View allAll Photos Tagged Subframing
Manufacturer: Auto Union AG / August Horch Automobilwerke GmbH, Zwickau - Germay
Type: 853A Sport Cabriolet
Engine: 4944cc straight-8
Power: 120 bhp / 3.400 rpm
Speed: 135 km/h
Production time: 1938 - 1939
Production outlet: 342
Curb weight: 2631 kg
Special:
- The basic 853 is designed by Horch chief-designer Günther Mickwausch.
- The 853A differs from the 853 through the shortened frame (5 cm) and a renewed subframe to support the radiator. This was done, so other coachbuilders (like Gläser, Baur, Erdmann & Rossi, etc.) could put on easier a Convertible or Coupe.
- The 853A also had a new engine with 120 bhp (instead of 100bhp), a renewed front, a new front suspension with double wishbones and used a DeDion axle rear suspension.
- The most beautifully styled Sport Cabriolet of their era was although expensive, they were cheaper than their Mercedes-Benz rival, the 540K.
- Auto Union was comprised of Horch, DKW, Audi and Wanderer since 1932.
- It has a four-speed manuel gearbox with overdrive by ZF.
- This automobile could be delivered in the colour "Fischsilber" ("silver fish"), a metallic paint in four colours (contained finely ground fish scales).
- When World War II began, production of the Horch Automobiles ceased.
Added to the gallery www.flickr.com/photos/stevepoe/galleries/72157639107186833
***************************************************************************
Photographed at Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, between 00.37 and 01.12 EDT
(285 km by road north of Toronto)
* Altitude of nebula at time of exposures: 63-58°
* Temperature 2° C.
* Total exposure time: 15 minutes
* 660 mm focal length telescope
___________________________________________
Description:
This huge ionized hydrogen gas cloud lies about 2,400 light years from our solar system. The nebula itself is named Sharpless 131; the large open cluster of stars near its centre is cataloged as IC 1396 or Trumpler 37. Below and to the right of centre is a small, prominent globule that is often referred to as the "Elephant's Trunk Nebula" (IC 1396a), and is an active star-forming region.
Here is another view of this object, made with a slightly smaller telescope almost exactly one year ago:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/36698969403
__________________________________________
Technical information:
Nikon D810a camera body on Tele Vue 127is (127 mm - 5" - diameter) apochromatic astrograph, mounted on Astrophysics 1100GTO equatorial mount
Fifteen stacked subframes; each frame:
ISO 8000; 1 minute exposure at f/5.2, unguided
(with LENR - long exposure noise reduction)
Subframes stacked in RegiStar;
Processed in Photoshop CS6 (levels, brightness / contrast, bright star flare reduction)
***************************************************************************
Unfortunately this failed its last MOT in January 2024 and seems to have been sat here since, replaced as a daily driver by a FIAT 500. The MOT fail sheet is quite long, but the worst item is probably a corroded subframe mount, common on these I think. So definitely saveable. It's been in the same ownership here for a long time, so who knows - maybe it'll come back one day.
I took this image just at the end of astronomical dark on April 10,2021 in the Gila National Forest, New Mexico, USA.
The Lagoon Nebula is about 5200 light years from Earth. It is the remnant of an exploded star and as such is a new star forming region - look at all those young (1-2 million years) hot white stars recently formed through gravitational coalescence near the center of the magenta colored cloud. The nebula is an emission nebula, meaning it emits lots of light at the Hydrogen alpha wavelength of 656 nm in the deep red. Other emission lines in the blue from oxygen, mix with the red to make a brilliant magenta. The emission is produced when ionized atoms recombine with free electrons. The atoms become ionized (or driven into an excited state) by ultraviolet light emitted by one or a few of the brighter stars. One in particular, 9 Sagittarii, is nearly 25,000 times brighter than our Sun. The Lagoon nebula is one of several great examples where we can see the life cycle of stars in one image. BTW that’s the Trifid Nebula in the upper right part of the image.
If you can find a really dark place, it is just barely visible to the naked eye ( I was able to see it after the core of the Milky Way was up). It is easily seen in binoculars or a small telescope but still appears gray since the most sensitive part of our retinas don’t see color. It is often seen in wide angle night scape photos of the Milky Way over the landscape and can be easily photographed with a tripod, a normal camera lens and a few seconds of exposure. Look for a purple region.
