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As of last week, the Bugatti Veyron is once again the fastest car in the world. The figures are stunning: 8.0 litres, 4 turbochargers, 16 cylinders, 1001 hp, 4wd.
This Lego model has been built to 1:15 scale (16-wide) for Eurobricks 2010 LDD Challenge and features a mid-mounted W8 piston motor, 4wd, four-wheel independent modularised suspension. The vehicle is built to true automotive method. The front passenger tub is technic pin mounted to the rear engine/chassis subframe. All exterior panel except the roof are unstressed and can be detached from the body. The rear spoiler is also height and pitch adjustable.
M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy
Easily one of the most photographed deep sky objects, M51 never ceases to amaze me. My first ever astrophoto in 2012 was of this galaxy, and I've shot it pretty much every year since, constantly improving on what had come before. This year was no different other than the amount of data I had.
I shot this over many nights in the spring and early summer despite having a lot of cloud cover to deal with. Overall, I had about 12 hours of data, but much of that didn't quite measure up due to clouds blowing through, deteriorating my images. It look me quite a long time to go through hundreds of images manually to weed out the obviously bad stuff until I had just shy of 8 hours of data. Then finally in stacking, I whittled that down even further.
This is the final image with 6 hours, 10 mins of data made up of a mix of 3 and 5 minute exposures.
-= Tech Data =-
-Equipment-
Imaging Scope: Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P
Mount: Celestron CGX
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI 1600MC-Pro
Filter: SCT Duo Narrowband
Focus: Pegasus Astro Dual Motor Focuser
Guide Camera: Orion SSAG
Guide Scope: Starfield 60mm guide scope
Dew Control: Kendrick
Power: Pegasus Astro Pocket Power Box
- Acquisition -
∙ 6H 10M of mixed 3 and 5 minute exposures.
Calibration:
∙ Darks: Master darks for each subframe length
- Bias: Master bias from my bias library (stack of 100 exposures)
- Software -
Acquisition / Rig Control: Sequence Generator Pro
Stacking: Astro Pixel Processor
Processing: PixInsight
Post Processing: Photoshop CC
Shot at the Camden Lake Provincial Wildlike Area near Moscow, Ontario.
First try with HDR in pixinsight, hope you like it !
-Equipment-
Scope: TS-Optics 94/414 EPDH (414mm focal)
Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at -25°C gain 101 offset 49
Guiding: ZWO OAG
Guiding camera: ZWO ASI 120MM
Mount: Skywatcher AZ-EQ6
Filter: Optolong L-eXtreme
-Acquisition-
Light : 62x300s + 88x120s
Total integration time 8h
Dark: 100x300s Flat-50 Bias-100
100s120s
Date : 30 January 2022
07,26,27 Febuary 2022
Location : France-Alsace Bortle 4/5
-Software-
Carte du Ciel, N.I.N.A, Phd2 , PoleMaster and PixInsight
Ez Processing Suite from darkarcon
darkarcon website : darkarchon.internet-box.ch:8443/
-Pre Processing in PixInsight-
Image Calibration
Cosmetic Correction
Debayer
Subframe Selector
Star Alignement
Local Normalization
Image Integration
Drizzle x2
Dynamic crop
-Processing
*HRD*
DBE 300s and 120s
StarAlignement -> register 300s and 120s
HRDComposition -> blend 300s and 120s frame
Split L,R,G,B Chanel
__L__
Ez_Deconvolution
Ez_Soft Streatch
HDRMultiscaleTransform
StarNet++ for build nebula mask
UnsharpedMask with mask
LocalHistogramEqualization with mask
__RGB__
ChanelCombination(RGB)
BackgroundNeutralization
PhotometricColorCalibration
Ez_Soft Streatch
HDRMultiscaleTransform
Starnet++
SCNR star mask
__LRGB__
LRGBCombination
Ez_Denoise
StarNet++
Final CurvesTransformation
Save as jpg
Clear skies !
