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PhotographerCraig & Tammy TempleLocationHendersonville, TN, USADateNovember 17, 2011 (10:46am - 11:09am CDST)EquipmentTelescope: Lunt Solar Systems LS60THa/B1200CPT Accessories: LS50FHa Double-stack etalon; TeleVue 2.5x Powermate Mount: Takahashi EM-200 Temma2 Camera: Imaging Source DMK31 Exposure: 1/30 - 1/38sec. Gain: 746 - 793 Length: 1:00 each x 5 Acquisition: IC Capture.AS (Uncompressed AVI) @ 30fps Processing: AVIStack2 Post-processing: Adobe Photoshop CS5; ImagesPlus 4.5 Capture time: November 17, 2011, 10:48 - 11:08am Capture conditions: ~54°F; transparency: Above Avg. 4/5; seeing: Poor 2/5DescriptionThe sun was quite active on November 17, 2011, so we decided to put together this 5-panel mosaic of some interesting regions. This image shows some nice prominences, plages, and filaments, as well as a huge filament that spans a good distance of the sun. This great filament measures over 800,000 km from end to end and is one of the biggest things in the entire solar system. |
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PhotographerFloyd BlueLocationLockwood Valley, Ca LAAS siteDate12-08-2010 7pmEquipmentTEC-140 @ f/5.4 140mm FLI ML8300 Losmandy G-11DescriptionOrion Nebula and Running Man Nebula in RGB only R = 8 x 5 min G = 8 x 5 min B = 8 x 5 min Stacked and Calibrated in CCDStack2 Processed in Adobe CS-5 Conditions Clear Bortle 2 sky Seeing 7 out of 10 |
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PhotographerstefanoLocationColle del Nivolet (ITALY)Date09-30-2011EquipmentTelescope Takahashi TOA 130 F/5,8 Camera Canon EOS50D Mount Vixen New AtluxDescriptionThe Great Galaxy of Andromeda captured at Colle del Nivolet on 09-30-2011. Telescope Takahashi TOA F/5,8 Camera Canon EOS50D with Baader Filter at 800 ISO Exposure 130 minutes and 15 X 1 minute for the core Mount Vixen New Atlux Autoguide SBIG ST4 on refractor 60/700mm Process DSS for align PhotoshopCs4 for curves and levels Noel's Carboni tools and Annie's actions for enhance dusts and the galaxies. CS Stefano Arrigoni Lissone (MI) ITALY |
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PhotographerKevin RassoLocationSummerville SCDateOctober 25-26, 2011 late evening to early morningEquipmentQSI 532ws M1 on William Optics ZenithStar 80mm ED II APO with TeleVue .8X FR piggybacked on Meade 10" LX200GPS with DSI Pro guiding. Astronomik Type IIc LRGB and 13nm Ha filters used.DescriptionIC 1848 Soul Nebula found in the constellation of Cassiopeia. The area is rich in Hydrogen alpha gas which gives the nebula is reddish hue. The resemblance to a human embryo is remarkable. |
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PhotographerJoost VerheydenLocationHoegaarden, BelgiumDate20/11/2011 21hr15 UTEquipmentSkywatcher Maksutov 180mm or 7" HEQ5 Televue PM 2,5x F 37,5 iNova PLx-MA 618 camera Registax 6DescriptionI can really appreciate the amount of detail visible in this picture. Imaging all summer long, waiting for that one perfect night. I think this was it. Jupiter will now be quietly fading down the next months. |
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PhotographerPaul VadneyLocationSocorro, NMDateMay 30, 2010EquipmentCanon RebelDescriptionVLA |
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PhotographerTibor MihalovitsLocationCherry Springs,PaDate11-4-11EquipmentAT72ED/ATFF/Idas LP filter Canon T1i.Lx200 mount guided with SSAG/50mm guiderDescriptionNGC-2237 the Rosette Nebula.Taken 2 nights,2 locations. 12x3minutes,Idas LP filter.7 darks,flats from my redzone backyard.14x5minutes,no darks,flats,Cherry Springs,PA Stacked in DSS,finished in PI and PS-CS3 |
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PhotographerMarco MenieroLocationSanta Severa, Rome, ItalyDateNovenber, 19th, 2011EquipmentCanon EOS 5DMKII EF14 II (@f/4), 30 secondsDescriptionMerge of two pictures: Castle and Leonide meteor |
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PhotographerHoward H BowerLocationChandler, AZDate11/16,11/18,11/23/2011EquipmentThe image represents 14 hours of exposure in the narrowband Ha,OIII,& SII filters using a Takahashi FSQ106ED refractor telescope and a QSI583wsg CCD camera. An Astro-Physics Mach 1 German Equatorial Mount and a Starlight Express Lodestar was used for tracking and guiding during the long exposures.DescriptionThe California Nebula (NGC1499) is an emission nebula located in the constellation Perseus. It is so named because it appears to resemble the outline of the State of California on long exposure photographs. Its characteristic glow of atomic hydrogen gas is powered by ultraviolet light from luminous blue star Xi Persei. The area around this star is the only trace of OIII in the FOV. The nebula is almost 2.5° long on the sky and, because of its very low surface brightness it is extremely difficult to observe visually. It can be observed with a H-Beta filter (isolates the H-Beta line at 486 nm) in a rich-field telescope under dark skies. It lies at a distance of about 1,000 light-years from Earth. |
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PhotographerFrankie LucenaLocationCabo Rojo, Puerto RicoDateSept. 22, 2011EquipmentKodak Z740 Digital Camera mounted on a tripod.DescriptionThis is a color photo of a Gigantic Jet that appeared over a very electrically active storm near the center of the island of Puerto Rico.I used a photo taken just 8 seconds before the jet appeared and then another just 8 seconds after in this animated version to show how the sky looked before and after this event. The red plume above the blue plume is caused by the electrically charged molecules interacting with nitrogen in the upper atmosphere. |
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