The BMW R nineT is a standard motorcycle made by BMW Motorrad since 2014. It is a retro styled roadster marketed by BMW to custom builders and enthusiasts as a "blank canvas for customizing".

The BMW R nineT has several design elements configured to allow the bike to be easily modified, such as separate engine and chassis wiring harnesses and minimal bolts attaching the rear subframe, tail lights, and headlight.

The R nineT version of the bike has upside-down (USD) telescopic forks rather than BMW's usual Telelever front suspension. The other versions have conventional telescopic forks.

All variations have an air/oil-cooled oilhead flat twin (or boxer) 1,170 cc (71 cu in) engine, which has the inlet manifold at the rear of the cylinders and the exhaust at the front. The oilhead is arguably[by whom?] more suitable for customization as it has a more conventional appearance than the new water-cooled engine.

The R nineT Scrambler knows no conventions: rough, unadapted, individual. Its handling is balanced and unique. With the boxer, you can ride around with your head held high, it is available for every spontaneity. And the typical Scrambler look together with the relaxed seating position makes a lot of difference – and above all is a lot of fun. Design your R nineT Scrambler so that it fits perfectly into your life. No matter what the others say. Just typical Soulfuel.

Turn on the power: With the air/oil-cooled boxer of the Scrambler, you can do this in a playful way. We have optimised its power and torque curve and noticeably increased it in the 4,000 to 6,000 rpm range. This way, you have the power exactly where you need it and can remain powerful and completely relaxed out on the road. The peak torque remains at 116 Nm at 6,000 rpm. And of course the boxer complies with the Euro 5 standard.

I know neither the bride nor the groom but all have accepted me as a part of the event. I could have easily join the celebration!

Captured from my backyard in Gérgal, Almeria Spain over 3 nights.

This project was to be paired with RGB stars from the RGB image also posted here. Unfortunately the stars were not good enough due to a rotator tilt problem I had during some of the imaging sessions. Instead, this the whole image with Ha, Sii and Oiii data.

Captured on 21, 22, 23rd of February 2022.

Subframes

59 x Ha 300s : 4h 55min

42 x Sii 300s : 3h 30min

51 x Oiii 300s : 4h 15min

Calibration:

20 Bias and Darks

20 Flats for each filter per night.

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Photographed at Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada

(285 km by road north of Toronto)

between 23.58 and 00.13 EDT

* Altitude of the cluster at time of exposures: 33-34°

* Total exposure time: 8 minutes

* 660 mm focal length telescope

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Description:

This large, pretty and bright open cluster of stars, at the lower right in this view, happens to lie in our line of sight in front of one of the brighter, star-dense arms of our Milky Way galaxy. It is a favourite observational target of northern hemisphere astronomers on summer evenings. More than 30,000 stars can be seen in this photo.

From Wikipedia:

"The Wild Duck Cluster is one of the richest and most compact of the known open clusters, containing about 2900 stars. Its age has been estimated to about 250 million years. Its name derives from the brighter stars forming a triangle which could resemble a flying flock of ducks (or, from other angles, one swimming duck)."

For a wider angle view of Scutum and M11, made with a 740 mm focal length telescope in September 2016, click here:

www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/30487082573

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@N06/52227785371

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Technical information:

Nikon D810a camera body on Tele Vue 127is (127 mm - 5" - diameter) apochromatic telescope, mounted on Astrophysics 1100GTO equatorial mount

Eight stacked subframes; each frame:

ISO 4000; 1 minute exposure at f/5.2, unguided

(with LENR - long exposure noise reduction)

Subframes stacked in RegiStar;

Processed in Photoshop CS6 (brightness, contrast, levels, colour balance)

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This is a wide-field shot of the Heart Nebula I took last night using a QHY23M & 50mm F/1.8(at F/2.8) camera lens w Ha filter.

