Submissions: 2017 August

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Re: Submissions: 2017 August

Post by xuranus » Mon Aug 28, 2017 8:49 pm

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The moment of C3
2017 America Total Solar Eclipse
Prominence, Chromosphere, Baily's Beads - C3

Telescope : Takahashi Mewlon180C (fl:2160mm, f:12)
Camera : Panasonic GX85
Mount : RainbowAstro RST-150H
Location : Warm Springs, OR, US

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Post by Bi2L » Mon Aug 28, 2017 9:22 pm

Milkyway & Devils Tower, Wyoming

Nigh landscape above the Wyoming's Bear Lodge Butte in Crook County
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devils_Tower
Canon eos 6D, EF85L2 1.2, 85mm, f/1.2, iso1600, 5X6sec, Deepskystacker
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Re: Submissions: 2017 August

Post by Bi2L » Mon Aug 28, 2017 9:27 pm

Total Solar Eclipse, 21 August 2017

Corona, Chromosphere, Moon, Mercury

Boysen park, Wyoming

Canon eos 6D, Skywatcher Ed80, 600mm, f/7.5, iso100, 1/4000-1.6sec
Skywatcher Star alight
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Re: Submissions: 2017 August

Post by LuigiF » Mon Aug 28, 2017 11:03 pm

Great Solar Eclipse Aug. 21, 2017 Casper (WY-USA)
A composition of an HDR processed image of the corona and a lapse before the second contact with the diamond ring.
It has been the greatest unforgettable show in my life.

HiRes here:

https://flic.kr/p/XVP5ew

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Post by astrochuck » Tue Aug 29, 2017 6:49 pm

Trio in Sagittarius
Copyright: Chuck Manges

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Sagittarius Trio by Chuck Manges, on Flickr

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Post by KuriousGeorge » Tue Aug 29, 2017 7:00 pm

Veil Nebula. Copyright KG Observatory.

Imaging telescope or lens: Celestron 8" EdgeHD
Imaging camera: QSI 660 WSG
Mount: Losmandy G-11
Focal reducer: Celestron 0.7X
Software: PixInsight 1.8, PHD Guiding 2, Neat Image V7, Photoshop CS3, Sequence Generator Pro, Maxim DL6
Filters: Astrodon 1.25" 3nm OIII, Astrodon 1.25" 5nm Ha
Accessories: Innovations Foresight ONAG SC, Optec FocusLock, Starizona MicroTouch Autofocuser
Resolution: 2742x2146
Dates: Aug. 8, 2017, Aug. 28, 2017
Frames:
Astrodon 1.25" 3nm OIII: 18x900" -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon 1.25" 5nm Ha: 20x900" -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 9.5 hours
Darks: ~20
Flats: ~40
Flat darks: ~40
Bias: ~20
Mean SQM: 19.75
Locations: Home, Rancho Santa Fe, California, United States
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Post by felopaul » Tue Aug 29, 2017 8:33 pm

NGC6188 et NGC 6164 SHO, 115 hrs
full size : http://www.cielaustral.com/galerie/photo70f.jpg

total frame 115Hr done with TEC160 on Paramount MX+ near Actacama Desert , El Sauce Observatory

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Copyright: Team CielAustral with J.C CANONNE, N.OUTTERS, P. BERNHARD, D. CHAPLAIN & L. BOURGON

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Re: Submissions: 2017 August

Post by deanjacobsen » Tue Aug 29, 2017 8:55 pm

ImageSharpless 171, Berkeley 59, LDN 1267, LDN 1268, LDN 1269, LDN 1270, LDN 1271 and LDN 1275 by Dean Jacobsen, on Flickr

The emission nebula Sharpless 171, the open cluster Berkeley 59 and the associated dark nebula LDN 1267, 1268, 1269, 1270, 1271 and 1275. Astronomers believe that the Sharpless 171 nebula is about 3,000 light years distant. Astronomers who have studied the Berkeley 59 cluster believe that it is about 2 million years old and that there are probably a total of 9 stars in the cluster which are believed to be responsible for ionising the Sharpless 171 nebula.

It is easy to imagine while viewing this image of the Sharpless 171 nebula that the Berkeley 59 cluster sits in a vast hollowed out sphere. The ionizing radiation from the cluster has been hollowing out the sphere and the ionizing radiation of the Berkeley 59 stars is also causing the gas on the inner surface of the sphere to emit photons at the various wavelengths which we see here as the red glow of Sharpless 171. The strong ionising radiation is also eroding the gas and dust pillars visible on what appears to be the inner surface of the sphere.

