Photographer

Andre van der Hoeven

Location

Steinborn/Neroth, Germany

Date

05/07/2013

Equipment

TEC-140 QSI 583ws NEQ-6

Description

This image of NGC 4725 was made on 3 consecutive nights in the Eifel, Germany, partly from Neroth observatory. For the luminance I used all data, including the RGB. Finally I used 7,5 h of data. Exposure: Clear 24 x 10 min R 6 x 10 min G 9 x 10 min B 6 x 10 min Processing pixinsight and photoshop

Photographer

Randy Shivak

E-mail

rshiavak@mr40mm.com

Location

Anthem, AZ

Date

May 3, 2013 9:46 local time

Equipment

This was imaged with my Astro-Physics 152mm and DayStar Quantum PE .5 Angstrom filter and Flea2 video ccd camera. These images were taken 1 hour a part.

Description

Hi Resolution image of sunspot group 1731.

Photographer

Bernard Miller

E-mail

bgmiller011@cox.net

Location

Animas, NM

Date

February 16 - March 14, 2013

Equipment

Telescope: TEC-140 (F7) Camera: SBIG ST-8300M Mount: AP900 GTO Luminance: 24x20 minutes (unbinned) Red: 10x15 minutes (binned 2x2) Green: 10x15 minutes (binned 2x2) Blue: 10x15 minutes (binned 2x2)

Description

This is an image of M81, also known as Bode's Galaxy. Itis a spiral galaxy about 12 million light years away in the constellation Ursa Major.

Photographer

Juan Carlos Casado

E-mail

skylook@tierrayestrellas.com

Location

Llers, Catalonia, Europe

Date

2013 March 20th, about 19 h UT

Equipment

A 300 mm f/2.8 coupled to a Canon 5D Mark III camera.

Description

I have obtained this image of Panstarrs Comet (C/2011 L4) on March 20th, 2013, beginning of northern spring. It was difficult to place and coordinate my son Jokin with only 6 years old on a ladder, just 50 meters away considering also that he could not see the comet. For this image I used a 300 mm telephoto lens, so that the effect of perspective seems to look and try to reach the comet. The first quarter moon provides ambient lighting that illuminates the figure.

Photographer

Pawel Turek

E-mail

pturek007@poczta.fm

Location

Wyszkow, Poland

Date

17th Macrh 2013, 7 pm local time

Equipment

Canon 300D & Camnon 18mm lens f/3.5 on the tripod.

Description

Unguided 15s single image with ISO 1600 taken on the evening sky.

Photographer

Marián Dujnic

E-mail

Marian.Dujnic@gmail.com

Location

The High Tatras, Slovakia

Date

17. March, 2013

Equipment

Camera Canon 5D Mark II, Lens EF70-200mm f/4LL, USM, Focal Length 70 mm, Shutter Speed 10 sec, Aperture f/5, ISO 3200.

Description

I went on Sunday, March 17, 2013 for one day trip from Bratislava to the High Tatras mountains (370 km by car one way) to observe and to photograph a comet PANSTARRS (C/2011 L4). The comet was easily visible by naked eye, head bright as a star of 1,5 st magnitude and tail long 2-3 degrees. I will return to the mountains again as soon as weather permits. I saw my first comet Arend-Roland in spring 1957 as a 7 years old boy under the High Tatras too.

Photographer

Eric Girardin

Location

Grand-Praz (Swiss Alps)

Date

August-October 2012

Equipment

FSQ-106 Paramount STL-11000M Astrodon Ha, OIII, SII filters Ha: 3h, OIII: 2.5h, SII: 2.5h

Description

IC 1318 region. The bright star is gamma Cyg (Sadr) and the dark molecular cloud is LDN 899. The open cluster M29 is on the bottom right and NGC 6910 is on the top left. This is a "true color" narrow band filter image made according to the article in the December 2011 issue of Sky and Telescope, p. 70. Although less obvious than with the Hubble palette of color, the presence of OIII regions mixed with Ha and SII in the right bottom corner is clearly visible.

Photographer

David Hearn

Location

Kissimmee Parm Observatory, Saint Cloud, FL

Date

3/15/13 8:40 PM EDT

Equipment

Taken at the prime focus of the KPO 18" Reflector (F/4.5), with a Canon 60D. 10 frames integrated of 1 second exposure each, mostly at ISO 1600.

Description

An improved shot of Comet PANSTARRS taken yesterday evening (3/15/13). Taken at the prime focus of the KPO 18" Reflector, with a Canon 60D. 10 frames integrated of 1 second exposure each, mostly at ISO 1600. The comet was about 10-12 degrees off the horizon.

Photographer

James Tse

E-mail

yts11@xtra.co.nz

Location

Christchurch, New Zealand

Date

13 March 2013 NZDT 21:51

Equipment

Takahashi E-180ED 500 mm f/2.8 astrograph and Canon 60Da.

Description

I was waiting the fine weather for a week until 13 March. The sky was clear enough to capture the detail picture of Comet Lemmon whilst it was closed at max brightness mag 4.4. I used Takahashi E-180ED 500 mm f/2.8 astrograph to reveal its spectacular feature of its tail. Obviously, its tail was developed into a longer span with more than 7 degrees The detail enhancement picture was taken by Canon 60Da ISO 1600, 93s exposue at 13 March 2013, NZDT 21:51.

Photographer

John Van't Land

E-mail

jvantland@hotmail.com

Location

East Gallup, New Mexico

Date

3/12/2013 8:18PM Local Time

Equipment

Canon 5D MkIII, Canon 70-200 L II f/2.8 at 200 mm, tripod

Description

Comet Pan-STARRS over Gallup, New Mexico on the night of March 12, 2013.