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Seit vielen Jahren wird der Verkehr in Istrien ausschließlich, wenn man mal vom saisonalen "Istra"-Zugpaar mit SŽ 711 absieht, von den Schweden-Triebwagen der Reihe 7122 abgewickelt, die leider meist stark beschmiert unterwegs sind. Am 03. März dieses Jahres wurde zum ersten Mal ein Neubautriebwagen nach Istrien überführt. 7023 004 kommt nun seitdem in einem festen Umlauf zwischen Pula und Buzet zum Einsatz.
Kurz vor dem Bahnhof Roč erwarteten wir am 16.03.2023 die nachmittägliche Fahrt als 4708 nach Buzet.
NGC 7023 (sometimes known as the Iris Nebula or with the abbreviation C 4) is a diffuse nebula visible in the boreal constellation of Cepheus. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1794.
NGC 7023 is a reflection nebula, ie it reflects the light of some nearby stars; probably the main star responsible for its illumination is precisely the seventh magnitude star, cataloged as HD 200775, which would be enveloped by the nebula, together with other less bright stars born from its dust and which form the open cluster. The nebula is probably about 1400 light years from us and measures about 6 al. It is probably part of the vast Cepheus Molecular Cloud Complex.
Distance from Earth: 1,300 light years
Old Image reprocessed.
Images captured: 10.09.16
-Setup:
Telescope: Omegon 126/880 f/7 Triplet APO
Mount: Losmandy G11
Camera: Canon EOS 6D Astrodon mod.
-Imaging Data:
26x240" ISO400
1.73h
Leading CP292, the CP 7023 wears a two-tone gray paint scheme designed after the livery applied to Canadian and American fighter jets.
NGC 7023 better known as the Iris Nebula, is a bright reflection nebula in the constellation Cepheus. The NGC 7023 designation is technically the open cluster in the triangular open area to the lower left of the bright blue area, which is actually LBN 487. The nebula is surrounded by lots of dark clouds of dust and molecular gas.
Captured during April through June 2020 from my remote observatory in Taxahaw, SC.
36 hours total integration time.
Equipment used:
Explore Scientific 127mm APO triplet refractor
ZWO API1600mm Pro cooled monochrome camera
Astrodon R, G and B filters
Orion Atlas Pro AZ/EQ-G mount
Captured with SGP and stacked/processed in PixInsight
From my night out on the town at Joshua Tree NP, this is one of the composites garnered from the evening. I'm not particularly excited about what this northerly direction captured, though I do like the northern end of the Milky Way. In fact, I was a bit torn whether to crop off the left more and dump that low left meteor, just to tighten up the space closer to the rest of the action. Note the really wide angle too. It feels to me a little like that warning on the auto's passenger side rear view mirror, about "objects are closer than they appear". (I shot also with the 24mm.) All in all, a beautiful night. I'd do it again, with some modifications.
Just for fun, one of the frames actually had 2 meteors in it, low just over the rocks. I marked 'em with notes. Also, far low right is, I believe, the Pleiades - from Wikipedia: "It is among the star clusters nearest to Earth, it is the nearest Messier object to Earth, and is the cluster most obvious to the naked eye in the night sky." I think, and I will welcome correction.
I've seen many of the SD9043s pass through Dubuque, but this was the first time I was able to see one after the conversion leading through Dubuque, IA. This is B39 heading to the CP yard across the CN/CP Joint Main.
CP 7023 sits on a spur near Barlow on the CP Brooks Subdivision. The unit was spotted here earlier for a traction motors replacement. I elected to come back after dark for a few night shots.
As I haven't managed a completed colour image since May, here is a re-process of some old data from August 2014. Looking back I was quite short on the RGB which made quite a bit of colour noise to deal with in the dusty areas of the nebula.
Around 8 hours in LRGB subs captured with an Altair Astro 6" RC and Atik 460ex.
Location: Langhorne, Pennsylvania
Date: 2020.04.27
The Story: Trail = Fail. Trailing in nasty weather = Epic Fail. We'll make an exception for this. Canadian Pacific 7023 on todays Q410.
Helios 44.3 Reverse Lens and window light. Travels and travails through the 'light fastastic'. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trip_the_light_fantastic