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The mechanics made a mistake which caused the extension arm to swing to the left and the machine overturned inside the workshop
Explanation: Galactic or open star clusters are relatively young. These swarms of stars are born near the plane of the Milky Way, but their numbers steadily dwindle as cluster members are strewn through the Galaxy by gravitational interactions. This bright open cluster, known as M46, is around 300 million years young and still contains a few hundred stars within its span of 30 light-years or so. Located about 5,000 light-years away toward the constellation Puppis, M46 also seems to contain a contradiction to its youthful status. In the lovely starscape, the colorful, circular patch just below the center of M46 (also inset at upper left) is the planetary nebula NGC 2438. Planetary nebulae are a brief, final phase in the life of a solar-type star a few billion years old whose central reservoir of hydrogen fuel has been exhausted. In fact, old NGC 2438 is estimated to be only 3,000 light-years distant and moves at a different speed than M46 cluster members. It likely represents a foreground object, only by chance appearing along our line-of-sight to young M46. (text: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090326.html)
This picture was photographed March, 20-23, 2015 in Khlepcha observatory, Ukraine.
Equipment: home assembled reflector 10 in., f/3.8
Mount WhiteSwan-180 with a control system «Eqdrive Standart», camera QSI-660wsg, Tevevue Paracorr-2. Off-axis guidecamera QHY5L-II.
RGB filter set Baader Planetarium.
RGB= 22*100-150 sec. each filter, bin.2.
2.4 hours total.
FWHM 2.44″-3.79″
Altitude from 17° to 24°
Processed Pixinsight 1.8 and Photoshop CS6
In 1933 Tatra presented their compact V570 prototype. It was developed by engineer Hans Ledwinka (Austria, 1878-1967) based on the ideas about streamlined cars by Paul Jaráy (Hungary, 1889-1974).
In this V570 some new revolutionary inventions of that time were applied like backbone (tubular) chassis in combination with independent wheel suspension and a rear engine. The body had a strong aerodynamic shape. It are the same characteristics which belong to Ganz's 1932 Standard Superior.
Immediately Tatra started a civil law case against Josef Ganz claiming he had copied Ledwinka's technical innovations.
Some background info:
In the 1930s there was an increasing need for a real people's car in the German-speaking region. A car affordable for the masses, the so called 'Volkswagen'.
One of the leading engineers at that time was Josef Ganz. After he had worked for Adler, BMW, Daimler-Benz and Röhr, he developed his own minicar in 1931, the 'Maikäfer'.
In Standard Fahrzeugbau he found a manufacturer and in 1932 the Standard Superior 400 was launched (officially presented at the IAMA, the Berlin international motor show, Febr. 1933).
This cheap car was based on the 'Maikäfer' principles: tubular chassis, rear engine, independent wheel suspension and with a streamlined body.
Journalist Paul Schilperoord wrote a very interesting book about the history of the development of the VW Beetle in the 1930s. In this book he describes the life and works of Josef Ganz who's technical ideas were taken over by Ferdinand Porsche. The book reads like a very exciting story.
See: Paul Schilperoord, Het ware verhaal van de Kever: hoe Hitler het ontwerp van een Joods genie confisqueerde, Veen Magazines, 2009.
In 2019 a documentary was made about Josef Ganz and his life story: Ganz, How I lost my Beetle (2019), by Suzanne Raes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNuS4GwU7CU
854 cc 2 cylinder air-cooled Boxer rear engine.
Production Tatra V570: 1933.
The planned serial production was not executed because the more conventional T57 was still very successful. The only produced V570 survived 30 years after daily use and was finally sold to the Kopřivnice Tatra Technical Museum (CZ).
Image source: Paul Schilperoord, Het ware verhaal van de Kever: hoe Hitler het ontwerp van een Joods genie confisqueerde, Veen Magazines, 2009.
Original photographer and place unknown.
Original date: prob. Nov. 1933.
Halfweg, Febr. 11, 2023.
© 2009/2023 Schilperoord/Sander Toonen, Halfweg | All Rights Reserved
ccd: Moravian G3-16200 with EFW + OAG
filters: Optolong LRGB and Astrodon 5-nm Ha/O3
telescope: FSQ 106N f/5
mount: 10Micron GM2000 QCI
guider: Lodestar X2
exposure: L 18x10min + RGB 12x5min (all 1x1)
location: Les Granges, 900 m (Hautes Alpes, France)
software: TheSkyX Pro, CCD Commander, Pixinsight, PS CC
date: 22 Feb - 17 Mar 2020
M46 includes the tiny planetary nebula NGC2438
Thursday pitlane atmosphere at the 2023 Bosch Hockenheim Historic: the Robin Ward/Ron Maydon Ginetta G4R in front of two BMW touring cars from different generations.
