en-us AAPODZilla 1.0 http://astronomy.fm/rss/aapod.rss Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:10 +0000 AAPOD http://astronomy.fm/aapod/ <img src = "http://astronomy.fm/aapod/images/t/t-2009-12-06-1260111771.jpg">stack of 23 frames for 3 hours exposure instruments: Televue 102 f/7 camera: canon 400D unmodified mount: vixen sphinx http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-03-11_Ngc-7635-%2B-M52.html http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-03-11_Ngc-7635-%2B-M52.html <img src = "http://astronomy.fm/aapod/images/t/t-2010-01-08-1262934043.jpg">The sky after New Year Fireworks was surprisingly clear and some members of the Astronomical League of the Philippines (ALP) observe and image the partial lunar eclipse at AstroCamp Observatory in SM MOA San Miguel by the Bay. Image taken using Canon 500D DSLR on Meade ETX-90AT at prime focus. 1/250 sec exposure at ISO 400. We will again be observing the January 15, 2010 Partial Solar Eclipse there so join us there! http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-03-10_January-1%2C-2010-Partial-Lunar-Eclipse.html http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-03-10_January-1%2C-2010-Partial-Lunar-Eclipse.html <img src = "http://astronomy.fm/aapod/images/t/t-2010-02-16-1266345569.jpg">This image of Crab Nebula was taken at the end of 2009. The image is made by a RGB acquisition with a unmodified Canon EOS 450d and a RNT24" by me and a Ha sequence with a MZ2-Pro CCD by Davide Manca. Both RGB sequence and Ha sequence are 2 hours long. The Ha sequence has been added to RGB image boosting details and color of the nebula Star have been masked for enhance nebula vision. Processing: IRIS&Pixinsight LE Authors: Stefano Campani, Davide Manca http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-03-09_M1-with-my-friend-help.html http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-03-09_M1-with-my-friend-help.html <img src = "http://astronomy.fm/aapod/images/t/t-2010-02-26-1267162732.jpg">After an evening of dark sky observing in the US Naval Observatory parking lot in Flagstaff, AZ, the waning gibbous moon rose and put a brilliant end to our evening. On the drive out of the parking lot, I passed the main observatory dome as it was bathed in the cool, rising moonlight. It was incredibly serene and beautiful. So I grabbed a parting shot before heading home. Pegasus, Lacerta, Cygnus and brighter patches of the Milky Way can be seen setting over the dome and snowy landscape. http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-03-08_Flagstaff-USNO-Dome-Caressed-by-Moonlight.html http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-03-08_Flagstaff-USNO-Dome-Caressed-by-Moonlight.html <img src = "http://astronomy.fm/aapod/images/t/t-2010-02-24-1267008064.jpg">Jupiter , IO transit C8 2000 mm F25 , NexImage San Salvatore Monferrato (AL) Italy 210 s.l.m. http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-03-07_Jupiter-28-Sep-2009.html http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-03-07_Jupiter-28-Sep-2009.html <img src = "http://astronomy.fm/aapod/images/t/t-2010-02-06-1265497300.jpg"> I took this long exposition in the middle of a pine forest, near the Atlantic Ocean, in Fonte-da-Telha, Portugal, facing to North where is situated the region of Lisbon ( about 20Km away). To record the motion of the stars in th region of Celestial Pole, I registered with my Canon 50D, 180 images, each one of 30 seconds, later I combined them all manually,in Photoshop CS3 to produce a single image with the path of each star, sorrounding the Star Pole.The photograph are a total exposure time of 90 minutes, having started at 21:08 and ended at 22:45. In the image we can enjoy the path of many stars and constellations like Ursa Major ( at right ), Ursa Minor and the Pole Star ( middle of the image ) as well Draco, and partially some constellations like: Cepheus, Cassiopeia and Perseus.The bright star in the left top of the image is the star, Capella. We also can see many pine trees in the field