I dont have any kind of filter holder or wheel, but as luck would have it, the Optolong 2" Ha filter lays inside the indention of the lens.(Just have to be careful slewing the scope )

I combined 18- 5 minute subframes

The image covers 13.3x10.7 degrees of the sky.

Flickr Friday theme is: #Subframing

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Photographed from mid-town Toronto, Canada, at 18.43 EST (Moon altitude: 54° | Sun 7.6° below the horizon)

* Temperature 5° C.

Although this evening was very clear, there was a persistent gusty wind from the west, which made it difficult to keep the telescope steady during the ten subframes that make up this image.

Here the Moon, gliding through the constellation Gemini (The Twins) was 78.7% sunlit, on its way to its full phase in the early evening of March 1 (four days from now).

Although it is subtle, some colour can be seen on the lunar disk, particularly in the Moon's so-called maria ("seas"), which of course are lava plains and not water.

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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 eight of ten identical stacked frames; each frame:

* ISO 100, 1/100 sec. exposure, f/8

Stacked in Registax

Processed in Photoshop CS6

(brightness, contrast, colour saturation)

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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 01.42 and 02.05 CAST (Central Australian Standard Time)

* Altitude of Crux at time of exposures: 45-42°

* Temperature 10° C.

* Total exposure time: 7 minutes

* 135 mm focal length lens

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Description:

One of the best known star patterns in the sky - but one that is visible only from the northern hemisphere south of latitude 25° or from the southern hemisphere - is the Southern Cross, which is formed by three very bright stars and one fainter star in the constellation Crux (The Cross).

Nearby (to the left of centre in this view) is the dark foreground nebula called the "Coal Sack".

This part of the sky is strewn with numerous open star clusters.

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@N06/27581418417

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Technical information:

Nikkor AF-S 70-200 mm f/2.8 G ED VRII lens on Nikon D850 camera body, mounted on Sky-Watcher HEQ5 equatorial mount with Kirk Enterprises ball head

Seven stacked subframes; each frame:

ISO 3200; 1 minute exposure at f/4.5, unguided

(with LENR - long exposure noise reduction)

Subframes stacked in RegiStar;

Processed in Photoshop CS6 (levels, colour balance brightness, contrast)

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Photographed 25 km east of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, long. 134.04° E., lat. 23.76° S., between 02.45 and 03.03 CAST (Central Australian Standard Time)

* Altitude of centre of frame at time of exposures: 20°

* Temperature 10° C.

* Total exposure time: 8 minutes

* 540 mm focal length telescope

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Description:

NGC 2602 is a bright open cluster of about 74 stars in the constellation Carina that is referred to as the "Southern Pleiades". The cluster, which can easily be seen with the unaided eye, was discovered by Abbe Lacaille in 1751 from South Africa. It is a very close star cluster, lying only about 547 light years from our solar system, as compared with the even closer (444 light years) Pleiades (also call M45).

NGC 2602 is the third brightest open cluster in the sky, after the Pleiades and the nearby Hyades, both of which are in the northern constellation Taurus (The Bull).

Nearby (near the top and just left of centre in this image) lies the fainter Melotte 101 (also designated Collinder 227), an 8th magnitude cluster of some 70 stars that lies a staggering 6,500 light years from us.

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@N06/42506618052

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Technical information:

Nikon D810a camera body on Tele Vue 101is 101 mm (4") apochromatic refracting telescope, mounted on Sky-Watcher HEQ5 equatorial mount

Eight stacked subframes - each frame:

ISO 2500; 1 minute exposure at f/5.4, 540 mm focal length, unguided (with LENR - long exposure noise reduction)

Subframes stacked in RegiStar;

Processed in Photoshop CS6 (levels, masking of brightest stars)

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Photographed at Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, between 02.57 and 03.16 EDT

(285 km by road north of Toronto)

* Altitude of the nebula at time of exposures: 46-50°

* Temperature 10° C.

* Total exposure time: 16 minutes

* 660 mm focal length telescope

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Description:

This faint and visually very elusive nebula can be photographed to advantage only in a good dark sky.

