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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.
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Photographed at Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
(285 km by road north of Toronto)
* Temperature 11 degrees C.
* Total exposure time: 10 minutes.
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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:
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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)
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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
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
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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
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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:
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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)
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Photo taken in 1987. Image is a scan off of a 3-1/2” x 5” print.
Note the leading arm front suspension, the cast alloy I-beam subframe, the Villiers 2-stroke engine and the blue livery. These were common features on most Greeves (GB) motorcycles.
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
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
I check my subframes before I do any post-processing. You never know what you might find, right?
Last night I captured the trails of a number of satellites. They are easy to explain (thank you, Elon, for ruining so many astrophotographs) But the three parallel bright lines are a complete mystery. Three somethings were moving slowly near M106 (faintly visible in the center), but not as slowly as the satellites. I also think there are vapor trails.
I can't figure out what they are.
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.
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.
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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
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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
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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)
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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.
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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
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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)
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Canon 135 f/2 (stopped down to 2.8) lens attached to SX Trius 694 + Baader 7nm Ha filter piggybacked to main scope on a CEM60 was used to capture eleven subframes at 300 seconds each. Stacked in Deepskystacker and processed in StarTools and Photoshop CS2
Taken 07/01/22
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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
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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
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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)
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Photographed from mid-town Toronto, Canada, at 21.36 EDT (Moon altitude: 35° | Sun 35° below the horizon)
* Temperature 10° C.
When I made the subframes that have been assembled for this image, the Moon was still 39 hours (a little more than a day and a half) from reaching its full phase. As a result, you can see the terminator (the dividing line between the sunlit and dark portions of the lunar disk) along the left edge, with craters and mountains in sharp profile from the low angle of the Sun.
Last night the Moon appeared distinctly yellowish in colour, probably caused by dust particles in the atmosphere. I have tried to neutralize the yellow during processing of the image, but the slight yellow cast is still evident.
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Nikon D850 camera body on Explore Scientific 152 mm (6") apochromatic refracting telescope, mounted on Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 SynScan mount.
Best ten of ten sixteen identical stacked frames; each frame:
* 1253 mm focal length
* ISO 100, 1/200 sec. exposure, f/8
Stacked in Registax
Processed in Photoshop CS6
(brightness, contrast, colour desaturation, colour balance)
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Celestron C8 SCT with Starizona Hyperstar F/1.9 ZWO ASI 294MC Pro, Optolong L-eXtreme filter, ASIAir tracking and capturing on SW EQ6-R Pro
8 hours and 14 minutes total integration,
247 x 120sec subframes
ASI294MC Pro gain 120
Preprocessed in SIRIL and processed in PixInsight final tweaks in Photoshop and Topaz
I started exposing this image at 11:05 PM last night and finished at 2:46 AM this morning. Even though that was about 3 hours and 40 minutes there were a few dropped frames and processing time which reduced actually exposure time to 2 hours divided into 10 second subframes. Below is a screenshot depicting a step in post-processing.
My latest attempt at this fantastic object, this time a wider field captured with a Canon 400mm f5.6L lens on a QHY168C cooled CMOS camera. 283 x 180s subframes integrated in PixInsight.
Observed from Prachinburi, Thailand.
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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
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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
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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)
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Eagle Nebula (M16), Swan Nebula (M17), star cluster M18, Sagitarius star cloud and a lot of other structures. For me a surprising new view of Eagle Nebula: a face in a fascinating expression (left side). Mosaic captured last night (2015-08-16) in Tenerife, 1200 m altitude, 2 x 20 x 150 sec subframes, Sony A7s (CentralDs modded and cooled, ISO 4000, IDAS-V4 filter), RASA 11" F2.2, ASA DDM85 unguided, processed in PixInsight, PtGui and PS CC.
1965 Jaguar S-type 3.8.
Last taxed in July 2021.
Anglia Car Auctions, King's Lynn -
"V5 Present
MoT Exempt
Chassis number: 1B54494DN
"Finished in Old English white with red leather interior. This desirable 3.8 litre example, with working overdrive, has benefitted from works including the front brakes, master cylinder and handbrake overhaul, engine service, re‑sealing of the steering box and carburettor overhaul. In addition, the rear subframe has been out when new bushes were fitted, both fuel tanks have been removed and overhauled, painted and weather proofed. The interior has previously been subject to a re‑trim and the walnut veneer dash and door cappings remain in very good condition. Comes with a current V5 and Jaguar Heritage certificate. The mileage is recorded at 49,931 and the car registers six owners."