The great Andromeda Galaxy M31 in messier catalog
This is a 4 panel mosaic capture during two cold nights.
Starless version : flic.kr/p/2mDSYEG
-Equipment-
Scope: TS-Optics 94/414 EPDH (414mm focal)
Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at -5°C
Guiding: ZWO OAG
Guiding camera: ZWO ASI 120MM
Mount: Skywatcher NEQ5
Filter: Astronomik L
-Acquisition-
Light :Panel-1 60x300s
Panel-2 60x300s
Panel-3 52x300s
Panel-4 60x300s
Dark-100x300s Flat-50 Bias-100
Date : Take on 2 night 05 September2021
and 10 October 2021
Location : France-Alsace Bortle 4/5
-Software-
Carte du Ciel, N.I.N.A, Phd2 , PoleMaster and PixInsight
Ez Processing Suite from darkarcon
darkarcon website : darkarchon.internet-box.ch:8443/
-Pre Processing each panels in PixInsight-
Image Calibration
Cosmetic Correction
Debayer
Subframe Selector
Star Alignement
Local Normalization
Drizzle x2
Dynamic crop
-Build the 4 panel mozaic
It's my first 4 panel mosaic so I follow this tutorial from Amy Astro www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0f8Tl_kC0A
-Processing
DBE master Light
Split L,R,G,B layer from Master light
__L__
Ez_Deconvolution
Ez_Denoise
Ez_Soft Streatch
Ez_HDR
UnsharpedMask with mask
__RGB__
Linear Fit
BackgroundNeutralization
PhotometricColorCalibration
Ez_Soft Streatch
Starnet++
CuvesTransformation with mask
A lot of curves...
Bring back stars with PixelMath
__LRGB__
LRGBCombination
Final CurvesTransformation
Ez_Star Reduction
DarkStructureEnhance script
Save as jpg
Clear Skies !
Helix nebula (NGC7293), hAlpha, 36 h total exposure time with Hyperstar 14"/F1.9 with ASI 1600 and RASA 11"/F2.2 with ATIK 460, parallel mounted on a ASA DDM85. Single subframe exposure time between 90 sec unbinned for the center structures and 180 sec 2x2 bin for the faint environmental veils. I am very happy how many structures of the environment are getting visible. I look forward to your feedback! Tenerife November 2017.
Description: This image of the Pleiades Star Cluster M45 was developed by me from 120x300s subs or 10.0 hours of total exposure time.
Date / Location: 9-11, 13, 14, 16-19 December 2022 / Washington D.C.
Equipment:
Scope: WO Zenith Star 81mm f/6.9 with WO 6AIII flattener/focal reducer x0.8
Cooled camera: ZWO ASI 2600MC Pro at 100 Gain and 50 Offset
Mount: iOptron GEM28-EC mount
Guider: ZWO Off-Axis Guider
Guide camera: ZWO ASI 174MM mini
Focuser: ZWO EAF
Light pollution filter: Chroma LoGlow Broadband Light Pollution Reduction Filter - 2"
Software: Pixinsight
Processing Steps:
Preprocessing: I preprocessed 120x300s subs (= 10.0 hours) in Pixinsight to get an integrated image using the following process steps: Image Calibration > Cosmetic Correction > Subframe Selector > Debayer > Select Reference Star and Star Align > Image Integration.
Linear Postprocessing: Rotation > Dynamic Crop > Dynamic Background Extractor (both subtraction to remove light pollution gradients and division for flat field corrections) > Background Neutralization > Color Calibration > Noise Xterminator.
Nonlinear Postprocessing and additional steps: Histogram Transformation > Local Histogram Equalization > Curves Transformation > SCNR Noise Reduction. Multiple passes of Histogram Transformation, Local Histogram Equalization and Curves Transformations were made in small doses.
