Photographer

(Mr) Lynn Hilborn

E-mail

lynnhilborn@yahoo.ca

Location

Grafton, Ontario

Date

March 22,29 and April 12,2011

Equipment

Taken with TEC 140 @f7 and FLI ML8300 camera.G11 mount with Gemini. WO66 guidescope with DSI PROII camera.

Description

Leo Triplet, M65, M66 and NGC 3628 group of galaxies. LLRGB with4 hours of Lum and 45m each RGB all binned 1x1. By Lynn Hilborn, WhistleStop Obs, Grafton, Ontario on March 22,29 and April2, 2011.

Photographer

Pulsar Mills

Location

Maryland

Date

3-18-2011 @ 8:06 PM

Equipment

This image was shot with my Nikon D80 through my Celestron Nextar 6SE Telescope.

Description

2011 Supermoon as seen from Maryland shortly after rise.

Photographer

Catalin Fus

E-mail

catalin.fus@gmail.com

Location

Krakow, Poland

Date

14:05 CET, 07.03.2011

Equipment

1 frame @ ISO 100, 1/1000s GPU Optical 102/640 APO on a Losmandy G11 Herschel Prism Telextender Meade 2x, Canon EOS 550D

Description

After a long and cloudy winter here, in Southern Poland (Krakow) I had the chance yesterday to observe and photograph an ISS transit of the Sun. To my surprise, the shuttle is undocked and it can bee seen on the picture.

Photographer

Bernard Miller

E-mail

bgmiller011@cox.net

Location

Rancho Hidalgo, NM

Date

February 7 and 25, 2011

Equipment

Telescope: TEC-140 (F7) Camera: SBIG ST-8300M Mount: AP900 FTO Luminance: 18x10 minutes Red: 9x10 minutes Green: 9x10 minutes Blue: 9x10 minutes

Description

This is a picture of M78 , a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion. This is the brightest reflection nebula in the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex and is about 1600 light years from earth.

Photographer

Efrain Morales Rivera

E-mail

jaicoa52@yahoo.com

Location

Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

Date

01/31/11, 09:53ut

Equipment

LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, CGE mount, PGR Flea3 Ccd, TeleVue 3x barlows, Astronomik LRGB filter set.

Description

Saturn with its magnificent (Serpent) Storm system in which has incircled close to two thirds of northern pole region. Will the two ends meet? time will tell, Hopefully it will be around at opposition for a closer/brighter view. Also on this image two moons are visible they are Rhea and Tethys.

Photographer

Lynn Hilborn

E-mail

lynnhilborn@yahoo.ca

Location

Grafton, Ontario

Date

over 5 nights in October/November 2010

Equipment

TeleVue NP 101is telescope @f4.3 and a FLI ML8300 camera. Image is LRGB and Ha all binned 1x1. Mount is a pier mounted G11.

Description

A rarely photographed combination. Giant molecular cloud and dust lanes in Perseus. On the left is IC348 a bright young cluster settled in the reflection nebula of this giant cloud. On the right side of this 2 frame mosaic is NGC 1333 and area of star birth surrounded by dark lanes of cosmic dust. Each frame is 9 hours of exposure for a total 18 hours over 5 nights in October and November 2010. Taken by Lynn Hilborn, WhistleStop Observatory, Grafton, Ontario.

Photographer

Gianni Pasquali

E-mail

spicantares@alice.it

Location

Cimone Trentino North Italy

Date

2011 january 23 UT 12.42.53

Equipment

Canon eos 40D - Meade ETX 90 optical assembly- Manfrotto photo tripod - Thousand Oaks glass solar filter

Description

I captured an ISS transit in the front of the Sun with a very simple astrophotography set up. Just a Canon 40D body camera at the prime focus of a Meade ETX 90 optical tube, a little Maksutov with a Thousand Oaks glass solar filter density 5, at F/13.2 set on a photographic Manfrotto tripod.

Photographer

Tahir Saban

Location

Baden, Austria

Date

01/04/11

Equipment

Canon 350D and 100mm lens

Description

Partial Solar Eclipse 01/04/11

Photographer

Catalin Paduraru

Location

Fundulea, Romania

Date

1/4/2011, 10.29 AM

Equipment

Canon 40D, Vixen VMC110L and tripod.

Description

Flyby of a plane over the solar surface during the Parcial Solar Eclipse 2011 seen from Romania.

Photographer

Andrea Aletti

E-mail

chiomadiberenice@libero.it

Location

G.V. Schiaparelli Astronomical Observatory -Varese- Italy (Campo dei Fiori Mount 1226 m slm)

Date

31122010 04.45 U.T.

Equipment

C14 SCT + Webcam life cam hd + barlow 2x

Description

The storm seems to be less bright than last week, probably because the strong wind on Saturn have stretched it out. New cells are visible!! A great occasion for the planet photographer!