Known as the "California Nebula" because of its shape, this glowing cloud of red hydrogen gas is quite large; about five times as long as, and a little wider than, the Moon appears in our sky. The nebula is located 1,000 - 2,000 light years from our solar system, and is about 100 light years from end to end. Radiation from the nearby blue-white star Xi Persei (the brightest star in the frame, below the nebula) causes the nebula to fluoresce.

The California Nebula was discovered by famed American astronomer E.E. Barnard in 1884-5, just in time to be added to Dreyer's New General Catalog (NGC).

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Technical information:

Nikon D810a camera body on Tele Vue 127is (127 mm - 5" - diameter) apochromatic astrograph, mounted on iOptron CEM40 equatorial mount

Sixteen stacked frames; each frame:

660 mm focal length

ISO 5000; 1 minute exposure at f/5.2; unguided

Subframes registered in RegiStar;

Stacked and processed in Photoshop CS6 (brightness, contrast, colour balance, levels, colour desaturation)

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Photographed from mid-town Toronto, Canada, at 23.30 EDT on Jan. 13 and again the following night, just after midnight (Jan. 15, at 00.30)

* Temperature -6° C. the first night; 0° C. the second night

This two-frame assemblage shows how the appearance of the Moon changes in one day (well, in this case 25 hours), as the terminator (the dividing line between day and night) moves from right to left across the visible face of the Moon. On average, the terminator moves across the Moon's face about 12.7° per 24 hours, as the Moon orbits planet Earth once per month.

In the right frame, the Moon is 96.2% illuminated by the Sun; in the left frame, the illuminated portion has decreased to 90.6%.

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Nikon D810 camera body on Explore Scientific 152 mm (6") apochromatic refracting telescope, mounted on Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 SynScan mount.

1200 mm focal length, f/8

* ISO 100, multiple stacked 1/250 sec. exposures

Subframes stacked in Registax

Processed in Photoshop CS6

(brightness, contrast, colour desaturation, sharpening, image rotation)

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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.

a child walks in front of a frame

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Photographed near Coober Pedy, South Australia

(Outback Australia, 850 km northwest of Adelaide;

latitude 29 degrees south)

* Total exposure time: 10 minutes.

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Description:

This view of the centre of our home galaxy - the Milky Way - lies in the familiar constellations Sagittarius (left side) and Scorpius (right side). This part of the cosmos is always very low in the sky as seen from the northern Hemisphere.

When I captured the ten subframes that comprise this image, the constellations Sagittarius and Scorpius were almost directly overhead. The dark sky of the Australian Outback makes for a dramatic, high-contrast view.

Here is the equipment used to make this image:

www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/21202535154

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Technical information:

Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Lens on Nikon D810a camera body, mounted on Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer tracking mount with a Kirk Enterprises ball head

Ten stacked frames; each frame:

50 mm focal length

ISO 2500; 1 minute exposure at f/4.5

(with LENR - long exposure noise reduction)

Stacked in RegiStar;

Processed in Photoshop CS6 (brightness, contrast, levels, colour balance, colour desaturation)

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Drive-by-shooting…

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Photographed at Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, between 23.30 and 00.01 EDT

(285 km by road north of Toronto)

* Altitude of M51 at time of exposures: 41°, decreasing to 36°

* Temperature 16° C.

* Total exposure time: 15 minutes

* 2483 mm focal length telescope

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Located just south of the end star of the Big Dipper in the constellation Ursa Major (The Great Bear) (but actually across the border in the constellation Canes Venatici - The Hunting Dogs) the Whirlpool galaxy is a favourite target of amateur astronomers, especially in the northern hemisphere spring and early summer.

M51, which has a black hole at its core, is about 35% of the size and mass of our own Milky Way galaxy. It was the first galaxy to be identified as spiral in structure. The two portions of this galaxy interact with each other; the smaller satellite portion is named NGC 5195. The distance to this galaxy is still quite uncertain; estimates are between 15 and 35 million light years. By contrast, the great Andromeda Galaxy lies a mere 3 million light years from us.