Photo info: Subframe images collected the early morning hours of April 10, 2021 in the Gila National Forest, New Mexico, with a Takahashi FSQ EDX4 telescope and ZWO ASI6200MM cooled 62 megapixel CMOS camera and Chroma filters on a Sky Watcher EQ6 auto-guided equatorial mount under control of a Raspberry Pi computer. The 18 one minute subframe images were calibrated, debayered, registered, integrated and post processed in PixInsight. About 3 hours before these images were taken my autoguider camera failed (bad cable?) so I took these images unguided but limited the exposure to 1 minute since this mount is not great. The image is cropped to about 40% of the original area.
I didn’t do any artificial enhancement to this image to “create art”. I think it is hard in a few minutes to improve on what Mother Nature did over billions of years.
As always please feel free to share any of my images.
Spiral Galaxy in sculptor
Taken at home (Santiago de Chile)
GSO RC 12" on top of a Mi250 mount
Atik383L camera - filter wheel and astrodon filters
ACP-Maxim-focusmax for capture PixInsight for processing
RGB(10h,11h,12.5h) in 10 min subframes
Celestron C8 with Hyperstar using the new Optolong L-eXtreme F2 dual band filter. I wanted to test the glare reduction on bright stars. It works much better than the older version. ZWO ASI294MC Pro camera, stacked, preprocesses in Siril, processed in PI and some little tweaking in Photoshop
105 x 2minutes subframes
Gain 120
IC 4592 is a large blue reflection nebula lit by the light from the multiple star system ν Scorpii - the brightest star in the frame, just below center.
This photo is another framing failure - the nebula is commonly known as the Blue Horsehead but I have truncated the horse's muzzle (at bottom right). It needs a wider field of view, or a mosaic - I'll maybe try again next year.
Anyway, this image is an integration of 211 x240s subframes captured on a QHY168C OSC with WO Zenithstar 103 scope. An STC multispectra LP filter was used. Imaging was controlled via SGP and PHD2, all post-processing was with PixInsight.
Observed from Prachinburi, Thailand
Another nice wintertime deep space object to photograph, the Rosette Nebula in Monoceros. It's advertised as 5200 light years from Earth, and the star cluster within it is estimated to be only 5 million years old. It's still just a baby!
TMB 80mm f/6.3 refractor, TV 0.8x field flattener/reducer, ASI533MC Pro, 30 120-second subframes with a dual narrow band filter. Calibrated with darks, flats, etc. Post-processed with DSS and PS.
February 3, 2025, backyard, Tallahassee, Florida. Bortle 7 suburban sky. Seeing was good though transparency was average to poor with high altitude cirrus clouds passing from west to east. Guiding was poor because I was too lazy to do a proper polar alignment.
Many people see religious imagery in clouds, reflections, toast, and rust stains on the side of buildings, among many other things. In that vein, I call this image, "Laughing Jesus." Watch out for the holy spittle! I imagine that He just tricked Satan into pulling His finger.
******************************************************************************
Photographed 20 km south of Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia
(300 km southeast of Darwin, at latitude 14.5 degrees south)
* Total exposure time: 9 minutes.
___________________________________________
Description:
This is an ultra wide-angle view of or home galaxy - the Milky Way - in the opposite direction to the centre of the galaxy in the constellations Sagittarius and Scorpius. This part of the Milky Way is not often photographed, and is challenging because it is fainter than the other half of the galaxy.
The nine subframes that were combined to form this image were captured between 04.31 and 04.51 CAST (Central Australian Standard Time), ending half an hour before the start of morning twilight.
Here is the equipment used to make this image:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/21202535154
In this view we see the following:
* Upper left: The tight cluster of bright stars is M45 - the Pleiades - in the constellation Taurus (the Bull). At the left edge toward the top is the oblong, deep red gas cloud known as the California Nebula.
* Centre of the frame: The familiar star pattern of the constellation Orion (the Hunter) dominates this part of the photo. Several red hydrogen gas clouds can be seen here, including the semi-circular Barnard's Loop.
* Centre right: The brilliant star Canopus, in the constellation Carina (the Keel), is near the right edge of the frame. It is the second brightest star in the sky, outshone only by Sirius (the Dog Star), which appears just below and to the right of centre in this photo.
* Lower right: In the constellation Vela (the Sail) we see large red hydrogen gas clouds that are not often shown in long exposure astrophotos.
* Centre bottom: The zodiacal light is a pyramid rising from the horizon in the hour before morning twilight starts.
