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Half Dome From Snow Creek, Sunset. Yosemite, California. Peter was a consumate professional, and I was in awe of someone who was making his living working as a photographer, always busy, always travelling. He seemed so self assured, and seemed to bounce from heel to heel ready to start the next project. It was all film then, no digital, no instant feedback. He solved exposure and composition problems like it was the easiest thing, while I, trying to become serious about my photography, struggled to figure out why some things came out good and others so wrong. He was so patient giving me answers, advice, and critique...and there were endless war stories of his job as a commercial photographer. Looking at my work from then, I don't know how, but I guess he saw some promise in me. When an opportunity came for a firm who needed some landscape work, he pushed me out there to be recognized as a photographer. For that I am eternally grateful. We'd instantly start in on equipment and techniques and artists whenever we met up, and I would sometimes bring him some of my prints, hoping to get feedback. He instinctively knew exactly what I had been drawn to in any photograph, and would sweep his hand over that part of an image like a magnet. It was always such a confirmation, so selflessly given. We both loved black and white, and of course we both loved Ansel...what photographers don't eventually beat that conversation to death? He told me more than once of a cherished trip he took to California; his awe, like mine, of Yosemite, and his quest for an original Adams print. I mostly do color work, but from the first time I timidly brought him a monochrome print to give me suggestions, his eyes lit up and his smile said it all. I floated off the floor getting that reaction from him. A couple of years ago, he got sick. I brought a black & white print to him in rehab, and watched his eyes light up, even though his words wouldn't come as easy as before. I did good. When I left, I sat in my car and cried, sad for my friend. A couple of weeks ago I ran into his son. I said I'd go up and bring him another print, because it had been awhile, and I had been remiss in not visiting. But of course I delayed, and I need say no more. There will be no replacing his swagger, his stories, his way of making you feel like you were the most important person for him to talk to. There is no replacing his inspiration. This is for Peter. You didn't know it was coming, and I'm sorry it's late.
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In 1972, two teenage lovers set out on a fateful road trip along Route 66, stopping for a night at the infamous Madry Wise Motel. They were never heard from again, and their bodies were never found. Now, it's up to you to enter the eerie motel, follow the clues, and solve this chilling cold case. Will you uncover the truth behind their disappearance, or will the mystery remain unsolved? 🔍
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Last image for this year.
This is a composition of frames from US, recorded by Carmine Iaffaldano, with a RC10" and Apogee U9.
L: 23x600s
RGB: (19, 13, 20)x900s binning 1
Ha: 53x900s
Assembling and processing: R. Colombari
Data: C. Iaffaldano
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The 1970s are often overlooked. In particular, the beautiful grouping of reflection nebulae NGC 1977, NGC 1975, and NGC 1973 in Orion are often overlooked in favor of the substantial stellar nursery better known as the Orion Nebula. Found along the sword of Orion just north of the bright Orion Nebula complex, these nebulae are also associated with Orion's giant molecular cloud which lies about 1,500 light-years away, but are dominated by the characteristic blue color of interstellar dust reflecting light from hot young stars. In this sharp color image a portion of the Orion Nebula appears along the bottom border with the cluster of reflection nebulae at picture center. NGC 1977 stretches across the field just below center, separated from NGC 1973 (above right) and NGC 1975 (above left) by dark regions laced with faint red emission from hydrogen atoms. Taken together, the dark regions suggest to many the shape of a running man.
Source: APOD
The whirlpool galaxy and just right at the bottom of frame is the faint galaxy IC4263.
11x240sec ISO800
SW150P, 0.9CC, Baader modded Canon 1100D, CLS Clip, NEQ6
DSS PS
This image taken with my 9cm refractor telescope has tiny extra's :) I took this image during the past year using a cooled CCD camera (QSI583) and a 9,2 cm refractor (TMB92) during a number of dark nights.
For this image 9,6 hours of data were taken:
Exposures:
19x300s L
3x300s B
9x300s R,G
9x900s Ha ; 12x1200s Ha
Total: 9,6 hours
When doing some research I found that it is possible to see globular clusters, like we know in our own galaxy, that are mainly located in the Galactic Halo, in M31.
This images gives an overview of some of the brightest globulars that can be found and are a nice challenge for imaging but also for visual observation.
If you do like these kind of images I would like to advice to take a look at my current Kickstarter campaign where you can become the owner of my new book 'Treasures of the Universe' with lots of nice images like this one.