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Click here to see the equipment used to photograph this galaxy:

www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/49937525648

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Technical information:

Nikon D810a camera body at prime focus of Meade 30 cm (12") LX-850 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, mounted on Astrophysics 1100GTO equatorial mount

Fifteen stacked frames; each frame:

2483 mm focal length

ISO 5000; 60 seconds exposure at f/8, unguided

(with LENR - long exposure noise reduction)

Subframes stacked in RegiStar;

Processed in Photoshop CS6 (brightness, contrast, levels, colour balance)

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Target: NGC281 Pac-Man Nebula

The Pacman nebula is named for the video game it resembles. If you put the moon in front of this nebula you would just block it. It is located 9200 light years away in the constellation of Cassiopeia, which resembles a W or M in the northern skies.

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 @ 600

Filter: Antlia ALP-T 5nm Ha and Oiii

Acquisition:

Light frames: Best 48 of 66 5 minute subs totaling 4 Hr integration

Sessions: 20-Sep-23

Location: Waller, Texas country road

Bortle: 5/6 ?

Moon: none for most of session

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

○ Bill Blanshan GHS Stretch

○ Curves

○ Dark Structure Enhance

• 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

Santa Maria della Salute, Venezia

This is the first galaxy I have seriously put effort into. I used a Sony A7III camera mounted on a Celestron C14 EdgeHD telescope with a .7 focal reducer. I stacked 20 subframes and did some post processing in Lightroom.

Mu Cephei, officially named the Garnet Star, is a red supergiant star in the constellation Cepheus. It appears garnet red and is located at the edge of the IC 1396 (Elephant's trunk) nebula. Mu Cephei is more than 100,000 times brighter than the Sun. It is also one of the largest known stars with a radius around or over 1,000 times that of the sun, and were it placed in the Sun's position it would engulf the orbit of Mars and Jupiter. (Wikipedia)

NB: Superman would have no powers there.

Seestar S50

832 ten second subframes

M101 is in the constellation of Ursa Major, and is roughly 21 million light-years away. It is nearly 3 times as wide as our own Milky Way Galaxy and contains an estimated 1 trillion stars

I started this project in early April of this year, and due to weather just completed it last week. This is my first image of 2026 and my last was from Oct '25

It took this with an Orion ED102T & a QHY Minicam8. Shot through L-R-G-B filters(75- 3 minute subframes), for a total of 3h 45m. This was also blended with images from a 11" Celestron Edge with Hyperstar and a QHY268C for an additional 2h 26m(73-2 minute subframes)

Kind of sad that there has only been a handful of clear moonless nights since Oct of last year

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Photographed at Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, between 00.19 and 00.45 EDT

(285 km by road north of Toronto)

* Altitude of centre of frame at time of exposures: 21°

* Temperature 11° C.

* Total exposure time: 12 minutes

* 200 mm focal length lens

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Description:

As it revolves around the Sun in its stately 30-year orbit, the gas giant planet Saturn passes through each constellation of the zodiac in about two and half years. 2018 finds Saturn in the constellation Sagattarius (the Archer), set against the star clouds and nebulae that lie toward the centre of our Milky Way galaxy.

Saturn is the brightest object left of and below centre in this view. The massive red-pink Lagoon Nebula appears at lower right, with the smaller Trifid Nebula (with both blue and red components) above it. Many star clouds and tendrils of dark foreground gas can be seen throughout this region of the galaxy.

Right now Saturn shines at magnitude 0.0, and lies about 9 AU (astronomical units, the average distance between the Sun and Earth) from us. Light takes 1 hr 15 min to travel from Saturn to Earth. It is moving in retrograde motion (i.e., backwards, from east to west, or from left to right in this view), and will do so until mid-September, when it will come to a standstill and resume direct motion from west to east. At that time in September, Saturn will lie much closer to the Lagoon and Trifid nebulae.