___________________________________________
Technical information:
Nikkor AF-S 14-24 mm f/2.8G ED lens on Nikon D810a camera body, mounted on Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer tracking mount with a Kirk Enterprises ball head
Nine stacked frames; each frame:
14 mm focal length
ISO 4000; 1 minute exposure at f/4
(with LENR - long exposure noise reduction)
Stacked in RegiStar;
Processed in Photoshop CS6 (brightness, contrast, levels, colour balance)
******************************************************************************
"Well, dinnae jes stand thar, get in thar 'n get 'im!"
"Hm. Well, Cap'n, we got a bit o sub-framin' goin' on."
"A bit'o WOT?"
"Sub-framin. Prince Valiant is framed as a shot within tha shot!"
"Aye, 'e's even focus 'n we ern't."
"I'd say that were Paprika's shoddy camera work! Wot'r ye blatherin' on aboot??"
"If ye ask me, tis a set-up fer a 'eroic scene, 'tis."
"So, it'd be a bit like suicide fer us ta go in after 'im."
"Ohhh, talk aboot knight photography...!"
"I dinnae usually trust plastic castles with purple doors in any case."
⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⊰⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅∙∘☽༓☾∘∙•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅⋅•⋅⋅⊰⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅
A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
A series featuring 54mm scale(ish) toy soldiers from Britains, Marx, Elastolin and others.
Elastolin
Prince Valiant
Germany, 1960
Britains Ltd.
Deetail
Knights
1970s
Manufacturer: Carl F. W. Borgward G. m. b. H. Automobil- und Motoren-Werke, Bremen-Hastedt -Germany / Carl F. W. Borgward G.m.b.H., Bremen-Sebaldsbrück - Germany
Type: BO 611 Omnibus
Production time: 1959 - 1961
Production outlet: 14,748 (all B 611 Series)
Engine: 1493cc straight-4
Power: 60 bhp / 4.700 rpm
Torque: 108 bhp / 2.400 rpm
Drivetrain: rear wheels
Speed: 92 km/h
Curb weight: 1740 kg
Wheelbase: 102 inch
Chassis: steel ladder-frame + additional subframe with all-steel body
Steering: ZF-Gemmer worm & sector
Gearbox: four-speed manual / fully synchronized / steering wheel shifter
Clutch: hydraulic F&S single dry plate disc
Carburettor: Solex 32 PJCB
Fuel tank: 50 liter
Electric system: Bosch 6 Volts / Diesel 12 Volts
Ignition system: distributor and coil
Brakes front: hydraulic Duplex inside expanding drums
Brakes rear: hydraulic Simplex inside expanding drums
Suspension front: independent two unequal length laterally mounted wishbones, sliding struts with coil springs and sway bar + telescopic shock absorbers
Suspension rear: transverse reinforcement bars with sliding struts, longitudinally mounted semi-elliptic leaf springs + telescopic shock absorbers
Rear axle: rigid "swing" Banjo type
Differential: spiral bevel
Wheels: 4 1/2 K x15
Tires: 6,70 x 15
Special:
- This light commercial vehicle was launched in 1957 as Borgward B 1500 F (F="Frontlenker-Transporter" / "Cabover Transporter") and renamed in 1959 as B 611.
- The engine was installed in a large pod between the driver and his passenger.
- The Omnibus has a 17 passengers capacity and with a relatively narrow turning circle of 10.8 meters it was particularly suitable for city use.
- The B 611 Series was available as this BO 611 Omnibus, as B 611 Van, as B 611 Pick-Up Truck and as rolling chassis cab.
- It also could be bought as D/B(O) 611 with a 1758cc straight-4 Bosch PES 4 A 50 B 410 RS 80/1 Diesel engine - 42 bhp / 3.400 rpm - 102 Nm / 2.200 rpm - 75 km/h.
- According to the owner this bus is in totally original (unrestored) condition and there are only 4 Omnibus survivors left.
****************************************************************************
Photographed outside Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park, Northern Territory, Australia (440 km by road southwest of Alice Springs), long. 131.04° E., lat. 25.22° S., between 23.20 and 23.42 CAST (Central Australian Standard Time)
* Altitude of centre of frame at time of exposures: 46°
* Temperature 11° C.
* Total exposure time: 10 minutes
* 50 mm focal length lens
___________________________________________
Description:
Both astronomers and casual sky observers enjoy drawing lines between nearby stars and forming star patterns in their minds. A very obvious star pattern for observers in the southern hemisphere is the Southern Cross, formed by three very bright stars and one fainter one in the constellation Crux (the Cross).