For more info: www.astro-photo.nl/treasures
NGC 869, NGC 884 & VECINOS/NEIGHBORS.
Los nombres de algunas estrellas los tomé de Stellarium 0.11.1, otros los aportó Astrometry.net. (Se ven enmarcados si pasas el cursor sobre la fotografía).
Cámara en modo manual focus, montada en tripié. NO SE USÓ TELESCOPIO, NO SE INTERPUSIERON FILTROS, NO SE MODIFICARON LOS COLORES (de tal manera que las estrellas aparecen en su tipo espectral original). Zoom óptico 32.9X (789.6 mm equivalente).
Working on the newspaper crossword puzzle, in First Canadian Place tower, Toronto. I intentionally omitted most of the persons face.
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I wish to thank all my contacts who helped me solve my problem. The smudge was one of Pongo's hairs stuck on the sensor.
:-)
Now.. has anyone any idea of the ID of this butterfly, it's the first time I've seen one like this floating about the place.
Thanks Rockadee_one With Eagles and Dark Spinner, it's a Western Tiger Swallwtail.. I think.
:-)
edit:
v3: better color tones and processing (deconvolution)
v2: reprocessed from raw, better details and colors :) hurray!
M51 and the first light of my new camera :) Despite the purchase, not recommended by many for this type of shooting (long focal length), I did not put off, I was and am convinced it was the right choice (my wallet less)
specs:
Celestron C11 XLT mirror lock mod + Starizona 0.75x reducer on a Skywatcher EQ6 - ZWO ASI1600mm-cool camera and Lacerta standalone guide
45 shots for luminance (bin 1x1, 138/30 gain-offset, 150 sec for shot)
10xRGB shots (90 secs for each)
In the comments the photo of the full setup and location (Monte Beigua, Sassello (SV), Italy)
I am aware that it is not perfect, but after three months of abstinence, with the new camera and bad weather ... a couple of days to corse with convoluted software for masochists that I hate .. and I refuse to pay .. This is the first image, a little bit cropped and not very well framed, but
we are proud of! :)
The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a, M51a, or NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus in the constellation Canes Venatici. It was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy. Recently it was estimated to be 23 ± 4 million light-years from the Milky Way, but different methods yield distances between 15 and 35 million light-years. Messier 51 is one of the best known galaxies in the sky. The galaxy and its companion, NGC 5195, are easily observed by amateur astronomers, and the two galaxies may even be seen with binoculars. The Whirlpool Galaxy is also a popular target for professional astronomers, who study it to further understand galaxy structure (particularly structure associated with the spiral arms) and galaxy interactions.
Open clusters of stars can be near or far, young or old, and diffuse or compact. Found near the plane of our Milky Way galaxy, they contain from 100 to 10,000 stars, all of which formed at nearly the same time. Bright blue stars frequently distinguish younger open clusters. M35, (Bottom ) is relatively nearby at 2800 light years distant, relatively young at 150 million years old, and relatively diffuse, with about 2500 stars spread out over a volume 30 light years across. An older and more compact open cluster, NGC 2158 ( Top right ) NGC 2158 is four times more distant than M35, over 10 times older, and much more compact with many more stars in roughly the same volume of space. NGC 2158's bright blue stars have self-destructed, leaving cluster light to be dominated by older and yellower stars. Both clusters are seen toward the constellation of Gemini.
The Small Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy close to our Milky Way. It's only about 7,000 light years across and lies at a (close) distance of 200,000 light years from earth.
This image in shows the bright nebulosity that is present in this galaxy in OIII and Ha.
Image taken with monochrome Nikon D600 on a APM107/700 with Riccardi reducer and modified Nikon D600 for RGB, mounted on Fornax 51 and guided with MGEN.
Ha 20*12min ISO400
OIII 20*12min ISO400
RGB 10x12min ISO400
Location: Astrofarm Kiripotib, Namibia
2nd Place Winner dA Gallery Challenge 107
Created for dA Users Gallery Challenge 107 – Clock/s
Clock/s with thanks to JEricaM
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Texture: SkeletalMess Cracked Mask
We came back from our adventure to the coast a couple of day early. A tropical storm is potentially building in the gulf. For whatever reason, Hadley is bored and antsy, walking back and forth. An old fashioned method of occupying himself seems to be solving the problem.
I really cannot recall the last time I saw real cards in his hands but whatever works!