For a closer view of the Lagoon and Trifid nebulae made two and a half months earlier, click here:

www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/41619562501

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Technical information:

Nikkor AF-S 70-200 mm f/2.8 G ED VRII lens on Nikon D810a camera body, mounted on Astrophysics 1100GTO equatorial mount with Kirk Enterprises ball head.

Here is a photo of the equipment that I use for astrophotography:

www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/37143140824

Twelve stacked frames - each frame:

200 mm focal length

ISO 3200; 1 minute exposure at f/4.5; unguided

(with LENR - long exposure noise reduction)

Subframes registered in RegiStar;

Stacked and processed in Photoshop CS6 (levels, brightness, contrast, colour balancing & desaturation)

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This image was taken at the end of August 2019. With a Vixen Visac and a ZWO ASI 071 ​​MC.

I didn't post it until today.

I still have some more images that I have not shared on my social networks and I hope to present them.

Telescope: Vixen Visac

CMOS: ZWO ASI 071MC

Mount: Skywatcher AZ-EQ6

60 subframes of 180"

Processed with Pixinsight and Photoshop CC2022

Baseball's minor league season for 2020 was cancelled on account of the coronavirus pandemic.

This is my project for October 2017: Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) or: "The Eye of God". This is a preliminary version of this ongoing project, this one only without narrow band filters. 24 h total exposure time (180 sec for each subframe). Only data of the RGB camera with a L-pro filter.

ATIK 490 color on Hyperstar 14" /F1.9. ASA DDM85 mount with pointing file guiding. Six nights of capturing in October 2017. Later I will process the narrow band filter data (h-Alpha, OIII, SII and infrared) collected in parallel for another 24 hours. Tenerife 1180 meters above sea level.

The Crab Nebula, also known as Messier 1 or NGC 1952, is a famous astronomical object located in the constellation of Taurus. It is a supernova remnant, resulting from a massive stellar explosion that was observed by Chinese astronomers in the year 1054. The nebula is approximately 6,500 light-years away from Earth and spans about 10 light-years in diameter.

At the heart of the Crab Nebula lies a pulsar, which is a rapidly rotating neutron star. This pulsar, also known as the Crab Pulsar, is only about 6 miles in diameter, has a mass greater than the Sun and spins 30 times per second. Observations indicate that the Crab Nebula is expanding at a rate of 1,500 km per second since its explosion over 900 years ago.

AQUISITION:

Telescope: SkyWatcher Esprit 150

Camera: QHY268MM

Filters: Astronomik Deep Sky Ha/OIII

SUBFRAMES:

Ha: 96 x 300"

OIII: 98 x 300"

Total exposure time: 16.2hrs

Taken Jan/Feb 2024 by Hector Jimenez

M31 with M32 lower middle and M110 upper right. This image was taken in light polluted skies with a colour deep sky camera and is a stack of just 20x2minutes subframes. I was experimenting with its settings to see what would work effectively on this target without the usual problem of over-exposing the central area. Normally with deep sky CCD cameras I need two or three hours of data to get a similar result.

Peter

Equipment:

Atik Horizon colour CMOS camera set to medium gain, Baader-S filter, 80mm triplet APO refractor, EQ8 mount.

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Photographed at Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, between 21.57 and 22.18 EDT

(285 km by road north of Toronto)

* Altitude of M17 at time of photo: 27°

* Temperature 14° C.

* Total exposure time: 10 minutes

* 540 mm focal length telescope

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Description:

One of the showpieces of the northern hemisphere summer sky is this diffuse nebula of hydrogen gas, which can be seen in amateur telescopes quite low in the southern sky, just outside the band of the Milky Way.

Known as the "Omega Nebula" because of the similarity of its shape to the last letter in the Greek alphabet, M17 is a hotbed of star formation.

