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Photographer

Glendon Howell

Location

Chesapeake, VA

Date

12/1/2008 6 PM EST

Equipment

Canon Digital Rebel XTi on tripod, 85-300mm zoom.

Description

Dec 1 Venus-Jupiter-Moon Conjunction
 

Photographer

Matt Ventimiglia

E-mail

nicknova@jps.net

Location

Arctic Ocean west of Novaya Zemlya

Date

August 1, 2008 at about 12:01 ship time

Equipment

Casio 5MP pocket camera

Description

Total solar eclipse in thin scattered clouds, passing shadow cone of the moon (traversing to the left in the photo) with partial silhouette of the bow of the nuclear-powered icebreaker 50 Years of Victory with eclipse flag flying on the bow mast later donated to the ship's captain Valentin Davydyants by Astronomical expedition leader Rick Feinberg.
 

Photographer

Niels V. Christensen

E-mail

nvcchr@mail.dk

Location

Copenhagen, Denmark

Date

27,28 Feb-2009

Equipment

The picture is taken with Canon 20Da, ISO800 and WO FLT-110 without field flattener for FLT used. Total exposure time ~ 90min. Dark and flat frames used. Filter: 2" IDAS LPS. Guide via Meade 16" LX200ACF, FR3.3 and DSI-I Camera.

Description

The BG layer consist of 5 pictures: 5*30sec which are tracked on the comet kernel and which are aligned and stacked (average combined) on stars. The FG, comet layer, consist of 38 pictures: 10*60sec; 12*120sec; 15*180sec; 1*600sec; which are tracked on the comet kernel and which are aligned and stacked (median combined) also on the comet kernel. Median combine remove the star tracks. The FG, comet layer is then masked together with the BG layer via APS CS4; thereby integrating the best/relevant information from the two layers.
 

Photographer

Niels V. Christensen

E-mail

nvcchr@mail.dk

Location

Copenhagen, Denmark

Date

27,28 Feb-2009

Equipment

The Picture was taken with Canon 20Da, ISO800 and WO FLT-110 without field flattener for FLT used. Total exposure time ~ 90min. Dark and flat frames used. Filter: 2" IDAS LPS. Guide via Meade 16" LX200ACF, FR3.3 and DSI-I Camera.

Description

The BG layer consist of 5 pictures: 5*30sec which are tracked on the comet kernel and which are aligned and stacked (average combined) on stars. The FG, comet layer, consist of 38 pictures: 10*60sec; 12*120sec; 15*180sec; 1*600sec; which are tracked on the comet kernel and which are aligned and stacked (median combined) also on the comet kernel. Median combine remove the star tracks. The FG, comet layer is then masked together with the BG layer via APS CS4; thereby integrating the best/relevant information from the two layers. The difference to my first Lulin submission: Performed a reproceesing of the comet layer to enhance Lulin.
 

Photographer

James Maxwell

E-mail

jlmaxwell@starband.net

Location

Caldera Rim Observatory, NM

Date

Feb. 27, 2009, 11:53AM to Feb. 28, 2009, 1:23AM MST

Equipment

10" F/4 Schmidt Newtonian (Meade) with Baader Coma Corrector. 5" Guidescope with autoguider. Losmany G-11 Mount. Color Astro 400D (Canon Rebel)cooled DSLR. Photograph taken at Minus 10 to Minus 12C and at 8300 ft. elevation. Dark and Flat frames applied. Processed in Nebulosity and Photobrush.

Description

Two views of Comet Lulin, after passing by Regulus, one tracking with the comet, the other tracking with the stars. Total exposure time is 70 minutes, a composite of 60 second exposures. Two small spiral galaxies can be seen near the front of the comet tail, with additional galaxies in the upper left hand corner.
 

Photographer

Mark Christensen

Location

St Charles

Date

Feb 28/Mar 1

Equipment

Homemade 4" f/4 RFT with Baader Coma Corrector with Orion Starshooter Pro. Losmandy G-11 mount.

Description

Taken as the Comet transited the meridian the night of Feb 28 and March 1. Taken through moderate to heavy light pollution in the suburbs of Chicago. The image was taken as a series of two minute exposures that were then aligned using the centroid of the comet.
 

Photographer

Pablo Lonnie Pacheco Railey

E-mail

pablolonnie@yahoo.com.mx

Location

Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.

Date

February 24, 2009.

Equipment

Camera Canon XTi. Piggyback.

Description

Exposure time: 12 min.
 

Photographer

Bashar Markabawi

E-mail

markabawi@yahoo.com

Location

Lake Havasu City, AZ

Date

2/25/2099 at 12:30 AM

Equipment

Telescope 91 mm Burgess optical triplet. WO focula reducer o.8 with Canon 350XT (hap Griffin modified). Mount EQ3 Orion.

Description

This picture is taken Unguided 3 minute exposure. No processing only resized for the web. I think the nucleus is split in two pieces? I wonder if that's something true or I had a wrong observation?
 

Photographer

Mike Broussard

E-mail

mike.broussard@gmail.com

Location

Maurice, LA, USA

Date

Feb 6, 2009 11:20 UT

Equipment

TV-85 at F/5.6, Hutech Canon XS, IDAS-LPS, Atlas EQ-G w/EQMOD.

Description

Comet Lulin, Alpha Librae and minor planet 215 Oenone on Feb 6th, 2009, 11:20 UT. 15x240 sec @ ISO 1600.
 

Photographer

Tom Fleming

Location

near Great Falls Montana

Date

Dec 1st

Equipment

Nikon D300 and short tele

Description

This image taken by my brother-in-law, Gordon Hill, while visiting in Montana.
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