I revisited a bunch of previous RGB data and now added about an hour of Hα data. This galaxy really needs it. All those pink areas are regions of intense star formation, where some of the most massive stars are being born. The particularly big pink blob in the upper right is known as NGC 604. It is an emission nebula in another galaxy that is so large and bright that it gets its own designation. Think of really outstanding examples like this in our own sky -- M17 or the Eta Carina Nebula. This one has both of them beat for size and luminance. It only looks small because it is 3 million light years away.
All subframes shot with a Celestron Edge HD 925 at f/2.3 with Hyperstar. RGB data taken over multiple nights with an Atik 314L+ color CCD; hydrogen-alpha data taken with an Atik 414-EX with Atik 7 nm bandpass filter. Preprocessing of images in Nebulosity; registration, channel combination, and processing in PixInsight; final touches in Photoshop.
Now the colour version. During the "Perseid night" I had a lot of luck (and maybe also a kind of skilled serendipity). Tons of luck indead that the meteor is captured in both systems (regarding the 10 sec+ CCD downloading time which is an effective exposure pause). Through the middle of a relatively tiny sky area (FOV 7. 2 x 10. 8 °) I could capture this meteor (which is, however, no Perseid but probably a late Delta-Aquariid) crossing Andromeda Galaxy and with multiple outbursts.
Technique: parallel exposure with two imaging systems:
(1) Canon 200mm/F1.8 (open), SX-36, L-pro filter, 240 sec exposure time,
(2) Canon 200mm/F1.8 (open), Sony A7s (CentralDS modded), ISO 3200, IDAS-V4 filter, 90 sec
both on EQ8 mount unguided.
Final image processed with 32 subframes from each system for the galaxy and the stars resulting in a L-RGB image.
Tenerife, 1180 m alt, 2016-08-12 00:45 UT
Comet 45P, at last there were some subframes usables, with individual background extraction, so that I could integrate some of them. Now the split tail is well visible.
Parallel exposure on ASA DDM 85 mount:
(1) 7 x 60 sec Hyperstar C14/F1.9, Lumicon comet filter, ASI 1600 mono, cooled (-32° C), processed as emerald green in the RGB image.
(2) 7 x 60 sec RASA 11"/F2.2, L-filter, ATIK 490 color, cooled (-18° C)
FOV 1° x 0,9°, location: Tenerife 1180 m altitude. 19:20 h - 19:50 h UT (with many missing subframes due to clouds)
Flickr Friday theme: Subframing
Thanks to everyone who took the time to view, comment, and fave my photo. It’s really appreciated. 😊
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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: 15 minutes.
* 540 mm focal length telescope
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Description:
This large hydrogen gas nebula lies about 6,000 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia, and in the Perseus Arm of our Milky Way galaxy. The nebula is energized by hot stars near the centre in this view, some of which are about 50 times the mass of our own Sun. The nebula has a diameter of about 200 light years.
For a wider angle view of Cassiopeia and this nebula, made with a 50 mm lens on the same evening, click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/31139391496
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@N06/31079227441
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Technical information:
Nikon D810a camera body on Teleview 101is apochromatic refracting telescope, mounted on Astrophysics 1100GTO equatorial mount
Fifteen stacked frames; each frame:
540 mm focal length
ISO 5000; 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, colour balance, levels)
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This is a single simple stack of 30 subframes taken through my 130mm refractor with my deep sky camera of the whole of the Moon. I've also captured a more detailed mosaic that I will post once I have had time to process all the individual videos.
Peter
NGC2070
I used remote observatory, iTelescope, to took this image.
The plan started at the beginning of September 2019. I acquired L, R, G, B, SII, H-alpha, OIII each 300s*1. I did LRGB, SHO, HOO color mapping, and I found out that the luminous frame is bright (or less noise), but the nebulosity is not as sharp as narrowband frames. Since the SII frame is much dimmer than others, I experimentally took single 900s SII subframe. The Hubble Palette image with S:H:O=9:3:3 still shows water blue color (bule+green) in nebulosity and, badly, very red color in star. I did some google search, notice that there might be not so many SII emission at this place. "Ok, I need to change the strategy." I talked to myself at that time.