From Wikipedia: "The Omega Nebula is between 5,000 and 6,000 light-years from Earth and it spans some 15 light-years in diameter. The cloud of interstellar matter of which this nebula is a part is roughly 40 light-years in diameter and has a mass of 30,000 solar masses. The total mass of the Omega Nebula is an estimated 800 solar masses.

The open cluster NGC 6618 lies embedded in the nebulosity and causes the gases of the nebula to shine due to radiation from these hot, young stars."

For a version of this photo WITH LABELS, click on your screen to the RIGHT of the photo, or click here:

www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/29309651576

And for a wider angle view of this entire region, showing neighbouring nebulae and stars clusters, click here:

www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/28874267555

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Technical information:

Nikon D810a camera body on Teleview 101is apochromatic refracting telescope, mounted on Astrophysics 1100GTO equatorial mount with a Kirk Enterprises ball head

Ten stacked frames; each frame:

540 mm focal length

ISO 4000; 1 minute exposure at f/5.4; unguided

(with LENR - long exposure noise reduction)

Subframes registered in RegiStar;

Stacked and processed in Photoshop CS6 (brightness, contrast, unsharp mask, levels)

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IC 63 is an emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is about 550 light-years from Earth. It is is being shaped by radiation from the nearby variable star, Gamma Cassiopeiae, which is slowly eroding away the surrounding clouds of dust and gas. The star is estimated to be 3-4 light-years from the nebula.

This image is a broadband image using an Antlia Triband RGB filter. I was pleasantly surprised by how pronounced the Ha is in this broadband image with just 45 minutes of integration time.

Date: October 29, 2025

Bortle Class 5 backyard, SF Bay Area (East Bay)

Capture: 30 x 90-sec subframes, OSC

Telescope: Celestron C9.25 SCT

Accessory: Starizona HyperStar C9.25-v4 lens

Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI 2600MC

Antlia Triband RGB Ultra, 2"

Mount: iOptron GEM45

ZWO ASIAIR Plus Control and Capture

Calibrated with Darks, Flats and Dark Flats

Processed with PixInsight, Photoshop

Dwarf III

Equatorial mode | 285 30-second subframes | 30 gain

Manufacturer: Volkswagen AG (VAG), Wolfsburg - Germany

Type: Typ 3 Variant 1600 Luxus (L)

Production time: 1965 - 1973

Production time: 1961 - 1973 (all Typ 3's)

Production outlet: 1,202,483 (all 1500/1600 Variant models)

Production outlet: 2,583,015 (all Typ 3's / all models)

Engine: 1584cc four-cylinder boxer forced air-cooled

Power: 54 bhp / 4.000 rpm

Torque: 110 Nm / 2.200 rpm

Drivetrain: rear wheels

Speed: 135 km/h

Curb weight: 1000 kg

Wheelbase: 94.5 inch

Chassis: central tubular frame with continuous deck, rear forked subframe and monocoque body

Steering: worm & roller with hydraulic damper

Gearbox: four-speed manual / all synchronized / floor shifter

Clutch: dry plate disc

Carburettor: twin Solex PDSIT downdraft

Fuel tank: 40 liter

Electric system: 12 Volts

Ignition system: distributor and coil

Brakes front: hydraulic ATE discs

Brakes rear: hydraulic drums

Suspension front: independent lengthwise crank trailing arms, anti-roll bar connected to upper trailing links, crossed transverse round torsion spring rods + hydraulic telescopic shock absorbers

Suspension rear: double jointed CV joint trailing arms, transverse torsion bars (Variant model with additional compensating springs) + hydraulic telescopic shock absorbers

Rear axle: live swing type

Differential: spiral bevel

Wheels: 4½J x 15 safety rim wheels

Tires: 6.00 x 15 Bias 6 Ply

Options: Fichtel & Sachs Saxomat semi-automatic four speed transmission (an electromagnetic clutch with a centrifugal clutch used for idle), Bosch D-Jetronic electronic fuel injection (from 1967 ”E” models), Air Conditioning (USA)

Special:

- Typ 3 (Projekt EA 142: 1961 – 1973, introduced at the 1961 Frankfurt Motor Show) was the first "big Volkswagen" and the last series with the air-cooled boxer engines.