Sold for £11,880 (including premium) on an estimate of £12,000 to £14,000.
Cumulative 3 hour exposure of the Veil Nebula. Subframes were 5 minutes. Taken with Nikon D810a and a Televue NP101.
This is the Sunflower Galaxy in Canes Venatici, nicely high in our skies at the moment and living up to its nickname.
This image is a stack of 31x5minute luminance subframes with added red, green and blue data taking the total image time to just short of four hours over two recent nights.
Taken through my 130mm triplet APO refractor with an Atik 460EX mono CCD.
Peter
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for December 24, 2013;
This image of SH 2-308 was taken in my backyard inTehachapi, Ca., during a cold snap (13 degrees). Details: Televue NP127is at f4.1; Atik 383L+ at -18 deg C; Orion EQ-G mount;TS OAG; Astrodon 3nm filters: Ha(G)(15x20min),SII(R)(3x20min),OIII(B)(18x20min). Because this 'dolphin' or 'gourd' is so strong in OIII, I mixed approximately 15% OIII into the red channel along with 85% SII. To obtain the final colors, I tweaked the color bandwidths and hues of this image using PSE9 [replace color] in an attempt to achieve a pleasing look. I also used AIPWIN to apply Sigmoid Brightness Scaling on each subframe before stacking.
It really took a while before this model was done. Actually I wanted to present it at LEGO World 2013 but didn't manage to get it ready. It was shown at LEGO World 2014 in Copenhagen but afterwards I still had to do some minor changes.
Anyhow; the model. In July 2011 I was visiting the UK for my job and I had the opportunity to do some sightseeing. Just before heading for the UK I saw a couple of pictures of NYR's immaculate Kenworth K100E Aerodyne in "B.J. & the Bear: outfit. A couple of months before they imported one for the States and converted it into a heavy recovery vehicle by fitting a Century Rotator 1140. I took a lot of pictures at their yard (and of course I was very please it was there!). Back home I started to find more details about the K100 and Century Rotator and start building a chassis and cab.
I didn't use chrome before and had to start a collection of chrome pieces. I discovered it's rather expensive and I was hesitating whether I should continue the project or not. Mid 2011 I still had the old Scania 141 with Holmes and when I removed the cab of that one and placed the K100 cab onto the chassis I thought it might be better to start with a smaller truck with some chrome parts. And that's how I start building the K100 with Holmes twin boom; www.flickr.com/photos/51102529@N07/sets/72157631712541786/
But I had to continue with the NYR truck. The other K100 did turn out very well and the Aerodyne would be even better (red, white and black are always good to combine). So I continued early 2013. In a meanwhile Brickonwheels started to build his Pete 379 with Century Rotator 1075; www.flickr.com/photos/bricksonwheels/sets/721576345065103...
From a truck photographer I received some very useful pictures of the century rotator, even a few production pictures. He I really could see all details which enabled me to build quite an exact replica. At a heavy recovery show in Belgium in June 2013 I had a closer look to a few examples of Century Rotators which where there.
The model has a full detailed chassis with drive shafts, air suspension, axle stabilizers, etc. etc. When I was building the chassis I recon it would become long, very long. Without the body should say there wouldn't come an end to the chassis … Nice challenge to get it straight without bending. The cab is tilted with an accurate Cummins 6 cylinder in line engine underneath. This one has some chrome touches. The cab interior differs a bit from the old K100; this one is from a later generation, on of the last produced in 2003.
The body work I had to align with the cab (especially with the striping). As I wouldn't change anything to the design of it (it was perfect) I had to modify the body work quite some times. I think I rebuilt it seven of eight times. The body work consist of one center part at the front and two mirrored sections on each side. These are merged to the chassis with traverse beams. On the truck chassis there's a heavy subframe for the crane. I used a classic turn table to attach the crane base. The crane base also was quite a challenge to build; I wanted to have the shapes correctly. While there aren't any blueprints available of the rotator I really had to study all pictures I took. When building the crane I discovered the truck chassis was a bit too short; I disassembled the chassis and stretched it with three studs. It really was a lot of work but otherwise it wouldn't be right.