After that, I focus on HOO composition. I took an extra nine subframes each with H-alpha and OIII filter. Finally, HOO color nebula combines with LRGB stars makes this image more nature.
The plan will be continuous...
Time: 2019/09
iTelescope T31
OTA: Planewave 20" CDK
Aperture: 510mm
Focal Length: 2259mm
F/Ratio: f/4.4
CCD: FLI-PL09000
LRGB: 300s*1 (each)
H-alpha: 300s*10
OIII: 300s*10
Data Source: iTelescope remote observatory. My friend offers me observe time, and I make the observational plan.
Target: IC63 Ghost of Cassiopeia.
About 550 light-years away in the constellation of Cassiopeia lies IC 63, a fitting nebula for Halloween time.
Also known as the ghost of Cassiopeia, IC 63 is being shaped by radiation from a variable star, Gamma Cassiopeiae, which is slowly eroding away the ghostly cloud of dust and gas.
Gear:
Mount: ZWO AM5
Main Cam: ZWO ASI294MC Pro @ gain 121 and 14F
Guide Cam: ZWO ASI120MM Mini with ZWO 30mm f/4 scope
Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 575
Filter: Antlia ALP-T 5nm Ha and Oiii
Acquisition:
Light frames: Best 60 of 84 5 minute subs totalling 5 Hr integration
Sessions: 01-Nov-23
Location: Houston Colorado County, Texas
Bortle: 5
Moon: 87%, 60degrees off target
Processing
• PI - Subframe selector, WBPP
• GraXpert background
• PI SPCC
• PI Russel Croman - BXT NXT STX
• PI Starless Edits
○ Bill Blanshan Mike Cranfield Narrowband Normalization Tool
○ GHS Stretch
○ Curves
• PI Stars Edits
○ Arcsinh Stretch
○ SCNR, Invert and SCNR
○ Curve Saturation
• PS ACR Black point, Highlights, Clarity, Dehaze
• PS Selective Colors
• PS Screen stars layer, copy stars layer/brighten it/mask in selective stars
• PS Watermark
This is the first time I've attempted to image the Lagoon nebula, which from my location doesn't rise higher than 14 degrees above the horizon while visible from my garden observatory.
It was only after some recent adjustments that allow my south wall to go a little lower when open that I have been able to get one of my telescopes completely covering the target area long enough to image it.
It is a stack of nine seven-minute subframes through a Hydrogen Alpha filter, total image time 63 minutes.
Peter
Equipment used:
Atik 460EX mono CCD, 130mm trriplet APO refractor, EQ8 mount. Autoguided with Lodestar CCD and 60mm refractor.
NGC 2264 is the designation number of the New General Catalogue that identifies two astronomical objects as a single object: the Cone Nebula, and the Christmas Tree Cluster.
All of the objects are located in the Monoceros constellation, near Orion and are located about 2300 light-years from Earth.
-Equipment-
Scope: TS-Optics 94/414 EPDH (414mm focal)
Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at -15°C gain 101 offset 49
Guiding: ZWO OAG
Guiding camera: ZWO ASI 120MM
Mount: Skywatcher AZ-EQ6
Filter: Optolong L-eXtreme
-Acquisition-
Light : 60x300s
Total integration time 5h
Dark: 34x300s Flat-50 Bias-100
Date : 9 February 2022
Location : France-Alsace Bortle 4/5
-Software-
Carte du Ciel, N.I.N.A, Phd2 , PoleMaster and PixInsight
Ez Processing Suite from darkarcon
darkarcon website : darkarchon.internet-box.ch:8443/
-Pre Processing each panels in PixInsight-
Image Calibration
Cosmetic Correction
Debayer
Subframe Selector
Star Alignement
Local Normalization
Image Integration
Drizzle x2
Dynamic crop
-Processing
DBE master Light
Split L,R,G,B layer from Master light
__L__
Ez_Deconvolution
Ez_Soft Streatch
UnsharpedMask
LocalHistogramEqualization
__RGB__
Linear Fit
BackgroundNeutralization
PhotometricColorCalibration
Ez_Soft Streatch
Starnet++
CuvesTransformation with mask
SCNR star mask
Bring back stars with PixelMath
__LRGB__
LRGBCombination
Ez_Denoise
Final CurvesTransformation
DarkStructureEnhance Script
Save as jpg
Clear Skies !