The Southern Cross appears near the left edge of the frame, just above centre. For a close-up view of this star pattern, click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/28578438088
Larger and not as obvious, at the right side below centre in this view, are the four fainter stars of the False Cross, which is often mistaken for the Southern Cross because it rises in the southeast a couple of hours before Crux does.
Just above centre in the middle of the frame is the red-pink hydrogen emission nebula surrounding the variable star Eta Carinae. For a close-up view of this nebula, made three nights earlier, click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/41615329630
And at left, side by side, are the two first magnitude stars Alpha and Beta Centauri, which are the 3rd and 11th brightest stars in the sky (other than the Sun).
This is the telescope and mount that I used for my astrophotography on this trip:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/28602350028
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@N06/43436255575
__________________________________________
Technical information:
Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Lens on Nikon D810a camera body, mounted on Sky-Watcher HEQ5 equatorial mount with Kirk Enterprises ball head
Ten stacked subframes - each frame:
ISO 4000; 1 minute exposure at f/4.5, 50 mm focal length, unguided (with LENR - long exposure noise reduction)
Subframes stacked in RegiStar;
Processed in Photoshop CS6 (curves, levels, brightness, contrast, colour balance, bright star flare reduction)
****************************************************************************
1994 Vauxhall Calibra turbo 4x4.
Last MoT test expired on 8th January 2022 (SORN).
It failed a test on 9th May 2022 -
Offside front outer drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) - Major
Offside rear coil spring fractured or broken broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) - Major
Nearside front suspension component mounting prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength subframe (5.3.6 (a) (i)) - Major
Emissions not tested do to fuel leak (8.2.2.2 (e)) - Major
Fuel system component leaking pipe (6.1.3 (b) (i)) - Major
Photo with kind permission of [https://www.flickr.com/photos/34679063@N04].
Canon 135mm f/2 lens (stopped down to f/2.8),QHY168C OSC with Altair dual band filter,CEM60.
15 subframes of 300 seconds each stacked in Deepskystacker and processed in Photoshop CS2. Image cropped due to gradient.
Taken on night of 10th Dec 2021
The Seestar S50 started this image at 10:00PM to 3:50 AM. During this time 976 ten-seconds subframes were taken. Of those 865 passed muster. The images were pieced together as a mosaic. Image right annotates some points of interest.
LdN refers to Lynds Catalog of Dark Nebulae. What is a dark nebula? (Wikipedia: A dark nebula or absorption nebula is a type of interstellar cloud, particularly molecular clouds, that is so dense that it obscures the visible wavelengths of light from objects behind it, such as background stars and emission or reflection nebulae. The extinction of the light is caused by interstellar dust grains in the coldest, densest parts of molecular clouds.)
The ongoing re-development on West Quay Road (the waterfront-291 luxury flats).
For this week's Flickr Friday theme "sub framing" a Poole 27.07.2023
Comet Lovejoy, January 12, 2015. This is 11 300 second subframes stacked for each of red, green, and blue channels, for 2.75 hours of total imaging.
I'm no expert at comet photography, but as a novice, I'm happy with this result.
1998 Alfa Romeo 145 1.6 T. Spark.
Last taxed in September 2008 and last MoT test expired in August 2007.
It failed a test in July 2012 -
Horn not working (1.6.2a)
Windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid (8.2.3)
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush (2.4.G.2)
Nearside Front Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)
Offside Front Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak (2.7.3)
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has negligible damping effect (2.7.5)
Nearside Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated (2.6.1)
Offside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded (5.2.6)
Nearside rear parking brake recording little or no effort (3.7.B.6a)
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7)
1997 Citroen XM TurboD VSX auto estate.
Last SORN declaration expired in December 2018 and last MoT test expired in April 2015.
