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PhotographerJohn W. O'Neal, IILocationThe Good Times Observatory, Amherst, Ohio, USADateJanuary 15th, 2012EquipmentScope: Lunt solar Systems LS60THa &B1200 w/Crayford focuser Mount: Losmandy G-11 permanently mounted Observatory: Skyshed POD XL3 Optical: 2.5x Powermate Software: Capture: EOS_MOV_REC Stack: Registax 6 Process: Adobe Photoshop CS5.1DescriptionThe solar storms in the latter portion of January 2012 were precipitated by Sunspots 1401 and 1402. As they marched across the face of the sun they crackled with boundless energy, throwing more than a few Flares and CME's our way. One X Class Flare brought Aurora that was seen as far south as Tucson, Arizona. In this image, the sunspots are just rounding the north eastern solar limb and becoming visible to us. Add in the filament below the spots and the result is a face, peering at us in total silence, smiling as if a harbinger of things to come... |
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PhotographerEfrain Morales RiveraLocationAguadilla, Puerto RicoDate02/02/2012, 06:07utEquipmentEquipment: LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, F30, CGE mount, PGR Flea3 Ccd, TeleVue 3x barlows, Astronomik Ir, RGB filter set.DescriptionMars from this morning (Feb.2nd) under favourable conditions and now approaximately one month from opposition. Here from the top Polar regions are Utopia, Cebrenia (Viking2 Lander) Mid area Syrtis Major (Dark area) and Elysium region with Oragraphic clouds and below Hellas and Mare Tyrrhenum region. |
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PhotographerPepe GuerreroLocationAguascalientes, MexicoDateJan 24 2012; 19:41 p.m. CSTEquipmentI Used Fujifilm FinePix 2950 Camera in Automatic Mode with tripod. Mode digital medium angular photo 28° at 1X, automatic exposure (f/5.6 at 1/125sec or 1/60sec). I used automatic release for 2 sec. Original photo side: 3.0 mpx.DescriptionI send three photos so that it is possible to see the approach of Venus and the Moon in the days earlier mentioned. They were taken in the dusk - night towards the west. The Moon presents the smile of the cat Chester. In the first photo the Moon and Venus have an angular separation of 22 ° |
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PhotographerPepe GuerreroLocationAguascalientes, MexicoDateJan 25 2012; 19:59 p.m. CSTEquipmentI Used Fujifilm FinePix 2950 Camera in Automatic Mode with tripod. Mode digital medium angular photo 28° at 1X, automatic exposure (f/5.6 at 1/125sec or 1/60sec). I used automatic release for 2 sec. Original photo side: 3.0 mpx.DescriptionI send three photos so that it is possible to see the approach of Venus and the Moon in the days earlier mentioned. They were taken in the dusk - night towards the west. The Moon presents the smile of the cat Chester. In the second photo the Moon and Venus have an angular separation of 8 ° |
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PhotographerPepe GuerreroLocationAguascalientes, MexicoDateJan 26 2012; 20:20 p.m. CSTEquipmentI Used Fujifilm FinePix 2950 Camera in Automatic Mode with tripod. Mode digital medium angular photo 28° at 1X, automatic exposure (f/5.6 at 1/125sec or 1/60sec). I used automatic release for 2 sec. Original photo side: 3.0 mpx.Descriptionand in the third photo the Moon and Venus they have an angular separation of 7 °, with the difference that the Moon moves forward Venus. All photos taken in my home. Greetins to Sue French! |
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PhotographeralbertoLocationRomeDate29 Jul 2011EquipmentNextstar 11 GPS with SBIG 8300 M. Guidescope was a Maksutov 90 mm, the guide camera was an Imaging source DBK21AF04DescriptionM16, thanks to Hubble, is one of the most famous objects in the sky. However this is a challenge for all amateurs, because people have in their mind the Hubble pictures. My picture was taken using R,G,B, Halfa filters. |
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PhotographerBill MetallinosLocationMount Pantokrator, Corfu GreeceDate21 Jan 2012EquipmentCanon eos 40D ef 15mm fisheye f/2.8 iso 800 30sec Photoshop, CropedDescriptionDuring our star observation last night 21-22 Jan. 2012 at mount Pantokrator at the island of Corfu I put my Canon eos 40D with the ef 15mm to Capture us... after a while a bright Meteor fall from the nightsky about -8mag!! it was so bright that everything around us turn into a shine blue-green color, you can see it on my 16"inch telescope, on the maps on the table, at the Car, even the ground it turns blue!! It was Amazing!!! |
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PhotographerNicolas FontanillasLocationSeville (Spain)Date01/21/2011EquipmentWO "megrez 88", Canon 400, EQ6.DescriptionI captured this picture 30 miles far of town's light contamination. The total exposure is about 30m in six frames and three short shots for the "Trapecium" area. At 800 ISO with a non modificated reflex camera and "Smart Guider" system. Prime focus, f/5,6, no filter, no darks, no flats,no bias. DSS and Gimp procesed. |
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PhotographerRoberto PortoLocationcosta adeje, Tenerife, Canary islands, SpainDate25 dic 2011Equipmentnikon D90, objetive 500mm f:8,8DescriptionThe elusive green flash. Last week I saw the green flash by the first time. The day after I had a first picture.. the next 3 days I manage to repeat and improve the pictures, even making a time lapse video of the green flash. Seems it not so elusive after all, here in Tenerife and this picture was taken on Christmast day. http://www.flickr.com/photos/40046536@N03/6570609393/in/photostream |
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PhotographerPeter GorczynskiLocationOxford, ConnecticutDate2012-January-01 08:40UTEquipmentCGE1400 SCT @ f/28, DMKAU681.AS Astronomik filters - RGB, resized 300%DescriptionThere is a small cloud over Elysium. The dark ring in the NPC continues to persist. |
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