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Found Images: 2012 October

Post by owlice » Mon Oct 01, 2012 5:44 am


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Starry Hubble Night
http://www.astro.uvic.ca/~alexhp/new/home
Copyright: Alex Harrison Parker
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NGC 6188
http://www.astroshed.com/sg/6188.html
Copyright: Eddie Trimarchi
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Post by Stefano79 » Wed Oct 03, 2012 6:21 pm

Dumbbell nebula, M27
http://stefano-campani.net46.net/index.php?p=6_4
Copyright: Stefano Campani, G.A.d.A.R. group

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Post by russelleking » Wed Oct 03, 2012 8:37 pm

"The Moon and Mars"
On the evening of September 19, 2012, the Moon and Mars was around 2 Degrees apart.
Mars was extreemly red to the naked eye.
I used my Canon XSi, Canon 75-300 MM, Camera was set on Manual,
f5.6, 1/10 of a second Exposure, White Balance set on Custom, ISO 100,
8:13 PM, Neptune, N.J. Member of the Willingboro Astronomical Society.
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Copyright: Russell E. King
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Post by russelleking » Sat Oct 06, 2012 12:06 pm

"The Moon and Mars".
On the evening of September 19, 2012, the Moon and Mars was around 2 Degrees apart.
Mars was extreemly red to the naked eye.
I used my Canon XSi, Canon 75-300 MM, Camera was set on Manual,
f5.6, 1/10 of a second Exposure, White Balance set on Custom, ISO 100,
8:13 PM, Neptune, N.J. Member of the Willingboro Astronomical Society.
http://www.rddnj.com
Copyright: Russell E. King.


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Post by owlice » Sat Oct 06, 2012 9:35 pm

Snow Rollers
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Post by owlice » Sun Oct 07, 2012 12:39 pm

Icelandair flight FI613 flying over Greenland on its way to New York taken by pilots Óskar Sveinsson and Sigþór Gunnarsson from 1,000 feet above on flight FI635.
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IC 4593
http://www.capella-observatory.com/Imag ... IC4593.htm
Copyright: Volker Wendel, Stefan Binnewies and Josef Pöpsel

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Post by Rothkko » Mon Oct 08, 2012 7:48 pm

Vincent van Gogh. Starry Night, september 1888. Sketch in letter. Rijkmuseum Vincent Van Gogh, Amsterdam. http://fernandoaviles.com/extraordinari ... -van-gogh/

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Post by starsurfer » Tue Oct 09, 2012 6:59 am

Cocoon and North America Nebula widefield
http://www.bucksnortobservatory.com/dee ... coon.shtml
Copyright: John Davis
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Post by Guest » Tue Oct 09, 2012 3:40 pm

PK164+31.1 (Jones-Emberson 1) Planetary Nebula with Calar Alto 1.23 m Telescope
http://pixinsight.com/gallery/PK164+31.1-CAHA/en.html
Credits: Vicent Peris (OAUV/DSA/PTeam), Jack Harvey (DSA/SSRO/PTeam).

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Post by mzwill » Wed Oct 10, 2012 7:27 pm


This picture of a Galaxy is amazing! it looks like it is the milky way its so vibrant and clear!

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Air traffic above Australia

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Air traffic above Australia, Late Afternoon-Western Seaboard, Evening-Eastern Seaboard.

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Post by bystander » Tue Oct 16, 2012 4:20 pm

The ISS "Stacks" from Christoph Malin

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Post by Ann » Wed Oct 17, 2012 3:39 pm

Ooooohhh!!!!!

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