It failed a test in May 2015 (when it had covered 218,806 miles) -
Nearside windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid (8.2.3)
Offside windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid (8.2.3)
Battery insecure (1.9.1)
Nearside front subframe mounting prescribed area is severely distorted (2.4.a.3)
Offside front subframe mounting prescribed area is severely distorted (2.4.a.3)
Nearside rear suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.a.3)
Offside rear suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.a.3)
Nearside rear fluid suspension unit interconnecting pipe corroded and seriously weakened (2.4.d.3)
Front fluid suspension leaking (2.4.d.2)
Nearside front anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint (2.4.g.2)
Nearside track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.2.b.1f)
Nearside rear tyre has a lump, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (4.1.d.1b)
Parking brake is not capable of being maintained in operation by direct mechanical action only (3.1.2)
CaliforniaNebula_NGC1499, captured 2015-09_20, camera: SonyA7s (centralDS modded and cooled) 52 subframes a 300sec IDAS-V4, scope: RASA 11" F/2.2, mount: EQ8, Guiding_scope, processed with PixInsight (registration), CCDware (stacking and deconvolution), Photoshop CS6 (final cosmetic corrections), Tenerife, 1180 m altitude.
My new winter project. A 1979 Mini 850. Its had rebuilt subframes and a reconditioned engine so drives really nice. I'm intending on a full respray fairly soon but still deciding on a colour!
******************************************************************************
Photographed at Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
(285 km by road north of Toronto)
* Temperature 11 degrees C.
* Total exposure time: 10 minutes.
___________________________________________
Description:
Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, runs through the constellations Aquila (the Eagle) and Scutum (the Shield) in the northern hemisphere summer sky. Dense clouds of stars are obscured in places by winding lanes of dark foreground gas.
Numerous so-called "deep-sky objects" (dark nebulae, star clusters, bright diffuse nebulae) make wonderful targets for amateur astronomers with moderate telescopes who make the effort to travel out of our light-polluted cities to gaze at the wonder of the night sky.
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@N06/28046485616
___________________________________________
Technical information:
Sigma 50 mm f/1.4 DG HSM ART lens on Nikon D810a camera body, mounted on Astrophysics 1100GTO equatorial mount with a Kirk Enterprises ball head
Ten stacked frames; each frame:
50 mm focal length
ISO 3200; 1 minute exposure at f/4; unguided
(with LENR - long exposure noise reduction)
Subframes registered in RegiStar;
Stacked and processed in Photoshop CS6 (brightness, contrast, levels, colour balance)
******************************************************************************
IC 443 – The Jellyfish Nebula
IC 443 is a supernova remnant found in the direction of the constellation Gemini. It is thought that the supernova occurred sometime between 3,000 and 30,000 years ago. There is no known record of this supernova. The object is approximately 50 arc-minutes across and is thought to be about 5,000 light-years away.
Captured on 1-16-21 from the General Nathan Twinning Observatory (the dark sky site of the Albuquerque Astronomical Society) and 2-6-21 from my light-polluted Albuquerque backyard, using 7 nm band pass Sii, Halpha and Oiii filters on an ASI 1600mm camera, attached to an AT65 refractor mounted on a Losmandy G11 mount, this is at least my third attempt on this object. Previous attempts, made in RGB with OSC cameras have failed to yield satisfactory images. 36 x 300” subframes were captured in Sii, Halpha and Oii, for a total of 9 hours of data. All files were calibrated with darks, bias and flats, aligned and combined in PixInsight. I still found it somewhat difficult to obtain a finished image that I was satisfied with. One problem is the brightness of the stars Propus and μ Geminorum. In retrospect, I probably should have made separate images of much shorter duration and blended those into the final image. Nevertheless, this is by far the best image I’ve managed to make of this object.
