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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 August

Post by Marco » Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:17 am

watching the moon on August 25
http://www.sterne-und-weltraum.de/alias ... d_download
Copyright: Marco Ludwig and Uwe Freitag
On the star party next to the lake of Selent in northern Germany we watched the moon. Just a few moments later somebody told us about the dead of Neil Armstrong. A good moment to watch the moon. http://www.sternwarte-nms.de
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 August

Post by evansg » Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:47 am

The Cave Nebula, Sh2-155 or Caldwell 9, is a dim and very diffuse bright nebula within a larger nebula complex containing emission, reflection, and dark nebulosity. It is located in the constellationCepheus.

http://astro.karvouno.org/wp-content/up ... 8/cave.png

http://asto.karvouno.org
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 August

Post by Aibrean » Mon Aug 27, 2012 11:32 am

Labeled M31, M32 and M110

Photo taken with SW ED80 and QHY8L camera. Total time 45 minutes. Some of the brigthest details of the photo are labeled:

A prefix - Stellar Asocciation
C prefix - Star Cluster
G prefix - Globular cluster

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http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/2932 ... uetada.jpg

Delio Tolivia Cadrecha
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 August

Post by Pieter Vandevelde » Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:13 pm

LDN 778 in Vulpecula
http://www.astronomie.be/pieter.vandevelde/home.htm
Copyright: Pieter Vandevelde
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http://www.astronomie.be/pieter.vandeve ... 8small.jpg

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A very interesting region just above the great rift in the milky way. The dark cloud ressembles a golf club about to hit the red and yellow stars...
Imaged from Southern France August 23rd 2012.
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M8 and a couple of satellites

Post by IanP » Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:26 pm

Here is one 25sec frame of M8 captured on the 25th of August.
Right through the middle you can see one satellite and in the bottom left-hand-corner there is another one ....
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 August

Post by mftoet » Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:28 pm

NGC 6914
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Copyright: Maurice Toet
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 August

Post by JimLafferty » Tue Aug 28, 2012 2:41 am

Red Sun Surrounded by Friends

Lunt 100 Solar Ha telescope and DMK 41 camera/FSQ106 and STL-11000 camera

Jim Lafferty
http://scopetrader.com/jimlafferty
Redlands, California
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 August

Post by Aibrean » Tue Aug 28, 2012 9:12 am

I try to convert to black and white and invert the labeled photo of Andromeda that I post yesterday. In this photo the details are more visible.

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http://i46.tinypic.com/124u5hg.jpg

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Star Trails and Digger

Post by nuclearcat » Tue Aug 28, 2012 9:14 am

Kepçe.jpg
The Moon is set,
And the Pleiades.
Night's half gone,
Time's passing.
I sleep alone now. ”

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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 August

Post by terry.hancock » Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:42 pm

Neighbor Of A Grand Design
(M31 The Andromeda Galaxy)
Copyright: Terry Hancock
http://www.flickr.com/photos/terryhancock/7877892154/ My latest version of the Andromeda Galaxy was shot from my humble back yard observatory in Fremont MI using a very modest in size 4 inch refractor (TMB92SS), 2 different CCD cameras, a monochrome CCD and a One Shot Color CCD, the final image includes sub exposures using a 3nm H-Alpha filter to highlights the HII Regions and nebulae within the Andromeda Galaxy, some of which are larger than the Great Orion Nebula within our very own Milky Way Galaxy.
The image consists of 2 minute combined with 5 and 10 minute exposures for the luminance, 5 and 10 minute exposures for the RGB, 15 minute exposures with a one shot color CCD and finally 20 minute exposures using the 3nm H-Alpha filter using a monochrome CCD Camera.
Total Exposure Time is 18.7 hours.
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 August

Post by danwatt » Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:07 am

Sadr Region
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Copyright: Dan Watt This was taken from my clubs (Orange County Astronomers) dark site in Anza, CA. Camera was a modified Canon 1100D cooled to 12c. Telescope used was an Orion 8" f3.9 astrograph (800mm focal length). Exposure time was 5.1 hours or 61x300sec @ ISO1600. Processing done in Pixinsight.
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 August

Post by jerome proust » Wed Aug 29, 2012 11:24 am

Hi,
Here my last ngc 6543 with my VMC260 F3200mm, the ccd is A Starlight H16 and the mount an AP1200GTO. The time is 17h (http://www.astrobin.com/18673/).
My location is Angers (france)

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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 August

Post by Emil Ivanov » Wed Aug 29, 2012 2:11 pm

M 39 - open cluster in Cygnus
http://www.emilivanov.com/CCD%20Images/M39.htm
Copyright: Emil Ivanov hi-res image available here
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 August

Post by Chepar » Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:19 pm

Don't lose the north...