ODC: solving the problem
The Elephant Trunc Nebula IC1396A is a part of a bigger emission nebula with an embedded star cluster (IC 1396) in the constellation Kepheus.
The image was made with a vintage lens from the early 70s - the Zeiss Sonnar "Zebra" 180/2.8 lens attached to an ASI1600mmp.
21 x 300s H-alpha at F/4.0 with a Baader 7nm filter.
40 x 30 s R/G/B for the colors.
I had processed this image a week ago, but after that I got some very constructive remarks about the processing. This resulted in this much more detailed and sharper view of this nebula.
Description:
Stars are forming in the Soul of the Queen of Aethopia. More specifically, a large star forming region called the Soul Nebula can be found in the direction of the constellation Cassiopeia, who Greek mythology credits as the vain wife of a King who long ago ruled lands surrounding the upper Nile river. The Soul Nebula houses several open clusters of stars, a large radio source known as W5, and huge evacuated bubbles formed by the winds of young massive stars. Located about 6,500 light years away, the Soul Nebula spans about 100 light years and is usually imaged next to its celestial neighbor the Heart Nebula (IC 1805). (source: APOD)
Telescope: TMB92
Camera: QSI583ws
Mount: Skywatcher NEQ6
Exposures:
Date: 10/11-10-2015
Ha: 27x1200s (9h)
OIII: 11x1200s (3,7h)
SII: 13x1200s (4,3h)
Total: 17h
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SOLVER & GETAR breaking down the steeze in San Bernardino, CA. 1/11
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05-01-2020
Singapore
OTA: SR60mm f/6.0 APO, w/Flattener
Imaging: ASI183MM Pro, w/ASI120-MM-S (Guiding - QHY MGS)
Mount: CEM25P
Filters: Optolong Ha, Oiii
Sequencing: ASIAIR
Integration: (Ha) 12x300s, (Oiii) 9x600s
Pixinsight, GIMP 2.0
The Carina Nebula is a bright, large emission nebula surrounding the star Eta Carinae, located in the southern constellation Carina and lies in the Carina-Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way, at a distance between 6,500 and 10,000 light years from Earth. The estimated distance of the nebula is 7,500 light years.
Sometimes also called the Eta Carinae Nebula, the Grand Nebula, or the Great Nebula in Carina, its designation in the New General Catalogue is NGC 3372. It is one of the largest diffuse nebulae known, one that contains several open star clusters.
It is home to several notable objects: the Mystic Mountain, the Homunculus Nebula, and the Keyhole Nebula.
Processed in Bicolor, HaOO.
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Photographed at Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, between 21.57 and 22.18 EDT
(285 km by road north of Toronto)
* Altitude of M17 at time of photo: 27°
* Temperature 14° C.
* Total exposure time: 10 minutes
* 540 mm focal length telescope
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Description:
One of the showpieces of the northern hemisphere summer sky is this diffuse nebula of hydrogen gas, which can be seen in amateur telescopes quite low in the southern sky, just outside the band of the Milky Way.
Known as the "Omega Nebula" because of the similarity of its shape to the last letter in the Greek alphabet, M17 is a hotbed of star formation.
From Wikipedia: "The Omega Nebula is between 5,000 and 6,000 light-years from Earth and it spans some 15 light-years in diameter. The cloud of interstellar matter of which this nebula is a part is roughly 40 light-years in diameter and has a mass of 30,000 solar masses. The total mass of the Omega Nebula is an estimated 800 solar masses.
It is considered one of the brightest and most massive star-forming regions of our galaxy. ...
The open cluster NGC 6618 lies embedded in the nebulosity and causes the gases of the nebula to shine due to radiation from these hot, young stars."
For a version of this photo WITH LABELS, click on your screen to the RIGHT of the photo, or click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/29309651576
And for a wider angle view of this entire region, showing neighbouring nebulae and stars clusters, click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/28874267555
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Technical information:
Nikon D810a camera body on Teleview 101is apochromatic refracting telescope, mounted on Astrophysics 1100GTO equatorial mount with a Kirk Enterprises ball head
Ten stacked frames; each frame:
540 mm focal length
ISO 4000; 1 minute exposure at f/5.4; unguided
(with LENR - long exposure noise reduction)
Subframes registered in RegiStar;
Stacked and processed in Photoshop CS6 (brightness, contrast, unsharp mask, levels)
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M3 or NGC5272 globular cluster in Canes Venatici. Imaged from London on 16th May 2015.
