Photographer

Laurent Laveder

E-mail

laurent.laveder@laposte.net

Location

Pointe de Trévignon, Bretagne, France

Date

August 13, 2007

Equipment

Canon 30D + Sigma 30mm f/1.4. Panorama of 13 photos of 10 s at 1600 ISO. Processed with DxO Optics and stitched with PTGui.

Description

In Summer time, the Milky Way is gorgeous. From the location where I was, there is no light pollution... till Espagne, some 500 km away! In this panorama realized from 13 individual 10 s exposure, the Milky Way is visible from the horizon (Sagittarius) to the zenith (Cygnus). You can see a high definition version ( 1024x3145 pixels) by clicking here. Enjoy!

Photographer

Peter W. O'Brien

Location

Derry NH

Date

08/10/07

Equipment

DSI pro II behind homemade 6" f1.8 astrograph w/13nm H-alpha filter

Description

4 frame mosaic, each frame represents 20 images of 2 min intgtn time. Combined and processed in PS

Photographer

Jim Windlinger

E-mail

jim@windlinger.net

Location

Anza, California

Date

6-17-2006

Equipment

SBIG STL-11000 Camera, FLI PDF focuser, Nikon 85mm f/1.8 camera lens at f/5.6, Homemade GEM.

Description

This is the Dark Horse Nebula in Ophiuchus also known as the Pipe nebula. The photo also includes the colorful nebulosity around Antares in Scorpius.

Photographer

Matija Pozojevic

Location

Petrova Gora (Croatia)

Date

August 15th, 2007

Equipment

Telescope: Celestron C10-N f/4.7 (with Baader comma corrector) Camera: Modified Canon 300D Mount: SkyWatcher EQ-6 Guiding: Manually, SkyWatcher ED80, 2x Barlow + Baader 12.5mm microguide eyepiece Exposures: 11 x 420 sec @ ISO 800 Processing: DeepSkyStacker, PixInsight, PS CS

Description

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Photographer

Gain Lee

E-mail

gainlee@aol.com

Location

Huddersfield, UK

Date

13 August 2007, 00.15 UT

Equipment

Canon EOS 5D DSLR with EF 15mm f2.8 fish-eye lens on a fixed tripod

Description

A montage of the brighter Perseids taken over a 2 hour period from my heavily light polluted backyard.

Photographer

P-M Hedén

E-mail

clearskies@bostream.nu

Location

Riala, Sweden

Date

20007-08-14 21.46.51UT

Equipment

20mm Sigma objective, Canon Digital Rebel XT on a CG-5 mount

Description

A lovely night with around 80 Perseids (15 fireballs) and some Kappa Cygnids meteors during a two hours session. On this photo you can see two Perseids and one Kappa Cygnid meteor striking through the MilkyWay.

Photographer

Mike Broussard

E-mail

mike.broussard@gmail.com

Location

Maurice, LA, USA

Date

Aug 6th, 2007

Equipment

Telescope: Meade SN-8 (200mm, F/4, 812mm F.L.) Mount: Atlas EQ-G w/EQMOD Camera: Hutech Modified Canon 350XT Exposure: 25x120 sec @ ISO 1600 Other Equipment: MPCC coma corrector, IDAS-LPS filter, DSI Pro guide camera, 102mm F/5 guide scope w/2x barlow. Processing: Darks, flats, offset calibration in IRIS. Post processing in PS along w/Noel Carboni's Astronomy Tools and Gradient XTerminator.

Description

Image of M22 taken on a hot summer night in southern Louisiana.

Photographer

Alex Conu

E-mail

alex.conu@gmail.com

Location

Pauleasca, Romania

Date

July 12, 2007

Equipment

Canon EOS 30D with Canon EF 50 f/1.4 at 2.2, 30s at ISO 3200. I used a convex mirror to emulate the effect of a fisheye lens

Description

The image shows the summer sky in all its splendor. The Summer Triangle is high in the sky and the Milky Way is visible from horizon to horizon.

Photographer

Robert Lockwood

Location

Palomar Mountain, CA

Date

7/13/07 at apx.11 pm

Equipment

Tec 140 at f/7 Starlight Xpress SXV-H9 AP 900 GTO Tru-Balance 6nu Ha, SII, OIII.

Description

I like this image, It's my first with this scope. Seeing was very good that night and it shows a lot of detail for only 2 15min exposures with each filter. Hope you like it to. Robert.

Photographer

Efrain Morales

E-mail

jaicoa52@yahoo.com

Location

Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

Date

July 30th 00:35ut

Equipment

Meade LX200gps 10in. OTA, Celestron CGE Mount, DMK21AF04 Ccd

Description

On this session of Jupiter Red jr could be seen coming into view on the top right side of the image.