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"City View" North Greenwich, London, UK
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"Night Vibes" Docklands, London, UK
Summer. Finland. Sunset on the lake.
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Total Integration: 93.0 hours
Resolution: 6023x4374
This is a combination - mosaic of wide field Narroband data, with added close-up data of the Crescent nebula area acquired with my RC. This is the fifth panel addition and final of my Gamma Cyg nebula project.
The Sadr region, or IC 1318, is the diffuse emission nebula surrounding Sadr or Gamma Cygni. Sadr lies in the center of Cygnus's cross. The Sadr region is one of the surrounding nebulous regions; others include the Butterfly Nebula and the Crescent Nebula. It contains many dark nebulae in addition to the emission diffuse nebulae.
Sadr itself has approximately a magnitude of 2.2. The nebulous regions around the region are also fairly bright.
The Crescent Nebula (also known as NGC 6888, Caldwell 27, Sharpless 105) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, about 5000 light-years away. It was discovered by Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel in 1792.[2] It is formed by the fast stellar wind from the Wolf-Rayet star WR 136 (HD 192163) colliding with and energizing the slower moving wind ejected by the star when it became a red giant around 250,000[3] to 400,000[citation needed] years ago. The result of the collision is a shell and two shock waves, one moving outward and one moving inward. The inward moving shock wave heats the stellar wind to X-ray-emitting temperatures.
It is a rather faint object located about 2 degrees SW of Sadr. For most telescopes it requires a UHC or OIII filter to see. Under favorable circumstances a telescope as small as 8cm (with filter) can see its nebulosity. Larger telescopes (20cm or more) reveal the crescent or a Euro sign shape which makes some to call it the "Euro sign nebula".
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Vixen VSD100 f/3.8 Astrograph
Imaging cameras: Starlight Express SXVR-H18
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Vixen VSD
Guiding cameras: sx loadstar
Software: Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight 1.8, Main Sequence Software, Photoshop CS5
Filters: Baader Ha 8.5nm
Accessories: Starlight Xpress USB filter wheel, Starlight Xpress Lodestar Guider, Baader Planetarium 36mm narrowband filters
Dates: July 9, 2015, July 12, 2015, July 23, 2015 and August 5, 2015
Frames:
Baader Ha 8.5nm: 13x1800" bin 1x1
Baader O III 8.5nm: 14x1800" bin 1x1
Baader SII 8.5nm: 14x1800" bin 1x1
and second panel: rc
Baader Ha 8.5nm: 8x1800" bin 1x1
Baader O III 8.5nm: 8x1800" bin 1x1
Baader SII 8.5nm:8x1800" bin 1x1
Avg. Moon age: 24.76 days
Baader Ha 8.5nm: 13x1800" bin 1x1
Baader O III 8.5nm: 18x1800" bin 1x1
Baader SII 8.5nm: 14x1800" bin 1x1
and second panel:
Baader Ha 8.5nm: 8x1800" bin 1x1
Baader O III 8.5nm: 8x1800" bin 1x1
Baader SII 8.5nm:8x1800" bin 1x1
Baader Ha 8.5nm: 8x1800" bin 1x1
Baader O III 8.5nm: 8x1800" bin 1x1
Baader SII 8.5nm:8x1800" bin 1x1
Avg. Moon age: 24.76 days
Avg. Moon phase: 25.31%
Locations: Home observatory, Valencia, Spain
Mute Swans. Sunset. Summer. Finland.
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"600 Steps: l'esprit de l'escalier" Tokyo, Japan
Le Temple d'Or (en pendjabi, "Harmandir Sahib", signifiant « l'Illustre Temple de Dieu »).
C'est l'édifice le plus sacré des Sikhs. Il est situé au cœur de la ville d'Amritsar, au Pendjab, dans le nord ouest de l'Inde.
Le nom de « Temple d'Or » est dû à sa couverture dorée à l'or fin. Il date du début du 17ème siècle.
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Golden magnificence
The Golden Temple (in Punjabi, "Harmandir Sahib", meaning "the Illustrious House of God").
It is the most sacred building of the Sikhs. It is located in the heart of the city of Amritsar, Punjab, in northwest India.
The name "Golden Temple" is due to its golden cover with fine gold. It dates from the early 17th century.
Mute Swans family. Sunset on the lake.
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"Standing Tall" Fuji TV Building, Tokyo, Japan
AUDL ultimate frisbee - Montreal Royal vs Ottawa Outlaws
Shawn St-Jean Timmins flying to catch the frisbee and score a point.
Taken at night - ISO 6400 - Canon 7D
The nebula Messier 78 is a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1780 and included by Charles Messier in his catalogue of comet-like objects that same year. It is located approximately 1,600 light years distant from Earth.