and some clouds in the bottom. By Miguel Claro [url]http://miguelclaro.com[/url] http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-03-06_Round-Polar-Trail.html http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-03-06_Round-Polar-Trail.html <img src = "http://astronomy.fm/aapod/images/t/t-2010-01-05-1262715770.jpg">This is my first test and the inauguration of my photo setup: Equinox 80, WOII 0.8x, Canon 450D, Baader UHC-S, autoguiding with MagZero MZ-5m. It was taken from the city center (highly polluted), during a break in the fog there in the days before. It's a mean of 7x240 sec. Shooting in collaboration with Ondino Renier (Italy). http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-03-05_Rosette-Nebula-%26amp%3B-NGC-2244-.html http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-03-05_Rosette-Nebula-%26amp%3B-NGC-2244-.html <img src = "http://astronomy.fm/aapod/images/t/t-2010-02-22-1266871357.jpg">Sun 21 02 2010 Telescope Coronado PST Camera DMK21AF.04AS 1500 frames@30fps staking RFegistax4 elaboration Photoshop cs2 double exposure. CORRADO DI NOTO http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-03-04_My-Sun.html http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-03-04_My-Sun.html <img src = "http://astronomy.fm/aapod/images/t/t-2010-02-10-1265842818.jpg">I Love taking pictures of the Sun rising as I look out my from backyard. LeRoy Mike Ps; I will be sending a couple more to compliment the rising, I wish I new how to put the side by side. http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-03-03_The-Sun.html http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-03-03_The-Sun.html <img src = "http://astronomy.fm/aapod/images/t/t-2010-02-18-1266469767.jpg">Taken with Canon 400D, 55mm, 7 x 30 sec. Fully hand-guided through illuminated reticle. http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-03-02_Southern-Cross-and-the-Coal-Sack.html http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-03-02_Southern-Cross-and-the-Coal-Sack.html <img src = "http://astronomy.fm/aapod/images/t/t-2010-02-08-1265620369.png">Optics: Pentax 75 SDHF F/6.7 500mm. - APO Refractor Mount: HEQ5 Pro Camera: ATIK 314L+ with ATIK USB Filter Wheel Filters: Astronomik LRGB Type II Guiding Systems: ATIK 16IC on Scopos 80 Achromatic @ F6 480mm. Dates/Times: 6 February 2010 Location: Angrogna - Turin - Italy Exposure Details: L:R:G:B => 145:30:30:25 = > (29x5):(6x5):(6x5):(5x5) [num x minutes] Cooling Details: -25 °C Acquisition: Maxim DL/CCD, Perseus Processing: DSS, Maxim DL/CCD, PS CS3 http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-03-01_IC417-The-Spyder-Nebula-in-Auriga.html http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-03-01_IC417-The-Spyder-Nebula-in-Auriga.html <img src = "http://astronomy.fm/aapod/images/t/t-2009-10-06-1254853253.jpg">This shoot was made in Pico dos Dias, Minas Gerais, Brasil, place were is the main telescope in brazilian territory, the OPD, whith 1,6m of diameter (63 inches). This photo shows the building where the telescope is, and it was take in a "open visit day". There's no any kind of digital manipulation of the image. http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-02-28_Brazilian-Observatory---LNA.html http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-02-28_Brazilian-Observatory---LNA.html <img src = "http://astronomy.fm/aapod/images/t/t-2010-01-27-1264618597.jpg">Image taken with a 10 inch Ritchey Chretien, AP900 Mount and SBIG ST-10XME/CFW10. 