This nebula is located at around 7500 lights years from the Earth and extend over 165 lights years.
On the upper right part you can see the Fish Head Nebula (IC 1795).
On the left it is a part of the Heart Nebula (IC 1805) and you can see Melotte 15 in the middle of the Heart Nebula, a little star cluster with a lot of dust
Starless version: flic.kr/p/2mA2B1y
One exposure 300s : flic.kr/p/2mwYXX5
-Equipment-
Scope: TS-Optics 94/414 EPDH (414mm focal)
Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at -15°C
Guiding: ZWO OAG
Guiding camera: ZWO ASI 120MM
Mount: Skywatcher NEQ5
Filter: Optrolong L-eXtreme
-Acquisition-
Light :218x300s ( 18h ) at Gain:101 Offset:49
Dark-100x300s Flat-50 Bias-100
Date : Take on 5 night 29, 30 september 2021
and 7, 8, 9 october 2021
Location : France-Alsace Bortle 4/5
-Software-
Carte du Ciel, N.I.N.A, Phd2 , PoleMaster and PixInsight
I use the ForaxX palette for HOO combination
ForaxX website : thecoldestnights.com
And the Ez Processing Suite from darkarcon
darkarcon website : darkarchon.internet-box.ch:8443/
-Pre Processing in PixInsight-
Image Calibration
Cosmetic Correction
Debayer
Subframe Selector
Star Alignement
Local Normalization
Drizzle x2
Dynamic crop
-Processing
Split the master_LRGB into L, R, G, B layer
DynamicBackgroundExtractor each layer
___RGB layer___
Split RGB channels for build Ha and Oiii
Ha=R Oiii= B*0.3+G*0.7
EZ_Soft Stretch
HOO combination with Foraxx formula
R=Ha
G=((Oiii*Ha)^~(Oiii*Ha))*Ha + ~((Oiii*Ha)^~(Oiii*Ha))*Oiii
B=Oiii
Starnet++ for remove stars and build a mask nebula
Color Saturation
Curves Tansformation (K,saturation,hue)
Saturate stars for push up stars color
SCNR with star Mask for remove green in stars (OSC camera)
Bring back the stars with PixelMath
___L layer___
Ez_Deconvolution
Ez_Denoise
Ez_Soft Stretch
Ez_HDR
Local Histogram Equalization with nebula mask
UnsharpedMask with nebula mask
___LRGB___
Final Curve Transformation
DarkStructureEnhance script
EZ_Star Reduction
Save as BMP 32bit file
Clear skies !
A double portrait using two different smartscopes.
Left: Dwarf 3 | 210 45-second subframes
Right: Seestar S50 | 472 10-second subframes
Comet 45/P from this evening between 19:55 h and 20:05 h UT. Despite the fog close to surface and only seven degrees above the horizon, the comet’s tail still can be seen in a length of more than two degrees.
Sony A7s (CentralDS modded), ISO3200, no filter, Borg Apo 3.9/480mm, 40 x 15 sec, landscape from one single subframe, FOV 4.2° x 3°, EQ8 mount.
A one owner from new car up until very recent.
Now at 36.5k, this Uno covered only a few hundred miles every year. A clean MoT history bar corroded subframes on both sides in 2013, to which it received the necessary welding.