Find more pictures and a comprehensive report at 8W.
Sooo, Halo 4, anybody? ^^
After seeing Malydilnar's excellent 'Hog, I felt compelled to finally try my hand at one of the most recognizeable vehicles in gaming myself. And if you know me, you know I don't do things half-assed.
So, here's my LDD-take on the Puma, uhm, I mean Warthog.
The model features 4-wheel steering and suspension. Although for that to work properly, imagine the robot-hands near the wheels being replaced with minifig-hands stuck in flex-tubing.
There are some other details that I would change in real bricks as well, like the gun-barrel of the M46.
I hope I can build this for real sometime in the future. In the meantime, I might work on some other Halo-related LDD things until then.
DEU: Zum CSD und zum Marathon werden die Innenstadtlinien stark verkürzt, was bei M48, M85, M46 und 187 dazu führt, dass diese nur bis Dominicusstraße/ Hauptstraße fahren und dann Albertstraße und Eisenacher Straße an der Verkehrsinsel seeeehr scharf wenden und Aufstellung entlang der Hauptstraße nehmen.
Blick durch das Baumgewölbe der Eisenacher Straße auf die Hauptstraße. Beschildert ist noch die grad abgeschlossene Fahrt.
Warum die BVG auf den umliegenden Haltestellen an den Infosäulen Fahrten nach S+U Hauptbahnhof und U Turmstraße ankündigt und die Fahrgäste einfach mal so richtig doof stehen lässt, bleibt wohl ihr Geheimnis.
ENG: During the CSD and the marathon, the city centre lines of Berlin are significantly shortened, which means that the M48, M85, M46 and M187 only run as far as Dominicusstraße/ Hauptstraße and then make a very sharrrp turn at the traffic island at Albertstraße and Eisenacher Straße and line up along Hauptstraße.
View through the tree arch of Eisenacher Straße onto Hauptstraße. The journey that has just been completed is still signposted.
Why the BVG announces journeys to S+U Hauptbahnhof and U Turmstraße on the information pillars at the surrounding stops and simply leaves passengers standing there looking stupid remains a mystery.
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4931 Sanilac Rd ( M46) just East of Wood rd in Marlette, Michigan
the barn collapsed sometime between 2019 ~ 2021
215c 8 - _TAC6696 - 2ps
In 1933 Tatra presented their compact V570 prototype. It was developed by engineer Hans Ledwinka (Austria, 1878-1967) based on the ideas about streamlined cars by Paul Jaráy (Hungary, 1889-1974).
In this V570 some new revolutionary inventions of that time were applied like backbone (tubular) chassis in combination with independent wheel suspension and a rear engine. The body had a strong aerodynamic shape. It are the same characteristics which belong to Ganz's 1932 Standard Superior.
Immediately Tatra started a civil law case against Josef Ganz claiming he had copied Ledwinka's technical innovations.
Some background info:
In the 1930s there was an increasing need for a real people's car in the German-speaking region. A car affordable for the masses, the so called 'Volkswagen'.
One of the leading engineers at that time was Josef Ganz. After he had worked for Adler, BMW, Daimler-Benz and Röhr, he developed his own minicar in 1931, the 'Maikäfer'.
In Standard Fahrzeugbau he found a manufacturer and in 1932 the Standard Superior 400 was launched (officially presented at the IAMA, the Berlin international motor show, Febr. 1933).
This cheap car was based on the 'Maikäfer' principles: tubular chassis, rear engine, independent wheel suspension and with a streamlined body.
Journalist Paul Schilperoord wrote a very interesting book about the history of the development of the VW Beetle in the 1930s. In this book he describes the life and works of Josef Ganz who's technical ideas were taken over by Ferdinand Porsche. The book reads like a very exciting story.
See: Paul Schilperoord, Het ware verhaal van de Kever: hoe Hitler het ontwerp van een Joods genie confisqueerde, Veen Magazines, 2009.
In 2019 a documentary was made about Josef Ganz and his life story: Ganz, How I lost my Beetle (2019), by Suzanne Raes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNuS4GwU7CU
854 cc 2 cylinder air-cooled Boxer rear engine.
Production Tatra V570: 1933.
The planned serial production was not executed because the more conventional T57 was still very successful. The only produced V570 survived 30 years after daily use and was finally sold to the Koprivnice Tatra Museum (CZ).
Original old pre-war Austrian reg. number.