"Among the . . . particles responsible for the scattering (the reflected star light illuminating these structures) are carbon compounds (e. g. diamond dust) and compounds of other elements such as iron and nickel. The latter two are often aligned with the galactic magnetic field and cause the scattered light to be slightly polarized."
Integration: 17.7 hours
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Takahashi TSA 102
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Takahashi TSA 102
Guiding cameras: sx loadstar
Focal reducers: Takahashi TOA/FS Reducer
Software: Sequence Generator Pro, PHD, Main Sequence Software, Photoshop CS5
Filters: Baader Luminance 2", Baader B 2'', Baader R 2", Baader G 2", Baader Ha 8.5nm
Accessories: Starlight Xpress USB filter wheel, Starlight Xpress Lodestar Guider
History of Anakena beach:
This idyllic oasis is more than sand, sea and sun on a remote island, because here are traces of the historical-cultural birth of Easter Island.
It was here where the first king of the Island known as Ariki Hotu Matu'a landed, who, in the company of his subjects, anchored roots to establish the first populated civilization, which gave rise to the Rapanui culture.
The name by which this beach is known has a rather particular origin, because it is inspired by a nearby cave, where Hotu Matu’a apparently established his personal residence.
Anakena Beach was also the epicenter of Chilean aboriginal populations, who conceived of this place as a meeting point between the masters of the Rapa Nui Rongo Rongo language.
50 shades of blue:
In Easter Island there are five coves or small bays (hanga in rapanui language) from which local fishermen go out to sea. The most remote are La Perouse on the northeast coast, Hanga Nui, near Ahu Tongariki, and Vaihu on the south coast.
View of the three Poike ma’ungas (hills) from the north coast:
At first sight the Poike only shows a landscape of gentle slopes, desolate meadows and steep cliffs that fall over the sea. However, this unique corner of the island contains several places of interest in which history and legends of Easter Island are mixed.
The three ma’ungas:
On the northern slope of the Poike peninsula, there are three unique mounds or domes formed by the superposition of multiple lava flows. Their names starting from the coast inland are Ma’unga Parehe (broken hill), Ma’unga Tea Tea (white hill) and Ma’unga Vai a Heva (magic water hill). These small elevations, that form a striking “crest” on the slope when they are seen from the north coast, have been the scene of several episodes in the history of the island.
These curious geological formations were used as trachyite quarries, a dense volcanic white stone, with which they carved several moai statues. Most of the statues that have been found in Poike were carved in this resistant material, although a few come from the Rano Raraku volcano.
In addition, taking advantage of its elevated position, small ahu or ceremonial platforms used by priests and sages during their sacred rites were built on the small plateaus of each of the three peaks. It is still possible to see some remains as the small and eroded statue on the top of Ma’unga Parehe, the closest to the cliff.
These hills were not only used by the natives of Rapa Nui to honor their ancestors and divinities, they were also spotted by the Spaniards who arrived in 1770 in the second European expedition that arrived on the island under the command of Felipe González de Haedo.
On the morning of November 20, 1770, a detachment of 250 men ascended to the Pu’i hill to recognize the terrain and complete the details of the first cartographic map of the island. Later, another group of 250 soldiers, sailors, officers and chaplains landed on the Ovahe beach with the mission of officially taking possession of the island.
This second detachment was joined by many islanders and together they went in procession to the Poike. After a difficult climb they planted three wooden crosses on the tops of the three hills or ma’ungas. The three “Viva el Rey” (long live the king) when raising each cross, accompanied by musket salvoes plus the 21 cannon shots of each of the two anchored boats, had to leave a strong impression on the ancient natives.
An act of formal possession of the island was written in the name of Carlos III, the King of Spain, and was named San Carlos Island, in honor of his majesty. The act, which was signed by several officers and three native chiefs, is the first known written document that contains signs similar to those of the Rongo Rongo tablets.
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"Mad As A Hatter" Camden Town, London, UK
The Mad Hatter, a character in Alice In Wonderland.
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"Orange Underpass" Little Venice in Maida Vale, London, UK
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"A Man and His Dog" Little Venice in Maida Vale, London, UK
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"Architectural Reflections in Black & White", London, UK
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"Something Blue, Something Red" London Eye, London, UK
First time I have caught coke loads coming up the Matt Branch ramp. Shame it squiffed up 10 mins before they came. Need to bazinga this.
The Northern lights were along way away but I was lucky enough to have caught this. taken in Durness, Scotland looking over Sango bay. using an wide angle lens extension
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft launched from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, for their fourth official Commercial Resupply (CRS) mission to the orbiting lab on Sunday, September 21 at 1:52am EDT. Dragon returned to Earth with a parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of southern California on October 25. Dragon is the only operational spacecraft capable of returning a significant amount of supplies back to Earth, including experiments.
Spring is coming! 14.3.2015 Finland. Sea ice.
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