This is two simultaneously taken views of the region around the Great Orion nebula, M42. On the left a luminance only view taken through my 80mm triplet APO refractor with a ZWO ASI174MM mono CMOS camera, to the upper left the Running Man nebula can be clearly seen.
On the right, through my 130mm triplet APO (the 80mm sits on top of it) usng an Atik460EX mono CCD and three narrowband filters, Hydrogen Alpha, Hydrogen Beta and Oxygen III to create a RGB image. The H Beta filter proved very useful for picking up the whispier parts of the nebulosity. M43 is the small bright nebula towards the top of this image. I was careful to keep individual subframe exposures short enough to stack without the bright part of the M42 nebula obscuring the Trapezium.
Peter
Mosaic of 8 separate images, each from a stack of 20 subframes.
It is a large file, so check the bigger viewing options.
Hi everybody.
This is an image of M78 in Orion made with the Officina Stellare UCRC 12" f5.2 telescope during the last (2012) ATT at Sattlegger (Austria).
The picture is an LLRGB consisting of 5:3:3:3, 30min subframes (7hours total) through an LRGB Astrodon type2 filters using a FLI ML11002 CCD camera.
Thanks!
1962 Mercedes-Benz 190 SL Roadster
Further to posting the steering wheel and dash board the other day, here is the rest of the car, which didn't actually sell at the auction last September so it may still be up for sale.
"Announced in 1954 and based on the 180 saloon whose all-independently-suspended running gear it used, the 190 SL did not enter production until January 1955, the delay being caused by alterations aimed at strengthening the saloon's shortened platform to compensate for the open body's reduced stiffness. Mounted on a detachable subframe along with the four-speed manual gearbox, front suspension and steering, the power unit was a 1,897cc overhead-camshaft four - the first such engine ever to feature in a Mercedes-Benz. Breathing through twin Solex down-draft carburettors, the M121 unit produced 105bhp at 5,700rpm, an output sufficient to propel the 190SL to 60mph in 13 seconds and on to a top speed of 107 miles per hour."
The famous Spaghetti nebula, more properly known as Simeis 147, on the border of Auriga with Taurus is a supernova remnant of a star which exploded around 40,000 years ago. It is a large object, spanning more than 3 degrees, but also very dim. This image is a 6 panel mosaic with each panel being a stack of 300 second subframes integrating to 10 or more hours total exposure. The imaging camera was a QHY168C with an STC duo-narrowband filter. The scope was a WO Zenithstar 102. Sequence Generator Pro was used to plan the mosaic and manage the image capture. Guiding was via PHD2. The mount was a Skywatcher EQ6R Pro. All post-processing was carried out in PixInsight.
Observed from Prachinburi, Thailand.
Manufacturer: Adam Opel AG, Rüsselsheim - Germany / General Motors Company, Detroit - USA
Type: Kapitän Mk 5
Production time: September 1955 - Februari 1958
Production outlet: 92,555 (incl. 7,983 Kapitän L from May 1957)
Engine: 2473cc straight-6
Power: 75 bhp / 3.900 rpm
Torque: 173 Nm / 1.700 rpm
Drivetrain: rear wheels
Speed: 140 km/h
Curb weight: 1240 kg
Wheelbase: 108 inch
Chassis: with self-supporting steel pontoon body
Steering: worm & roller
Gearbox: three-speed manual / all synchronized from 1956 / steering column shift
Clutch: single dry plate disc
Carburettor: Opel downdraft with accelerator pump
Fuel tank: 45 liter
Electric system: Bosch 6 Volts
Ignition system: distributor and coil
Brakes front: hydraulic Duplex drums
Brakes rear: hydraulic drums
Suspension front: independent trapezoidal double wishbones, sway bar, coil springs + telescopic shock absorbers (inside standing)
Suspension rear: live axle reinforced by a subframe, cast housing with support tubes, two semi-elliptical leaf springs with 7 leaves (intermediate bearings), sway bar + telescopic shock absorbers
Rear axle: live
Differential: hypoid
Wheels: 4 1/2 J x 13
Tires: 6.40 x 13
Options: four-speed-overdrive transmission, whitewall tires
Special:
- This executive Opel (fifth generation Kapitäns) was in the base the old model with new bumpers, trim and parking lights.
