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Large Prominance May 20, 200764 viewsThis was taken through the PST using a webcam. The webcam required the glass portion of a barlow to come to focus. A better barlow would have made a better picture. Seeing was bad and a little windy. Not bad for a pst.
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NGC-694649 viewsTook 7 x 10 minute images from my back yard on 10-2-08. Used Tak FS-102 and ST-2000XCM. Needs more data.
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M3370 viewsTaken from my backyard - corrected
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Mercury Transit 2 - Nov. 8, 200667 viewsThis shot was taken just as transit began.
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North American Nebula89 viewsNorth American Nebula (NGC 7000) in Cygnus. A 3-minute exposure taken with a Takahashi Epsilon 180 f2.8 and a Canon 20Da DSLR (ISO 800)
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Polaris Star Trails55 viewsMy first attempt at this. I will upload a new one later. This is a 10min shot.
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Uranus46 viewsUranus, 10/8/07 ~0238 UT. 6" SCT f/10, NexImage 5 fps, Registax V2.1, 1.5x Bspline oversampled, 165 stacked images. Dia ~ 3.7 arc sec, 19.2 AU. Not much to look at but nice color.
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Stately Saturn59 viewsHere is a picture of Saturn with its rings viewed almost edge-on from Feb 21, 2009. Saturn will appear this way for the most of the year. This happens only about every 15 years. This pic was with the C6 with the 2.5x Powermate and NexImage webcam (5 fps). ~1450 images stacked with Registax.
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Friday Night at the Orion4 viewsHere's another shot of the Orion nebula using the 6" SCT at f6.3 with an unmodded Canon Rebel XSi (15min total) done on 3/5/10. The nebula is seen as the middle "star" in the sword of Orion. The Orion Nebula is one of the most scrutinized and photographed objects in the night sky, and is among the most intensely studied celestial features. It is located at a distance of 1,344 ± 20 light years. This is an example of a stellar nursery where over 700 new stars are being formed. Cool stuff!Mar 06, 2010
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IC 410 and the Tadpoles17 viewsIC 410 in the constellation Auriga is a nebula associated with the open cluster NGC 1893. On close examination, the two "tadpoles" can be found "swimming in the gaseous nebula." IC 410 imaged with a Canon 20Da DSLR and Takahashi Epsilon 180 f/2.8 astrograph on a Paramount.Dec 25, 2009
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The Flaming Star Nebula19 viewsThe Flaming Star Nebula, IC 405, is located in the Constellation Auriga. The nebula is illuminated by the variable star AE Aurigae that is slowly passing thru the nebula but in fact did not condense from the surrounding nebula. The image acquired with a Canon 20Da DSLR (ISO 800) and a Takahashi E 180 astrograph. Total exposure time of 2.5 hrs (30 X 300 seconds lights calibrated, aligned, stacked, and stretched (DDP) in Images Plus 3.80 and further processed in Adobe Photoshop CS4).Dec 19, 2009
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The Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster9 viewsThe Christmas Tree Cluster, NGG 2264, in the Constellation Monoceros is in the center of the photograph. The stars outline the Christmas Tree, which is laying on its side in the photograph with its base to the left. Immediately to the right is the dark Cone Nebula. In the upper right of the image, the small fan shaped nebula is Hubble’s Variable Nebula, NGC 2261. The image acquired with a Canon 20Da (ISO 800) and Takahashi E 180 astrograph with a total exposure time of 1 hr (12 X 300 sec lights calibrated, aligned, combined and stretched (DDP) in Images Plus 3.80 and processed in Adobe Photoshop CS4).Dec 19, 2009
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NGC 6820 and 68238 viewsNGC 6823 is an open cluster in Vulpecula, whose center contains 9th magnitude stars along with fainter members that is immersed in the faint emission nebula NGC 6820. Photographed with a Takahashi Epsilon 180 f/2.8 and Canon 20Da DSLR on a Paramount (Ten 5-minute exposures at ISO 800; calibrated, aligned, combined and processed in Images Plus V 3.80 (DDP stretch) followed by Adobe Photoshop CS4). Dec 19, 2009
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NGC 1499 California Nebula17 viewsThe California Nebula (NGC 1499) is an emission nebula located in the constellation Perseus. It is so named because it appears to resemble the outline of the state of California on long exposure photographs. It is almost 2.5° long on the sky and, because of its very low surface brightness, it is extremely difficult to observe visually. It lies at a distance of about 1,000 light years from Earth. This is a Ha, G, B exposure.Dec 19, 2009
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Lowell Observatory 24" refractor27 viewsThis is a picture of the focuser, RA gauge and knobs of the 1896-vintage 24" Alvan Clark & Sons refractor at Lowell Observatory. Percival Lowell used this scope to make his observations of Mars. V.M. Slipher used the telescope (along with a spectrograph) to determine that the universe is expanding. In the 1960's, NASA used the telescope to scout of landing spots on the Moon. Dec 07, 2009
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M 4520 viewsM 45, commonly known as the Pleiades, is an open cluster in Taurus that contains about 100 stars. The blue nebulosity (some faint red nebulosity is also present) shines by the reflected light of the stars within it. Image taken with a Takahashi Epsilon 180 f/2.8 astrograph and a Canon 20Da DSLR at ISO 800. Total of 15 X 300 sec Light frames; calibrated, aligned, combined and processed in Images Plus V 3.80 followed by Adobe Photoshop CS2 (20 darks and 64 flats for calibration). Dec 04, 2009
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