Manufacturer: Lancia Automobiles S.p.A., Turin - Italy / Zagato Milano s.r.l., Milan - Italy
Type: Beta 2000 Spyder Tipo 828 2a Series FL
Production time: mid-year 1982 - mid-year 1982
Production time: mid-year 1975 - mid-year 1982 (all Series)
Production outlet: 9.390 (all Series)
Engine: 1995cc straight-4 FIAT Twin Cam 828B1.000 DOHC
Power: 113 bhp / 5.500 rpm
Torque: 175.5 Nm / 2.800 rpm
Drivetrain: front wheels
Speed: 187 km/h
Curb weight: 1042 kg
Wheelbase: 92.5 inch
Chassis: box frame with engine + gearbox subframe (bolted to the underside of the body) and self-supporting aluminum uni-body
Steering: ZF powered rack & pinion
Gearbox: five-speed manual (transversely in-line) / all synchromesh / floor shift
Clutch: single dry plate hydraulic spring disc
Carburettor: Weber 34 DAT 2/251 2-barrel downdraft or Weber 34 DAT 2/151 2-barrel downdraft
Fuel tank: 49 liter
Electric system: 12 Volts 45 Ah
Ignition system: Marelli electronic
Brakes front: 9.88 inch double two-circle (Super-Duplex) servo-assisted hydraulic discs
Brakes rear: 9.88 inch double two-circle (Super-Duplex) servo-assisted hydraulic discs
Suspension front: independent MacPherson struts, parallel transverse links, lower wishbones and pushrod, sway bar, rubber-buffered coil springs + struts incorporating telescopic shock absorbers
Suspension rear: independent MacPherson struts, Multi-Link system, parallel double lower wishbones (A-arm, control arm) and additional control arm, sway bar (fitted tot he floor pan), rubber-buffered coil springs + struts incorporating telescopic shock absorbers
Rear axle: Multi-Link independent swing type
Differential: spiral bevel 3.786:1
Wheels: 5½J x 14 inch alloys
Tires: 175/70 HR 14 radial ply
Options: AP Lancia three-speed automatic transmission (North America market), 1995cc straight-4 FIAT Twin Cam engine with Bosch L-Jetronic fuel injection (North America market), fabric upholstery (iso vinyl), Air Conditioning, leather interior, side view mirror, radio
Special:
- Lancia is an Italian automobile manufacturer founded in 1906 by Vincenzo Lancia and which became part of the Fiat Group in 1969. The company has a long history of producing distinctive cars, many technical improvements and also has a strong rally heritage.
- The Beta Series (1972-1984) was the company's first new model introduced by Lancia after it had been taken over by FIAT in 1969.
- Vincenzo Lancia used letters of the Greek alphabet for his early cars, like Alpha, Beta, Gamma, etc., and as such, Beta had been used on two previous vehicles.
- The 1974 Geneva Motor Show saw the introduction of a Convertible based on the Coupé, called the Spyder.
- Lancia called it “Spyder” (Lancia spelt the name with a "y" rather than an "i" possibly to differentiate the car from the Alfa Romeo Spider), but “Targa” (targa top roof panel and folding rear roof) would be a better name. Early models did not have a cross-member supporting the roof between the tops of the A to B Pillars. Later models had fixed cross-members.
- This 2+2 Spyder (or Zagato in North America and 2,076 units sold), designed in-hous led by Aldo Castagno (Lancia) and Pietro Castegnero (from Carozzeria Pininfarina S.p.A., Cambiano - Italy, but acting as styling consultant), is based on a shortened Berlina chassis (100 inch) and has also the first ever multi-link rear suspension used in a mass produced car, designed by Sergio Camuffo.
- Though the Spyder was designed by Pininfarina, it was actually built by Zagato in Milan - Italy.
- The construction process was complex, with Coupé bodies-in-white being delivered to Zagato for the roofless conversion, then back to Lancia for rust-proofing, then back to Zagato for paint, interior and trim, and then back to the Chivasso Lancia Plant for a third time for engine installation and final assembly.
Year of first registration: 1992.
The GTM Rossa is a Mini based 2+2 kit car by GTM Cars.[1] The car was based on two front mini subframes, with the steering being locked on the rear subframe. The Mark 1 car was produced from 1987 to 1990, and the Mark 2 car was produced beginning in 1990.
Bron: Wikipedia.org
Astro-Tech 6" f/9 RC, ASI533MC Pro, iOptron HAE29 mount. Forty 90 second subframes. Dual narrow band filter. Calibrated with dark, flat, and bias frames. FOV about 32’ x 32’. The "head" of the seagull.
February 25, 2025, backyard, Tallahassee, Florida. Bortle 7 suburban sky. Seeing was poor. Guiding was fair (total error was around 1 arcsec on average) since I did a reasonably good polar alignment. Siril, PS, StarNet. I need to work on my stars, among other things.
I took this picture at the same time as my LRGB image closer in on 9 February. In this case taken through an 80mm triplet APO refractor but using an Atik Horizon colour CMOS camera with a deep sky filter. It was a test at high gain to see if Alnitak (just above the Flame nebula) would blow out in the image or be under control. This is a stack of 101 two-minute subframes. Darks and flats have been subtracted.
A deep sky filter may not be the solution long term, as it tends to clip the red end of the spectrum a little too much, as can be seen in this image. I have somewhat light-polluted skies to contend with but even if I didn't it would still be advisable to fit an appropriate filter. My next test of the Horizon will be with a specific UHC filter if all goes well.
Peter
***************************************************************************
Photographed at Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
(285 km by road north of Toronto)
between 00.14 and 00.34 EDT
* Altitude of centre of frame at time of exposures: ~68°
* Temperature 2° C.