7x600 seconds Luminance, 6x300s RGB binned 2x. Sub Exposures calibrated, aligned and combined in CCDStack. Final color combine done in Photoshop CS2. Image Scale is .62" per pixel @ 2276mm of focal length. Image Center: RA 12h 42m 37s, Dec +32d 29m 19s, Pos Angle 170.3d http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-02-27_A-Celestial-Whale-in-Canes-Venatici.html http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-02-27_A-Celestial-Whale-in-Canes-Venatici.html <img src = "http://astronomy.fm/aapod/images/t/t-2010-01-31-1264977722.jpg">Barnard 33 and NGC 2024 - Horsehead Dark Nebula and Flame Nebula Constellation: Orion Distance: 1500 light years Barnard 33 - Other Designations: IC434 NGC 2024 - Other Designations: Sharpless 277 Barnard 33 is a dark cloud of dust in front of a cloud of hydrogen, which is being illuminated by the bright star Sigma Orionis. It is part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, the nearest stellar birthplace to Earth. The nebula resembles a horsehead, and is probably one of the most famous objects in the night sky to the layman. This is a very difficult visual object requiring a large telescope to actually see the famous horsehead shape. NGC 2024 is also known as the Flame Nebula. This object is a large cloud of ionized hydrogen next to the bright star Alnitiak, which is also believed to cause the ionization. Alnitak is the left most star in Orion's belt. Capture details and full-sized version here: [url]http://deepsky.org.uk/nebula/ngc2024+b33.shtml[/url] http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-02-26_Flame-and-Horsehead-Nebulas.html http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-02-26_Flame-and-Horsehead-Nebulas.html <img src = "http://astronomy.fm/aapod/images/t/t-2010-02-21-1266753951.jpg">My first attempt using the Global Rent a Scope system in Moorook, Australia from the comfort of my home in Kincardine, Ontario, Canada. A composite image taken with G13 (Tak Sky 90/ST2000XMC one shot colour) and G14 (Tak FSQ/STL11000M). G13 - 5x5 minute one click images - 25 minutes total G14 - 10X5 minute through Luminance filter - 50 minutes total Colour converted and calibrated in Maxim Registered in Registar L-RGB assembled in Photoshop and further processed for sharpness and detail http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-02-25_Eta-Carina-Nebula.html http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-02-25_Eta-Carina-Nebula.html <img src = "http://astronomy.fm/aapod/images/t/t-2010-02-11-1265850663.jpg">Taken with A&M 152mm APO refractor with Zeiss flat field lens, SBIG 6303e on AP 900 GTO mount. http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-02-24_Heart-Nebula-mosaic.html http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-02-24_Heart-Nebula-mosaic.html <img src = "http://astronomy.fm/aapod/images/t/t-2010-02-14-1266155593.png">Mars image to 14000mm focal - Toscano Dall-Kirkham 11" f/13 - DBK21AU04 RAW mode seeing 6/10 transp 4/10 Processing : Registax5 - Photoshop http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-02-23_Mars-to-14000mm.html http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-02-23_Mars-to-14000mm.html <img src = "http://astronomy.fm/aapod/images/t/t-2010-02-14-1266178495.jpg">It sure is great to see some sunspot groups again, i hope cycle 24 will be as active as 23 was. :-) http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-02-22_Sunspot-sketch.html http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-02-22_Sunspot-sketch.html <img src = "http://astronomy.fm/aapod/images/t/t-2010-02-15-1266261218.jpg">This was taken at Global RentaScope in New Mexico, using G14 which is the FSQ106ED and STL11000 combination. 900 second exposures LRGB using Astrodon filters. It can be seen that the Bubble Nebula is surrounded by a host of deep sky objects, like M52 and NGC7538, but also wisps of ionised hydrogen and streaks of dark dust all set against the backdrop of the Milky Way. http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-02-21_The-Bubble-Nebula-and-surrounding-friends.html http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-02-21_The-Bubble-Nebula-and-surrounding-friends.html <img src = "http://astronomy.fm/aapod/images/t/t-2010-02-11-1265915170.jpg">This image was collected over two nights with brief periods of clear sky. It is 18 x 10 minutes luminance plus and 8 x 10 minutes each RGB. The rarely-photographed faint outer shell of M97 (The Owl Nwbula) is just barely visible, as are numerous small galaxies, which are sprinkled around the frame. The image taken using a