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Celestial Scenes
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PhotographerALBERTO QUIJANO VODNIZALocationPasto, Narino. COLOMBIADateAug 28/2011 Hour: 00:17:11Equipment14"LX200 GPS MEADE telescope & STL-1001E SBIG cameraDescriptionExposure: 11X25 seconds, luminance filter. The comet is very close to the GSC 4944: 903 ( Magnitude = 12.6 ) Note: The sky was cloudy. |
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PhotographerCarlos DavidLocationSudbury, MassachusettsDate8-27-2011, 12:15amEquipmentTelevue 85 on Vixen GP mount run by Vixen SS2K. Canon EOS 1000D astromodifiedDescriptionPicture depicts Comet Garradd passing near M71 Globular cluster. |
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PhotographerEnrico AfricaLocationRancho Hidalgo, New MexicoDateApril 2011EquipmentTakahashi TOA-130F with flattener on an Astro-Physics 1200GTO mount. SBIG STL-6303 camera with STL-FW8 filter wheel and Astrodon LRGB filters. Self-guided using the STL-6303's built-in guide chip, positioned via an Astrodon Takometer camera rotator.DescriptionM53 and NGC 5053 in Coma Berenices come closest to being a double-globular cluster counterpart to the glorious Double Cluster in Perseus. I managed to snag this pair last April from my remote site at Rancho Hidalgo in New Mexico. Exposure Details: L: 9 x 10 minutes Binned 1x1 R: 5 x 10 minutes Binned 1x1 G: 5 x 10 minutes Binned 1x1 B: 5 x 10 minutes Binned 1x1 |
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Photographerasadollah GhamarinezhadLocationZanjan, IranDate30-8-2011Equipment10-22 wide canon lens 60d canon camera 31 sec. exposure timeDescriptionursa major and minor in the night sky! |
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PhotographerBrian CombsLocationBuena Vista, GADate9-2-11 9:18 UTEquipmentC14@f/28 Paramount ME PGR Flea 3DescriptionSeeing was the best so far this year for me when this image was taken. |
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PhotographerHenry MendtLocationMaracaibo, VenezuelaDateJune 11, 2011EquipmentGlobular cluster M22 C11 (f/10) SCT + tracking with Orion Atlas EQ6 Mount (without guiding) Sony DSRL A290 camera, ISO-800 , prime focus. Manually registered and stacked in Photoshop No calibration was made (no darks, no flats) Levels and curves adjusted in Photoshop. 5 stacked frames (30 sec. each) Maracaibo, Venezuela June 11th, 2011DescriptionGlobular cluster M22 in Sagittarius |
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PhotographerAsadollah GhamarinezhadLocationGolaber village, Zanjan, IranDate31-8-2011Equipment10-22 wide canon lens 60D canon camera 31 exposure timeDescriptiontree and milkyway |
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PhotographerTheo RamakersLocationSocial Circle GADate2011-09-02 10 A.M.EquipmentSolarMax40, DMK41AU02.AS and Meade 140 2x Barlow on an EQ6 mountDescriptionWhen I imaged the sun today, I saw this nice filament close to active region 1283, extending accross the eastern limb, so decided to take a close up and proces the image in inverted light. By doing this the structure of the "fila-prom" shows very nicely |
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PhotographerNiels V. ChristensenLocationCopenhagen, DenmarkDate1->2. Sep-2011EquipmentLX200ACF 16" and SBIG ST-8XME. To get focal lenght down a Lepus 0.62x reducer was used.DescriptionThe Bubble Nebula is shown in so called 'natural colors' using narrow band filters. RAW data used for making the picture, LUM=26*1min.+5*2min. Ha=18*5min.+4*2min. OIII=18*5min. SII=5*5min. Small mix of old color data added to the shown L,80Ha20SII,100OIII,85oIII15Ha picture. CCDStack2 and Adobe Photoshop programs used and all the subs were calibrated before stack with dark, flat, Darkflat and bias frames. |
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PhotographerAlson WongLocationLanders, CADateSept. 3, 2011, 12:50 AM PDTEquipmentNikkor 300mm f/4 lens working at f/5.6 ST-8300C Paramount MEDescriptionComet Garradd passed near the Coathanger asterism on the night of Sept. 2-3, 2011. |
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