* Total exposure time: 10 minutes
* 660 mm focal length telescope
___________________________________________
Description:
Eight open star clusters are shown in this image of a star-rich region of the constellation Cassiopeia.
Our Milky Way galaxy contains some 1,100 open clusters of stars, which are loosely bound together gravitationally. Because of this loose nature, these cluster drift apart over time until they are unrecognizable as star clusters . Most of them are therefore only a few dozens of millions of years old.
An exception is the faint reddish cluster IC 166 in the extreme upper left of this image. It is estimated to be about a billion years old, and is still recognizable as a cluster because it is located outside any of the heavily populated arms of the milky Way. Thus the gravitational effect of other stars is minimal, and the cluster has survived for a long time.
For a version of this photo WITH LABELS and more information about the clusters in this image, click on your screen to the RIGHT of the photo, or click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/52399315319
___________________________________________
Technical information:
Nikon D810a camera body on Tele Vue 127is (127 mm - 5" - diameter) apochromatic refracting telescope, mounted on Astrophysics 1100GTO equatorial mount
Ten stacked subframes; each frame:
ISO 5000; 1 minute exposure at f/8
(with LENR - long exposure noise reduction)
Subframes stacked in RegiStar;
Processed in Photoshop CS6 (levels, colour saturation)
***************************************************************************
This ethereal and always eye-catching region was imaged later in the same night as my earlier Pleiades posting. Taken in Hydrogen Alpha, this is 16x6minutes unguided subframes combined.
Peter
Equipment used:
Atik383L+ mono CCD camera, H Alpha filter, 130mm Triplet APO, EQ8 mount.
Some famous objects in this small corner of Gemini: at lower left is the Monkeyhead nebula, over on the right is open cluster M35 and the much more compact (and older and further) NGC 2158. Meanwhile at top centre we have Jellyfish nebula sitting between the bright stars Propus and Tejat.
This image is a 2x2 mosaic, each tile being an integration of subframes shot on a QHY168C with a Canon 400 f5.6L lens. A dual narrowbard filter was used. Imaging was managed via SGP and PHD2, all post-processing was carried out in PixInsight.
Observed from Prachinburi, Thailand
In between tracking comet NEOWISE as it dips down early in the evening I also turned my 80mm refractor's attention to the Andromeda galaxy before packing up for the night. This is a stack of 35 five-minute subframes with a colour CMOS deep sky camera, the ZWO ASI071, flats and darks have been subtracted.
Peter
****************************************************************************
Photographed 4.5 km north of (13 km by road from) Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (Ayers Rock), Northern Territory, Australia, between 23.30 and 23.49 CAST (Central Australia Standard Time)
* Observing site: Long. 131.07° E. | Lat. 25.22° S. | Elev. 501 m
* Altitude of centre of frame at time of exposures: ~76°
* Total exposure time: 12 minutes
* 50 mm focal length lens
___________________________________________
Description:
Part of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, runs from the constellation Aquila (The Eagle) at the left side to Sagittarius (the Archer) at right.
Dozens of star clusters, glowing clouds of pink-red ionized hydrogen gas, and foreground dark nebulae are strewn across this area of the sky. The centre of the Milky Way lies out of view to the right side.
The 12th brightest star of in the sky, Altair, is near the left edge of the frame, below centre.
All of what is shown in this image can also be seen from the northern hemisphere, but I wanted to photograph it from south of the equator as well, from which it can be viewed almost straight overhead.
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@N06/49278477912
Here is a photo of the gear that used for astrophotography on this trip:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/49017804808
__________________________________________
Technical information:
Sigma 50 mm f/1.4 DG HSM ART Lens on Nikon D810a camera body, mounted on an iOptron CEM40 equatorial mount with a Kirk Enterprises ball head
Twelve stacked subframes - each frame:
ISO 2500; 1 minute exposure at f/4, 50 mm focal length, unguided (with LENR - long exposure noise reduction)
Subframes stacked in RegiStar;
Processed in Photoshop CS6 (brightness, contrast, levels, colour balance)
****************************************************************************
Taken around 4pm on the first day of March, this is a four-panel mosaic using a colour CMOS camera. Each panel of the mosaic is a stack of the best 40% of 800 subframes.
Peter
Equipment:
ZWO ASI071 MC Pro CMOS camera, 356mm f/10 LX200 SCT, EQ8 mount.