Astro-Physics AP130 EDF F/6 refractor riding on a Losmandy G-11 mount. The camera was a Starlight Xpress SXVF-H16 with an FLI CFW-2-7 filter wheel and Optec filters. Guiding was done via a Borg 60 refractor with a Starfish autoguider. Collected and calibrated with MaxIm DL5 and additional processing using CCDStack, Photoshop CS3, and PixInsight. Cheers, Tyler http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-02-20_M108-and-M97-widefield.html http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-02-20_M108-and-M97-widefield.html <img src = "http://astronomy.fm/aapod/images/t/t-2010-01-28-1264719543.jpg">The image was made in the Cabo Espichel (lit. Cape Espichel) that is a cape located to the west of Sesimbra, Portugal, about 40Km south of Lisbon. The place has a breathtaking views of its cliffs,168 meters high and facing the Atlantic Ocean. In the picture you can see beyond the rocky cliff on the horizon, a lot of light coming from the city of Lisbon. The image was obtained with a sky iluminated by the light of the Moon almost full that helps to providing a beatiful iluminated scene of the cliff, various constellations are visible. I made several pictures, but in one of them, I found it very interesting to highlight the most important constellation in the northern hemisphere, the Big Dipper that leads us to the pole star, visible all year in the same position. See all the images as also the image label:[url]http://www.astrosurf.com/astroarte/skyscapes.htm#59[/url] Image by Miguel Claro [url]http://miguelclaro.com[/url] http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-02-19_Espichel-Skyscape.html http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-02-19_Espichel-Skyscape.html <img src = "http://astronomy.fm/aapod/images/t/t-2010-01-25-1264439883.jpg">Taken with Takahashi FRC 300 mm f 7 and CCD Finger lakes Kaf 1001 for the luminance H-alpha and Takahashi TOA 130 f 5.9 for the narrow band exposure.Filter OIII and H-beta http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-02-18_M1-Crab-nebula.html http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-02-18_M1-Crab-nebula.html <img src = "http://astronomy.fm/aapod/images/t/t-2010-01-30-1264876112.jpg">Taken over several nights with a Takahashi Epsilon 180ED and SBIG ST-10XME. 22 hours 25 minutes total exposure time (Ha=480 min, R=335, G=285, B=245). The Hyrdogen-alpha data was mixed in to enhance the nebulosity. More details on the [url=http://www.xanaduobservatory.com/ngc2264.htm]Xanadu Observatory[/url] website. http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-02-17_Christmas-Tree-and-Snowflake-Clusters%2C-Cone-and-Foxfur-Nebulae-near-S-Mon.html http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-02-17_Christmas-Tree-and-Snowflake-Clusters%2C-Cone-and-Foxfur-Nebulae-near-S-Mon.html <img src = "http://astronomy.fm/aapod/images/t/t-2010-02-06-1265493753.jpg">Image details are, 40x300 seconds, 30x60 seconds, 20x15 seconds combined for an HDR image. I used Deep Sky Stacker for image stacking and calibration. MaximDL, CCDSharp, and Photoshop CS4 for processing. The images were taken over two different nights, (1-9-10 and 2-2-10) using the following equipment. Intes Micro MN-65 6.5" F5.5 Maksutov Newtonian Modified Canon 400D camera Celestron CI-700 mount Guided with an Orion 100mm F6 and Meade DSI Image acquisition and guiding via MaximDL Full size image is here, http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2524/4335131311_c60bab3635_o.jpg http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-02-16_M42-The-Great-Orion-Nebula.html http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-02-16_M42-The-Great-Orion-Nebula.html <img src = "http://astronomy.fm/aapod/images/t/t-2010-02-03-1265209624.jpg">C11 @f/30 DMK21AF RGB Astronomik IIb seeing: 5/10 stack of some 800 each R&G channel and some 600 B. Registax 5 & CS4 Feb, 1, 2010 @22h36UT http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-02-15_Mars.html http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2010-02-15_Mars.html