- With increased compression, 82 bhp / 4.000 rpm, and the all synchronized gearbox with overdrive, it was a nice “travel car”.
Here it is guys! My entry into McLaren's design competition.
Performance
• Acceleration: 0-100 km/h in 2.0
• Top Speed: (electronically limited): 350km/h
• Braking: 97-0 in 2.5 seconds (in 30 meters).
• Fuel Consumption: 8.3L/100km/h
Design
Drivetrain:
• 5 liter counter-rotating flatplane twin crank V8
• Variable ratio twin screw supercharger
• 6-speed triple clutch gearbox with KERS and hybrid 500kW electric motor
Chassis:
• Carbon cockpit tub with titanium rollover frame
• Titanium trellis front subframe with inboard suspension
• Rear suspension mounted directly to engine and gearbox
• Forged magnesium wheels and airless tires with internal aluminium skeleton
Computer:
• 1.2 Billion bit solid state optical processor with braided carbon nanotube optical paths
• Honeycomb aluminium nitrogen cooling cell in center of bonnet
Specs credit goes to my good friend Kieran.
Let me know what you think!
Manufacturer: Daimler-Benz AG, Stuttgart - Germany
Type: 300 SE Coupé Typ W 112.021
Production time: February 1962 - December 1967
Production outlet: 2,419
Engine: 2996cc straight-6 M 189 VI / 189.987 SOHC big block
Power: 185 bhp / 5.200 rpm
Torque: 278 Nm / 4.000 rpm
Drivetrain: rear wheels
Speed: 195 km/h
Curb weight: 1570 kg
Wheelbase: 108.3 inch
Chassis: X-frame chassis with auxiliary front subframe for receiving suspension with motor-gear unit and steel unibody (frame-floor unit with body welded)
Steering: DB servo recirculating ball with damper
Gearbox: four-speed automatic transmission / steering column shift
Clutch: not applicable
Fuel system: mechanical Bosch fuel injection:
Fuel tank: 65 liter
Electric system: 12 Volts
Ignition system: electronic
Brakes front: ATE T 50/26 brake assist hydrauliic 9.96 inch Dunlop discs
Brakes rear: ATE T 50/26 brake assist hydraulic 10.04 inch Dunlop discs with anti-dive
Suspension front: independent self-leveling air suspension, double trapezoidal wishbones, sway bar, rubber auxiliary springs + hydraulic telescopic shock absorbers
Suspension rear: swing axle with low pivot point and sliding struts, self-leveling air suspension, sway bar/torsionsstabllisator, rubber auxiliary springs + hydraulic telescopic shock absorbers
Rear axle: live
Differential: hypoid
Wheels: 5½JK x 13 B
Tires: 7.50 H 13 Nylon Sport
Options: four-speed manual gearbox, ZF five-speed manual gearbox
Special:
- The new “fin tail” body style was designed by Friedrich Geiger and at first shown at the 1959 Frankfurt Auto Show.
- The 300 SE Series was available as this 2-door Coupé, as 2-door Convertible W 112.23 (1962-1967: 708 units built), as 4-door Limousine W 112.014 (1961-1965: 5,202 units built) and as 4-door Limousine SE lang W 112.015 (1963-1965: 1,546 units built and often wrongly referred to as the 300 SEL, a designation not used until 1966 - Typ W 109), all assembled (hand-built) in Stuttgart Untertürkheim - Germany.