The boom has three stages and I chose to use panels, brackets and tiles to make these section. In reality there's a little space between the boom and crane base. The outer section is just less than six studs wide, the middle section four studs and inner section a little more than three studs. I was quite expensive to collect all these pieces but I thought it would fit better.
The truck has three winches; two on top of the crane base and one in the body work.
I spent a lot of time on detailing, like the fuel tanks, air compressor, light bar, support legs, storage cabinets etc. etc.
It's my largest solo vehicle so far, apart from the huge Liebherr cranes I built many years ago. In a time span of two and a half years I spent many hours on it. Mostly it really was fun and exciting to build but sometimes quite frustrating. Patience is the magic word!
This is a slightly different view of the Crab nebula. It is normally a narrowband target and scrubs up well in H Alpha. This mage is simply a colour image taken with a luminance/IR cut filter, giving a more natural view of the nebula. It is 20 individual subframes of 480 seconds each taken over two separate nights' observing in September and October.
Peter
1988 Austin Metro Vanden Plas 5-door.
Last MoT test expired in December 2007 (SORN).
It failed a test in November 2007 -
Nearside inner rear seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded (5.2.6)
Offside inner rear seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded (5.2.6)
Offside inner rear subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.a.3)
Nearside inner rear subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.a.3)
Offside inner rear subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.a.3)
and again in June 2020 -
Nearside rear suspension pipe damaged or deteriorated and function is seriously affected excessively corroded (5.3.5 (b) (ii)) - Dangerous
Offside rear suspension pipe damaged or deteriorated and function is seriously affected excessively corroded (5.3.5 (b) (ii)) - Dangerous
All direction indicators not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) - Major
Fluid leak harmful to the environment or a risk to other road users coolant leaking excessively (8.4.1 (a) (i)) - Major
Horn not working (7.7 (a) (ii)) - Major
Windscreen washer not working (3.5 (a)) - Major
Offside rear subframe mounting prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (5.3.6 (a) (i)) - Major
Nearside rear outer seat belt anchorage prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced (7.1.1 (a) (i)) - Major
Offside rear outer seat belt anchorage prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced (7.1.1 (a) (i)) - Major
Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) - Major
Using my 150 ED apo triplet and 1000D with UHC filter I captured 4 subframes at 25 minutes apiece,stacked in Deepskystacker and processed in Photoshop,colour balanced to bring out the Hubble palette.
EQ 6 powered using EQMOD and autoguided using 60mm Tasco refractor,SX Lodestar and PHD2.
Image taken early hours of 27/12/16
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Photographed at Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, between 22.17 and 22.30 EDT
(285 km by road north of Toronto)
* Temperature 12° C.
* Total exposure time: 6 minutes.
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Description:
One of the brightest sections in our home galaxy, the Milky Way, is in the small constellation Scutum (the Shield), which appears in the southern sky half way from the horizon to the zenith as seen from southern Canada and the northern United States.
In this area appear many foreground cold, dark nebulae, which obscure the light of the stars beyond. These dark regions were photographed and catalogued by the great American astronomer E. E. Barnard (1857 - 1923) (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Emerson_Barnard), and bear the designation "B", numbered from 1 to 370.
Below centre in this view is a favourite target of amateur astronomers with modest telescopes: M11, the "Wild Duck Cluster". This is a rich open cluster of stars that looks like a duck in flight. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Duck_Cluster for more information about M11.
For a wider angle view of the entire constellation and the surrounding area, click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/28583103700
For a version of this photo WITH labels, click on the RIGHT side of your screen, or click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/31295105435
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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
Six 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 (levels, brightness, contrast, colour balance)
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1997 Jaguar XK8 4 Litre auto.
Previously registered J20 AKS, JR 7237, J853 GGP, VOT 92 and P804 UAV.
Last MoT test expired in November 2015 (SORN).
It failed a test that month -
Nearside rear subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded outer sill area (2.4.a.3)
Offside rear subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded outer sill area (2.4.a.3)
Nearside brake pipe excessively corroded front to rear (3.6.b.2c)