Photographer

Byron Bergert

Location

George Washington National Forest

Date

11/25/2006 7:22 UTC

Equipment

Telescope: StellarVue SV80S 80 mm refractor at f4.7 on a Losmandy G11 German equatorial mount, autoguided with an SBIG ST402ME CCD camera and e-finder attachment. Camera: Canon EOS 20Da

Description

Photo shows five geosynchronous satellites drifting accross the star field during a single four minute exposure. The satellites were in the field of view for the entire imaging period (about 45 minutes). I thought I had escaped the light pollution by driving 3 hours to the national forest. I am in the process of identifying the satellites if that is of interest. At least a couple are TV satellites as far as I can tell so far.

Photographer

Enrico Africa

Location

West Chester, OH

Date

Aug 4 - Sep 15, 2006

Equipment

Takahashi FSQ-106 refractor on a Takahashi EM200 Temma-2 Mount, SBIG STL-6303 CCD camera Astrodon H-alpha, S-II, O-III filters

Description

This is a narrow-band e-liine mapped color of IC 1805 in Cassiopeia. The colors were mapped according to the Hubble Palette (SII=Red, H-alpha=Green, OIII=Blue) Total exposure time: 13.5 hours (4.5 H-alpha, 4 SII, 5 OIII)

Photographer

Rick Tucker

Location

Memphis, TN

Date

11/8/2006

Equipment

Meade LXD75 AR6 refractor with a Meade LSI webcam. Baader Solar Filter material.

Description

Mercury transit on November 8, 2006

Photographer

Paolo Candy

Location

Cimini Observatory, Italy

Date

October 25, 2006 17:15 UT

Equipment

Nikon 800 millimeter ED-IF lens at f/5.6, SBIG STL6303E CCD camera binned 2x2. 8 minute total exposures.

Description

Comet Swan in outburst!

Photographer

Tunç Tezel

Location

Uludag, near Bursa, Turkey

Date

October 21, 2006

Equipment

Canon EOS300D digital SLR camera at ISO1600, 10-22 mm zoom lens at 10 mm, f/3.5.

Description

This is the "sky-full-of-bullets" image of the meteor shower as seen near Kirazli village. I made this composite image using 18 pictures containing 18 Orionids, one more possible Orionid and a sporadic meteor.

Photographer

Rick Fienberg

Location

Danbury, New Hampshire

Date

October 14, 2006, 8:15 p.m. EDT

Equipment

Tele Vue-85 apo refractor @ f/5.6 and Canon 20Da digital SLR camera piggybacked on a pier mounted Meade 14-inch RCX400 with Milburn wedge.

Description

Comet SWAN low in the northwest. This is a stack of five 5-minute exposures processed by my colleague Sean Walker.

Photographer

darrell crofford

Location

Palo Duro Canyon State Park

Date

9-26-2006

Equipment

Takahashi Epsilon 180ED astrograph with an SBIG STL-11000M CCD camera equipped with an Astrodon Hydrogen-alpha filter on an Astro-Physics 900 GTO German equatorial mount.

Description

This is a 4-frame mosaic of the Orion area, including the famous Horse Head Nebula (B 33), the Orion Nebula M 42), as well as the Flame Nebula (NGC 2024). A special narrow band Hydrogen-alpha filter was used to create this panoramic view. This image really needs to be displayed at a larger image scale to really show off the fascinating structure. I have included a direct link to the image on my website thank you darrell crofford http://www.galaxies.com/darrellccd.aspx?photoid=81

Photographer

Timo-Pekka Metsälä

Location

Espoo, Finland

Date

August 11, 2006

Equipment

Takahashi FS-102NSV refractor on a Takahashi EM-200 German equatorial mount, Atik ATK-16HR CCD camera. True Technology SupaSlim Filter Wheel Astronomik S-II, H-alpha and O-III filters.

Description

"The Pacman Nebula" NGC 281 in Cassiopeia with narrowband emission line filters. The red color represents ionized sulphur (S-II), green is ionized hydrogen (H-alpha), and the blue is doubly ionized oxygen (O-III). The total exposure time is 3 hours.

Photographer

Laurent Laveder

Location

Monts d'Arrée, Bretagne, France

Date

09/26/06

Equipment

Canon 350D DSLR camera and Sigma 10-20 mm lens at 10 mm f/4.0. 2 minute exposure at ISO 800 in RAW mode.

Description

Just at dawn, the zodiacal light is almost vertical when viewed from France. Above, the horizon, it extend from Leo into Gemini. Saturn is at upper right, near M 44, the Beehive cluster. See an animation of the rising zodiacal light in this page: http://www.photoastronomique.net/photo_us.php?nom=060926_2168

Photographer

Patrick Taschler

Location

Puela, Ecuador

Date

16.08.2006

Equipment

Canon D20

Description

The photo was taken the night before the major eruption of 18-08-2006 that destroyed villages on the western slopes of the Volcano.