***************************************************************************
Photographed at Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
(285 km by road north of Toronto) from 00.57 - 01.18 EDT
* Temperature 11 degrees C.
* Total exposure time: 10 minutes.
___________________________________________
Description:
Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, spans the Canadian sky high overhead in the northern hemisphere summer. Dense clouds of stars are obscured in places by winding lanes of dark foreground gas. Many glowing red clouds of hydrogen gas are revealed in long exposure photographs.
The gossamer glow of the Milky Way, which most people never get to see in their lifetimes because of the light pollution thrown into the sky by modern cities, is a thrilling and awe-inspiring sight. But you need to get an hour or more out of the city to be treated to a dark enough sky that will reveal our glorious galaxy.
One of the most distinctive gas clouds is the aptly named "North America Nebula", to the left of centre. For a close-up view of this nebula made with a 400 mm lens, click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/19933485213
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@N06/27868577990
___________________________________________
Technical information:
Sigma 35 mm f/1.4 DG HSM ART lens on Nikon D810a camera body, mounted on Astrophysics 1100GTO equatorial mount with a Kirk Enterprises ball head
Ten stacked frames; each frame:
35 mm focal length
ISO 3200; 1 minute exposure at f/4; unguided
(with LENR - long exposure noise reduction)
Subframes registered in RegiStar;
Stacked and processed in Photoshop CS6 (brightness, contrast, levels, colour balance, colour desaturation)
***************************************************************************
Messier 44 - The Beehive Cluster (or also called the Praesepe) is a open cluster that lies in the constellation Cancer, the location of this open cluster also creates a great many photo opportunities as it is located close to the ecliptic (the line that planets, the sun and moon follow across the sky) thus creating many different conjunctions.
Learn more here: www.leisurelyscientist.com/?p=1573
This wide-field image was taken on February 28, 2016 using my Canon 6D, Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM and an iOptron ZEQ25 mount. Total exposure time was 30 minutes using 60-second subframes @ ISO 3200, the lens was set at f/6.3 adding some light star spikes to the image. The image was stacked using DeepSkyStacker, stretched with ImagesPlus and edited in Corel PaintShop Pro X5 and Adobe Lightroom.
***************************************************************************
Photographed at Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
(285 km by road north of Toronto)
between 01.44 and 02.01 EDT
* Altitude of centre of frame at time of exposures: 37°
* Temperature 16° C.
* Total exposure time: 8 minutes
* 660 mm focal length telescope
___________________________________________
Description:
In this area of the northern Milky Way, numerous foreground clouds of cold dark gas obscure the light of tens of thousand of stars beyond. Several of these gas clouds are readily apprarent in this image.
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@N06/50133527182
___________________________________________
Technical information:
Nikon D810a camera body on Tele Vue 127is (127 mm - 5" - diameter) apochromatic astrograph, mounted on Astrophysics 1100GTO equatorial mount
Eight stacked frames; each frame:
660 mm focal length
ISO 5000; 1 minute exposure at f/5.2; unguided
With long exposure noise reduction
Subframes stacked in RegiStar;
Processed in Photoshop CS6 (highlights / shadows, levels, brightness / contrast, colour balance)
***************************************************************************
Also starring NGC43346, NGC4248, NGC4232, NGC4231, NGC4226, NGC4217, and NGC4220.
I'm convinced that the secret to getting good images out of smartscopes (or any other kind for that matter) is to gather as much light over as long a period of time as you can. In this case I've got just a bit under 4 hours once I deleted subframes with commercial satellites, spy satellites, commercial aircraft, extraterrestrial craft of unknown origin, passing clouds and the tops of trees. But I plan to go back tonight and collect more data.
The second secret is learning to post process the data with new software. I use Siril, a fantastic free application that evolves leaps and bounds on a weekly basis. Developers are creating new plugins and scripts that automate nearly all tasks so the learning curve is not in the least steep.
Dwarf 3 - 317 subframes most of which are 45 seconds long. A few experimental one minute exposures are in the mix as well.
The Lotus Elise was based around a groundbreaking bonded aluminium tub that weighed only 68kg, but which was incredibly rigid. Only the roll bar, rear subframe and suspension mounts were made from steel.
Launched at the 1995 Frankfurt Motor Show, the Elise was named after the granddaughter of the then Lotus chairman.
This 1998 Series 1 Lotus Elise, S238 LRA, was seen at the Classic Motor Hub.