Image source: Karel Rosenkranz, Jan Kozlovsky, Tatra Technical Museum, Museum brochure, Documentation Department, Kopřivnice (CZ), ca. 1980.
Original photographer and place unknown.
Original date: prob. Nov. 1933.
Halfweg, March 5, 2023.
© 1980/2023 Tatra/Sander Toonen, Halfweg | All Rights Reserved
I just happened to notice this tree shaped like a heart as I was driving on M-46. I don't know if someone actually trimmed it that way, but it caught my eye in an instant!
ieri sera, nonostante la presenza lunare, ho voluto provare lo stesso ad immortalare qualcosa ho puntato l'ammasso aperto M46 nella cost. della Poppa ho sommato 90 frame di 90 secondi, 31 flat,31 dark flat e 50 dark con la QHY 183c, gain 11 offset 16, sensore a -20 su telescopio FS 60 CB e spianatore di campo, processing Pixinsight applicando il nuovo tool EZ Processing suite ( Denoise), elaborata con Photoshop cc19. all'interno dell'ammasso spicca la nebulosa planetaria NGC 2438 e spostandosi verso destra si nota anche un'altra piccola planetaria, la PK231+ 4.1 di magnitudine 14,40 e nonostante la luna disturbasse con la sua luminosità è stata catturata agevolmente..
A trio of globular clusters in Puppis. The leftmost cluster is NGC2423, the uppermost is M47, and the lower one is M46.
Capture consisted of 7 frames at 240s in red, green, and blue. No bias, dark or flat calibration frames were used. Subs were stacked in Pixinsight.
Luminance extracted and applied, and levels adjusted in Photoshop. No noise reduction was applied.
I am still in the trial and error stage with resuming DSO imaging. There are issues with this image that I think can be improved with more integration time (more frames, and maybe 360s exposures) and flat frames. I want to see if I can get away without bias and darks before I start capturing those.
ZWO ASI6200MM-Pro
TeleVue NP101is
Losmandy G11
Target Tanks at Cape Pyla. Military graveyard in Kato Pyla , near Xylofagou village.
Xylofagou is a sprawling Greek-Cypriot village situated close to the A3 Motorway between Dhekelia and Paralimni. It lies on the northern flank of a hill, on the edge of an area of a group of several similar villages known as the "Kokkinochoria", known for growing vegetables, especially potatoes, in red soil.
A fine Monday morning to be alive and standing outside stone cottages in the beautiful town of Kinsale in County Cork. An unusual image from the Mason Collection given that he used them for lectures and general talks. It would be interesting to find out what made this of use to him in that activity...
Collection: Mason Photographic Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1890-1910
NLI Ref: M46/23
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Remarquez la petite nébuleuse planétaire bleue, sur la gauche de l'amas. Il s'agit de NGC 2438 située devant l'amas à 1420 AL environ de nous.
Addition de 64 photos de 30 sec de pose et à 800iso, avec un Canon 450D + CLS sur une lunette iOptron 108-660 avec applanisseur, sur monture équatoriale motorisée EQ6-R.
Le 6 mars 2022 à Beaumont-les-Valence.
2022-03-06_M46_450D+CLS_L108-660+appl_64x30s-800a_500_BLV_001-01_fg
Frankfurt 286, F-VG2286, is a 2010 Solaris III 12 metre bus on route M46 on Karlsruher Straße on Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022.
1 stack of 45 images, Canon 800D at ISO 800, Samyang 16mm f2 lens at f2.8, 1m exposures, Omegon Lx2 tracking mount. 45 darks, 120 biases. Processed in PixInsight as below
***** Integration
lightvortexastronomy tutorial (www.lightvortexastronomy.com/tutorial-pre-processing-cali...)
* CC defect list + master dark
* weighing: (15*(1-(FWHM-FWHMMin)/(FWHMMax-FWHMMin)) + 15*(1-(Eccentricity-EccentricityMin)/(EccentricityMax-EccentricityMin)) + 20*(SNRWeight-SNRWeightMin)/(SNRWeightMax-SNRWeightMin))+50
* img 1311 ref
*****Linear processing
*** Crop
*** Background extraction:
DBE tolerance 3, no points placed on the Milky Way
*** Color calibration
SNCR 0.5
Background neutralization
Color calibration
***Deconvolution
Created star mask for larger stars - large scale structure 2, small scale 1, noise threshold 0.1, scale 6,
Extracted luminance, STF autostretched, histoed peak in middle to get a range mask
Deconvolve with range mask on, 80 interations, custom PSF, dark 0.01 bright 0.004, local deringing with star mask, wavelet regularization
*** Star reduction (for small and mid stars)
Small star mask - noise 0.15, scale 4, small scale 3 comp 1, smoothness 8, binarize, midtones = 0.02
Range mask from that, 0.05-1
Apply, erosion operator 4 iterations 0.15
*** Linear noise reduction
jonrista.com/the-astrophotographers-guide/pixinsights/eff...