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Big one:

http://www.astrobin.com/full/18652/0/?mod=none&real=

Bye!
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 August

Post by Stathis Mexias » Wed Aug 29, 2012 11:32 pm

Pelican Nebula wide field. Captured from Corinthia, Greece at 24-26 August 2012. Image orientation is not vertical as for showing the pelican better, but horizontal as it comes from the camera. The whole region is filled with nebulosity.
http://stathisastro.blogspot.gr/
Click on the image for Hi-res.
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 August

Post by galaxyshots » Thu Aug 30, 2012 4:01 am

terry.hancock wrote:Neighbor Of A Grand Design
(M31 The Andromeda Galaxy)
Copyright: Terry Hancock
http://www.flickr.com/photos/terryhancock/7877892154/
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8301/7877 ... 2f54_z.jpg

My latest version of the Andromeda Galaxy was shot from my humble back yard observatory in Fremont MI using a very modest in size 4 inch refractor (TMB92SS), 2 different CCD cameras, a monochrome CCD and a One Shot Color CCD, the final image includes sub exposures using a 3nm H-Alpha filter to highlights the HII Regions and nebulae within the Andromeda Galaxy, some of which are larger than the Great Orion Nebula within our very own Milky Way Galaxy.
The image consists of 2 minute combined with 5 and 10 minute exposures for the luminance, 5 and 10 minute exposures for the RGB, 15 minute exposures with a one shot color CCD and finally 20 minute exposures using the 3nm H-Alpha filter using a monochrome CCD Camera.
Total Exposure Time is 18.7 hours.
That is a beauty, Terry. Thanks for the post.
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 August

Post by ViliMax » Thu Aug 30, 2012 6:54 am

NGC 6888 (Sh2-105, Crescent Nebula) - emission nebula and Wolf-Rayet star WR 136 (HD 192163) in Cygnus

http://www.elateobservatory.com

Copyright: Velimir Popov
Large scale is avaliable here

Thank you for looking...
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Post by Emil Ivanov » Thu Aug 30, 2012 7:24 am

LBN 438 in Lacerta
http://www.emilivanov.com/CCD%20Images/LBN438.htm
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 August

Post by Efrain Morales » Thu Aug 30, 2012 3:23 pm

Jupiter, Shadow of the moon Io from August 29th, 08:57ut, 09:29ut. Also on these images the moon Io is begining to approach the transition across jovian disc. (left=Lum..., right=RGB channels).
Equipment: LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, CGE mount, Flea3 Ccd, TeleVue 3x barlows, Astronomik LRGB filter set.
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 August

Post by simdan42 » Thu Aug 30, 2012 4:43 pm

STS133 - Shuttle Discovery Stereoscopic "wiggle"
Copyright: Daniel Herron I had the pleasure of going to the 1st last roll out (she had two that mission due to external tank issues)of the Space Shuttle Discovery for her last mission, STS133. On her way to the launch pad she passed less than 60 feet from us and I snapped a lot of images as she passed. I took two of those pictures and created a stereoscopic "wiggle" GIF that makes it look like it is either taking off or in 3D!

Taken on September 20th 2010 by Daniel Herron
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 August

Post by zytrahus » Thu Aug 30, 2012 6:06 pm

NGC7635
Copyright: Stephen Mounioloux
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 August

Post by Seantos » Thu Aug 30, 2012 8:45 pm

Image

I finally tried out the Comet Star Trail technique using some time-lapse frames over the largest aperture solar telescope in the world, The McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope at Kitt Peak Observatory in Tucson, Arizona. I also added in a still frame to give this photo more contrast of still-life and movement.
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 August

Post by galaxyshots » Fri Aug 31, 2012 4:40 am

Have loved this galaxy since, let's see -- Lincoln was President, I think. This comes from the moderately light polluted skies above Littleton, Colorado, and comprises about 8 hours of LRGB data through an 80mm Stellarvue refractor with an ST-8e on a Paramount ME. Many thanks for viewing; it is a true labor of love.
Copyright 2011 by Steve Solon
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A true gem in the Autumn sky.
A true gem in the Autumn sky.
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 August

Post by galaxyshots » Fri Aug 31, 2012 4:43 am

simdan42 wrote:STS133 - Shuttle Discovery Stereoscopic "wiggle"
Copyright: Daniel Herron I had the pleasure of going to the 1st last roll out (she had two that mission due to external tank issues)of the Space Shuttle Discovery for her last mission, STS133. On her way to the launch pad she passed less than 60 feet from us and I snapped a lot of images as she passed. I took two of those pictures and created a stereoscopic "wiggle" GIF that makes it look like it is either taking off or in 3D!

Taken on September 20th 2010 by Daniel Herron
Very strange to watch, Daniel :shock: , but immensely fun, too. Thanks :ssmile:
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 August

Post by zema88 » Fri Aug 31, 2012 10:35 am

M52 & Bubble Nebula
Copyright: Paolo Demaria and Roberto Barcellona
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http://www.astrobin.com/full/18717/B/
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