TS65 Quad Astrograph, Atik 314L+ camera
31mins Luminance, 10 mins each channel RGB
Processed in DSS and PS CS6
A couple of weeks ago I traveled to Las Peñas, a place near the mountain range in the Vl region, a beautiful place full of mountains and rocks where the Clarillo River and the Tinguiririca are crossed. I travel mainly to miss a little of the routine and for my monthly dose of dark skies ✨, beginning to arrive at the camping monteverde for the next day visiting the Laguna del Encanto. I walked 5 km on the dirt road and uphill towards the Huemul reserve and when I arrived at the Laguna, I installed my tent in an open campsite near the place. Once installed there, I prepare for this photo, after bathing in those icy waters I waited for the blue hour to capture the beautiful foreground and wait for the night, more until 22:30, to capture the beautiful night sky. The view is to the south, observing southern skies, you can see at the top the Large Magellanic cloud (above) and the small Magellanic cloud (upper right corner). In addition to a starry sky where the south celestial pole is located. Simply a memorable trip.
Captured on 11-23-19 in the Laguna del Encanto, Las Peñas, Chile.
Sony A77
50x30 18mm F3.5 iso 800
Foreground: 18 mm F.3.5 iso 100 1/125
The Demon Star as of 13 March 2016. Brighter than it was 2 nights ago following a secondary eclipse event in the last few days.
Median stacked image:
25 x 25 secs @ ISO 800 (10 mins)
Dark, flat & bias calibration
Skywatcher 120ED Esprit, Celestron AVX (unguided)
Canon 700D
FOV 1.52 deg x 1.02 deg
NGC7789 Caroline's Rose Cluster in LRGB.
All imaging took place at my remote observatory at e-EyE, Spain.
This image comprises 2 hours and 5 minutes of exposures in 250 exposures in total, each 30 seconds long. To be precise:
L = 100 x 30s
R = 50 x 30s
G = 50 x 30s
B = 50 x 30s
This image exploits short exposures in order to prevent over-saturation of stars and in order to avoid problems with the Moon.
Equipment and software used:
Mount: Avalon M-Uno
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-85ED
Camera: QSI 660wsg-8
Autoguider: Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2
Filters: Astrodon E-Series Gen2 LRGB
Capture Software: Sequence Generator Pro and PHD2
Processing Software: PixInsight
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While on vacation I shot several wide angle images. At the top is the Eagle Nebula with the Pillars of Creation. At the bottom is the Omega Nebula. Some may recognize this as the Swan Nebula, or the Checkmark Nebula or the Horseshoe Nebula. You can zoom in for the details. The photo was made with an FSQ106 telescope. The CCD used was a MicroLine 16803 by FLI. I tried to get 7 sets of 2 minute LRGB's, but I lost 1 to 2 frames from each filter.
The comet was drifting fast toward north northeast in Eridanus. Diameter of the greenish coma was more than one degree or bigger than Great Orion Nebula. Tail was not visible on this frame. North is up, and east is to the left.
Earth distance: 0.091 AU
Sun distance: 1.057 AU
Here is a frame of the comet taken on November 10, 2018.
www.flickr.com/photos/hiroc/30920413127
The comet will pass very near, 0.0775 AU from Earth on December 16, 2018, just 4 days after the perihelion. It happens in Taurus.
Current Status in The Comet Wirtanen Observing Campaign by University of Maryland
wirtanen.astro.umd.edu/46P/46P_status.shtml
equipment: Sigma 40mmF1.4 DG HSM Art and Canon EOS 6D-sp4, modified by Seo-san on Takahashi EM-200 temma 2 Jr, autoguided at a star nearby with William Optics Star 71mm f/4.9 Blue Edition, Starlight Xpress Lodestar X Autoguider, and PHD Guiding
I tried the Sigma 40mmF1.4 for the first time. It is really nice one.
exposure: 4 times x 600 seconds, 4 x 240sec, 4 x 60 sec, 5 x 15 sec. 5 x 4 sec, and 5 x 1 second at ISO 1,600 and f/4.0
The first exposure started at 14:14:33 December 8, 2018UTC.
site: 1,549m above sea level at lat. 35 48 51 North and long. 138 39 16 East in Yanagidaiwa Makioka Yamanasi 山梨県牧丘柳平
Ambient temperature was -3 degrees Celsius, and SQML was 20.89 at the night.