*TGV - small noise
Created TGV masks - extracted luminosity, standard stretch (tgv_luma_mask), curved it with black point at ~0.2 and white at ~0.5, moved histogram point to middle (tgv_mask)
apply tgv mask inverted to the image, give luma mask as local support
TGV chroma str 7 edge protection 2E-4 smoothness 2 iterations 500
TGV luma str 5 edge protection 1E-5 smoothness 2 iterations 500
*MMT - larger noise and TGV artifacts
Created MMT mask - extract luminosity, standard stretch, move histogram point to 75%, apply low range -0.5. Apply inverted
MMT mask - 8 layers, threshold 10 10 7 5 5 2.5 2 2 on rgb
***MLT stretch
www.stelleelettroniche.it/en/2014/09/astrophoto/m42-ngc19...
**Initial
* created a new multiscale linear transform, kept 4 layers using linear interpolation
* diffed from original image to create a "blurred" version of original image
* extracted luminance from original, used as mask on blurred version
* used curves to create s shape in luminance and saturation, inflection 3/4 up
* pixelmath sum the 3, rescaled, back to original image
**Second
* new multiscale linear transform, keep 5 layers
* diff from original
* extract luminance from blurred image, to use as a mask
* masked blurred image with its own luminance, gave it s-shaped RGB curve, slight boost in luminosity, big boost in saturation
* pixelmath sum the 3, rescaled, back to original image
**Third
* new multiscale linear transform, keep 8 layers
* diff from original
* extract luminance from blurred image, to use as a mask, hist stretch it (multi_8_substracted_L)
* luminosity increase (1 curve), saturation (even more)
* pixelmath sum the 3, rescaled, back to original image
*** Darken
* DarkStructureEnhancer, 8 layers, 0.7, 3x3
* DarkStructureEnhancer, 8 layers, 0.7, 5x5
*** Color saturation
* truncated star mask with pixelmath, iif(star_mask_total > 0.5, 0.4, 0)
* applied a troux wavelet transform 4 layers, extracted residuals
* applied mask inverted
* bumped reds strongly, green-blues less strong
*** Sharpen
* Sharpen with multiscale linear transform, bias layers 2-6 (0.05, 0.05, 0.025, 0.012, 0.006)
Messier 46 et la petite nébuleuse NGC2438. Celestron C9 et Canon EOS 350d défiltré. Objet très bas sur l'horizon, vent modéré, température -4°c.
Exposición 60 segundos. Sin filtro y sin calibración. Procesado con Fits Liberator y PhotoScape. Telescopio Robótico Proyecto MicroObservatory.
M46 - Open cluster
This one was quick, only 30 minutes in total through RGB filters.
The cluster itself is lovely both visually and for imaging and the planetary nebula NGC 2438 completes the view
18 Mar 2025
ED80 f/7 refractor on EQ6-R
vTEC571c camera + L-PRO filter
27x3min total exposure
Tielt, Belgium
This glass lantern slide image of the members of the Irish Brigade doing their thing in Cremona from the Mason Collection is something a little different. Nearby where I live an old house is called "Cremona Lodge" and appears to have been taken over by someone with French connections. They have erected a plaque on a gate celebrating the Irish soldiers of the Irish Brigade and the Napoleonic Irish Legion. An interesting story no doubt?
Photographer: Thomas H. Mason
Collection: Mason Photographic Collection
Date: 1890 - 1910
NLI Ref: M46/33
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
A letter to a friend? Hugh O’Neill and Red Hugh O’Donnell were two of the last great Gaelic leaders, nobles, and generals, so a letter from them to Don Carlos must be a significant link with history. As this is Friday you now have an entire weekend to translate this, and I look forward to following your efforts. Marks will be awarded on Monday!
Collection: Mason Photographic Collection
Date: 1890-1910
NLI Ref: M46/5
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
TPI's answer to a short compact rifle, it is extremely quiet has a foregrip and angled pistol grip for maximum comfort, a built in laser, and collapsible stock similar to the MP5's stock. Credit to Beck for the shaded rails. Now tell me what to improve please. :)
Orion and his Dog Stars, Sirius (bottom) and Procyon (left), in Canis Major and Canis Minor. Many red nebulas are also visible in this area of the northern winter Milky Way, as well as star clusters such as M41 below Sirius, and M50 at far left. The Orion Nebula, M42, is below the Belt of Orion in Orion’s Sword. Betelgeuse, Procyon and Sirius form the “Winter Triangle.”