Manufacturer: Pontiac Division of General Motors, Detroit, Michigan - USA
Type: Firebird 326 Series 22400 / model 22437 Hardtop Sport Coupé
Production time: February 1967 - mid-year 1968
Production outlet: 67,032
Engine: 5342cc Pontiac L30 326 V-8 overhead valve
Power: 250 bhp / 4.600 rpm
Torque: 452 Nm / 2.800 rpm
Drivetrain: rear wheels
Speed: 185 km/h
Curb weight: 1500 kg
Wheelbase: 108 inch
Chassis: GM F-body platform with front subframe and semi-unibody (by Fisher)
Steering: Saginaw recirculating ball
Gearbox: three-speed manual / all synchromesh / floor shift
Clutch: 10 13/32 inch single dry plate disc
Carburettor: Rochester dual downdraft
Fuel tank: 70 liter
Electric system: 12 Volts 53 Ah
Ignition system: distributor and coil
Brakes front: 9.5 inch hydraulic self-adjusting drums
Brakes rear: 9.5 inch hydraulic self-adjusting drums
Suspension front: independent ball joint, unequal length trapezoidal wishbones, sway bar, coil springs + hydraulic telescopic dampers
Suspension rear: beam axle, radius arms, longitudinal semi-elliptic leaf springs + hydraulic telescopic dampers
Rear axle: live semi-floating type
Differential: hypoid 3.23:1
Wheels: 6 x 14 inch steel discs
Tires: E70 x 14
Options: four-speed manual gearbox (by Muncie), two-speed automatic transmission, three-speed automatic transmission, Ram Air package (functional hood scoops, higher flow heads with stronger valve springs and a different camshaft), Delco-Moraine power brakes, Delco-Moraine front disc brakes, heavy-duty coil springs, heavy-duty version shock absorbers, power windows, Saginaw power steering, adjustable steering column, speed control device, air conditioning, radio, different axle ratios
Special:
- "What Chevrolet can do, we can too," Pontiac thought, when Chevrolet released their Camaro, designed by Pontiac Motor Division General Manager John DeLorean.
- They (heavily) shared the same coach work (the F-body platform), but with detailed changes, such as grille (twin grilles of a bumper-integral design), chrome trim strips, three vertical air slots on the front edge of the rear body panels and vent windows in the front.
- Unfortunately the Camaro outsold the Firebird two to one in the beginning.
- The Camaro and the Firebird were at the forefront of America's muscle car generation.
- A Firebird was the 1967 Pace Car of the Daytona International Speedway.
- In the period that Pontiac released the Firebird, the demand for convertibles dropped, like the Mustangs and the Camaros. The average American would rather buy a draft-free coupe with air conditioning.
- This first generation Firebird Series 22400 (1967-1969), with its characteristic Coke bottle styling, was available as this 2-door Sport Coupé and as 22467 2-door Convertible (15,528 units built).
- The were assembled in Lordstown (Ohio), Norwood (Ohio: from 1969 on) and in Van Nuys (California).
The Heart and Soul Nebulae are two emission nebulae located in the constellation Cassiopeia, about 6,000 light-years from Earth. Together, they form a vast star-forming complex, making them fascinating objects for astronomers and stargazers alike.
This is a revisit of some older data sets from 2017 and 2018. It was originally supposed to be a 6 panel mosaic of the Heart and Soul region. Unfortunately, I had far too many gaps in the overall field of view, so the panorama project was scrapped. And with my skills and tools at the time, I had never been able to get a good result out of any of the subframes.
Fast forward a few years, and I managed to use at least 2 frames in the panorama to create this image. And with the extra experience and better tools, I was able to finally do this nebula justice!
-= Tech Data =-
-Equipment-
Imaging Scope: Esplore Scientific ED80
Mount: Celestron AVX
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI 1600MC-Pro
Guide Camera: Orion
Guide Scope: Orion
- Acquisition -
∙ 60 x 5 minute exposures per frame.
Shot at the L&A Country Dark Sky Viewing Area near Erinsville, Ontario