig at sky. I had never seen something like in heaven. Three primary rainbow. Local time: 19h28min. |
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PhotographerKevinLocationCochranville, PennsylvaniaDate12/26/2011 @ 8:06pm ESTEquipmentMeade LX50 10" SCT f/10 and a Canon XS DSLR. I utilized Images Plus software to stack 23 x 2second images.DescriptionLiving only one hour from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, I was able to capture three of Uranus's faint satellites. Using the SkyandTelescope Uranus moon app, I was able to positively identify them for the corresponding time and date. |
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Photographermehdi momenzadehLocationnear khara desert, IranDate2011,27,12Equipmentcanon EOS 500D with 18-55 IS on Tripod ISO 800, F/5.6, 1/3 Seconds Edited in PS CS5 and LightroomDescriptionThe Man points to the sky as the sun is seting and Beautiful Dusk and moon & Venus Conjunction makes a Dreamy Scene. |
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PhotographerEitel MonacoLocationCinainnatiDateaugust 2011EquipmentMEADE RXC 400 16' SBIG ST8 XMEDescriptionThe Hertzsprung Russell diagram for M13 shows that the stars here have left the main secuence and transormed into red giants, leaving only a few hot blue stars, provinf the age of this object above 10 billion years. Star identification with Astroart 4. Ln Lum vs Ln B/R correlation in XL with Pavone's algorithm. |
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