This is a stack of 4 x 5 minute exposures at f/2.8 and ISO 800 with the 35mm lens and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII, plus 2 x 2.5-minute exposures at ISO 1600 with the Kenko Softon filter for added star glows. However, haze this night added natural star glows. Taken from Quailway Cottage near Portal, Arizona, December 5, 2015.
Mr. Mason has come up with some gems in his collection, and I think that this is one of those! The regalia of a soldier in the Irish Brigade(?) in one of the French Empires must be as rare now as hens teeth. It would be interesting if we could find out the history of the pieces, what era they came from and perhaps which regiment? Remember "When on Ramillies bloody field the baffled French were forced to yield, the victor Saxon backward reeled, before the charge of Clare's Dragoons"?
WIth thanks to today's brilliant contributions, we have apparent confirmation that these pieces were associated with Napoleon's Irish Legion of 1803-1815, and are now held by the National Museum of Ireland. The cross-belt plate is believed to have been worn by a Captain Patrick McCann, who died following the Battle of Flushing in 1809....
Collection: Mason Photographic Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1890-1910
NLI Ref: M46/17
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
The open cluster M46 and the planetary nebula NGC 2438 in the constellation Puppis. What is neat about this star cluster is the planetary nebula behind it (although it appears to be part of the cluster). This was a five minute (5 x 1 minute) exposure taken on January 15, 2015.
Well, this may be a surprise for you, but I not going to be building WWII that much for a while. I'd like to expanded my building themes and have chosen the Korean War as my next one. It's really a forgotten war compared to WWII and Vietnam. Plus, since it was so close to WWII, they used some of the same weapons and uniforms, so I can use my WWII stuff while still building things like APC's and more modern tanks. What I need now is suggestions on what to build and figures. I'm looking at trying to get more CB olive ranger torsos since I want to steer away from decals. Any suggestions for US, Chinese, and Korean Uniforms that are made by TLG? As for vehicles, I'm looking at these four below. Vote for which one you'd like to see.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M24_Chaffee
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M26_Pershing
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M46_Patton
military-vehicle-photos.com.s3.amazonaws.com/10312.jpg
It may be a while before I post any Korean War stuff though since vehicle building takes me a quite some time.
This is an unusual juxtaposition of a stable and relatively young star cluster - M46 and a Planetary Nebula NGC 2438 which, contrary to appearances, is actually in the foreground and is not related to the star cluster but never the less the pairing makes for a lovely contrasting scene. This deep exposure also reveals a system of three distinct shells around NGC 2438 and these are a tell tail sign of periodic outbursts in the past as this low mass star come to the end of its life cycle.
Orion Optics AG12 F3.8
Starlightxpress SXVF-H694, SX USB CFW, SX OAG unit + Atlas Focuser
HaOIIIRGB = 390 200 30 30 30min = 11.3hrs total exposure (bin 1X1) Astronomik filters
-15C chip temp, no darks and no flats
Focal length 1120mm
Image scale 0.84"/pix
Guide Camera: Starlightxpress Loadstar
This frames a region along the Milky Way on the borders of: northern Canis Major, southern Monoceros, and northern Puppis. It is rich in nebulas and, in particular, open star clusters. The field is 10º tall by 15º wide, so roughly twice the width of a binocular field of view.
The main nebula at upper right is the star formation region called the Seagull Nebula, aka IC 2177, and with the round nebulas Gum 1 (above) and Gum 3 (below). The green nebula below centre is NGC 2359, known as Thor's Helmet or the Duck Nebula. It is a bubble of gas blown out by a hot and massive Wolf-Rayet star.
At left are the pair of contrasting clusters in Puppis: rich Messier 46 on the left and looser M47 on the right, with the fainter NGC 2423 above the latter. The cluster above the Seagull is M50 in Monoceros. The cluster below the Seagull is NGC 2345. The cluster below Thor's Helmet is NGC 2360. The clusters above M46/M47 left of centre are Mel 71 (bottom in Puppis) and the smaller Mel 72 (above in Monoceros).
This is a stack of 12 x 2-minute exposures with the Canon RF135mm lens at f/2 and red-sensitive Canon Ra at ISO 800. Tracked but not guided on the Astro-Physics AP400 mount. The lens had an 82mm URTH Night broadband filter on it to help increase contrast.
Shot from the Warrumbungles Mountain Motel near Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia in March 2024 on a night I devoted to shooting 135mm fields all along the southern Milky Way.