It is also easy to imagine that the dark nebula within the field and adjacent to the Berkeley 59 cluster - LDN 1269 - 1271 and LDN 1275 - are on the surface of the sphere nearest to us and thus what we are seeing as dark nebula is the back side of dust and gas clouds that are part of the Sh2-171 complex but which lie between us and the Berkeley 59 cluster. Several stars which appear to be part of the Berkeley 59 cluster appear reddened and dimmed by the intervening dust and gas.

Total integration time for this image was 4 hours - 1 hour each for luminance, red, green and blue channels. The imaging scope was the Takahashi Epsilon 160 and the imaging camera was the SBIG STT-8300M.

The photons for this image were captured on August 25 - 26, 2017 at the San Diego Astronomy Association site at Tierra del Sol, San Diego County, California.

My astrophotography web site: http://astrophoto.net
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Post by mdieterich » Wed Aug 30, 2017 1:22 am

Chile is the astronomy capital of the world because the skies are transparent and yield 300+ clear nights per year. Our ACEAP team enjoyed a handful of days with behind the scenes access to the research underway here on Cerro Tololo. The main silver dome observatory pictured here in this 20 panel panorama houses the massive 4-meter Blanco telescope used by scientists world-wide.

Cerro Tololo Observatory
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Copyright: Matt Dieterich
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Re: Submissions: 2017 August

Post by c3dr1c » Fri Sep 01, 2017 2:29 am

Asteroid 3122 Florence
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ImageFlorence by Cédric Pereira, no Flickr

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Re: Submissions: 2017 August

Post by moonrocks » Fri Sep 01, 2017 8:34 am

The Cocoon Nebula
Image : http://moonrocksastro.com/wp-content/up ... Nebula.jpg
Copyright: Paul C. Swift & Carmelo Falco

ImageThe Cocoon Nebula by Paul C. Swift, on Flickr

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Post by traceoflight » Sat Sep 02, 2017 12:14 pm

Diamond Ring Corona
TaichiNakamura_2017.C2.Corona.jpg
TaichiNakamura_2017.C2.Coronaend.jpg
TaichiNakamura_2017.C3.Corona.jpg
Copyright: Taichi Nakamura
Location: Oregon (North 44°38’ 3” West 120°12’15”)
Date: August 21 2017
Equipment: Televue Pronto f/6.8 480mm, Canon EOS 6D
Settings: ISO200 1/500

Corona appeared during the C2 and C3 Diamond ring/Bailey's beads phase of the Total Solar Eclipse due to particles in the air either from the smokes of wild bushfire happening around the time in Oregon and Canada or the ice crystals in high clouds.

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Re: Submissions: 2017 August

Post by hansheiser » Sat Sep 02, 2017 4:00 pm

Abell 85
A faint supernova remnant in Cassiopeia. HOS-Narrowband version from a light polluted area in Germany.

Copyright: Ulrich Theilenberg
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2017_08_27_ctb1_hos[1].jpg
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NGC 1398 Dreamcatcher

Post by strongmanmike » Sat Sep 02, 2017 4:02 pm

This beautiful galaxy looks like it has been drawn with a Spirograph and is about 7.5' X 5.5' in size. NGC 1398 is an isolated barred spiral galaxy exhibiting a very geometrical double ring structure that resembles a Dreamcatcher. It is located 65 million light years from the Earth, in the constellation of Fornax. The galaxy, with a diameter of 135,000 light years, is slightly larger than the Milky Way and has over 100 billion stars.
Copyright: Michael Sidonio

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Re: Submissions: 2017 August

Post by Bogdan J. » Sat Sep 02, 2017 9:28 pm

The Crescent Nebula, NGC6888

AP Mach1GTO, TEC140 f/5,2 ATIK One6.0
25x900s Ha, 25x900s OIII, Ochojno, Poland
NGC6888_asterisk[1].jpg
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Post by Bogdan J. » Sat Sep 02, 2017 9:37 pm

M27
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17x1200s /22x300s Ha, 24x300s SII, 20x300s /11x900s OIII
Ochojno, Poland
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Re: Submissions: 2017 August

Post by AnnaKong » Wed Nov 01, 2017 2:33 pm

Heaven

the picture was captured on August 18 in Malta, it's just like a secret heaven.

5D3,16-35MM,f2.8,iso1600.
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