- It shared the Beetles gearbox, rear axle and the engine mounted in the back (into a subframe which contained the complete rear suspension) and almost half of the total production were Variants (43 %).

- Since 1966 all models became a 12 Volts electric system and were called "VW 1600", but the "1600 A" still had the old 1493cc engine with only 45 bhp/4.000 rpm.

- Typ 3 Series was available as this 3-door “Squareback”, as 2-door Notchback Sedan, as 2-door Fastback Coupé, as 3-door Delivery Sedan and as 2-door Convertible (only 12 built) in Europe. Cars built in Brasil (nicknamed “Zé do Caixão” (meaning "Coffin Joe") and Argentina could be delivered with 4 doors.

- Type 3 output continued in Clayton (Australia) until 1974 and in São Bernardo do Campo (Brazil) until 1982.

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Photographed at Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, between 20.12 and 20.37 EDT

(285 km by road north of Toronto)

* Altitude of nebulae at time of exposures: 37°

* Temperature -3° C.

* Total exposure time: 7 minutes

* 714 mm focal length telescope

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@N06/32999649413

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Description:

Among the most photographed and examined areas of the sky is this region surrounding Alnilak, one of the three bright stars in the Belt of Orion.

The Horsehead Nebula: The famous Horsehead Nebula, which was first photographed and identified in 1888 by Scottish astronomer Williamina Fleming at the Harvard Observatory, is a foreground cloud of dark gas that is seen in silhouette against a background red hydrogen gas cloud.

Read more about the Horsehead Nebula here:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsehead_Nebula

... and here:

www.space.com/16528-horsehead-nebula.html

The Zeta Orionis (Flame) Nebula: The large, intricate pale pink nebula to the lower right of the brightest star is the Flame Nebula (NGC 2024), which is located between 900 and 1,500 light years from our solar system.

For more about this nebula, click here:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame_Nebula

The Orion Molecular Cloud Complex: Both the Flame and the Horsehead Nebulae are part of this huge star-forming region in Orion. Read more here:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_Molecular_Cloud_Complex

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Technical information:

Nikon D810a camera body on Stellarvue SVR102T apochromatic carbon fiber refracting telescope, mounted on Astrophysics 1100GTO equatorial mount using an ADM Accessories side-by-side saddle

Seven stacked frames; each frame:

714 mm focal length

ISO 4000; 1 minute exposure at f/7; unguided

(with LENR - long exposure noise reduction)

Subframes registered in RegiStar;

Stacked and processed in Photoshop CS6 (levels, brightness, contrast, colour balance, sharpening)

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Photographed at Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada

(285 km by road north of Toronto)

between 22.01 and 22.24 EDT

* Altitude of centre of frame at time of exposures: ~27°, declining to 24°

* Temperature 3° C.

* Total exposure time: 12 minutes

* 150 mm focal length lens

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Description:

Although Scutum is the fifth smallest constellation in the sky, it contains many open star clusters, a globular star cluster, and many dark foreground gas clouds. Located in the heart of northern hemisphere summer Milky Way, Scutum also features a bright starcloud that is easily visible to the unaided eye, and is magnificent to observe in binoculars - as long as you are in a dark sky location well away from the light pollution of our cities!

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@N06/52403087835

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Technical information:

Nikkor AF-S 70-200 mm f/2.8 G ED VRII lens on Nikon D810a camera body, mounted on Astrophysics 1100GTO equatorial mount with Kirk Enterprises ball head

Twelve stacked subframes; each frame:

ISO 4000; 1 minute exposure at f/4.5

(with LENR - long exposure noise reduction)

Subframes stacked in RegiStar;

Processed in Photoshop CS6 (levels, colour balance)

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1983 Austin Metro 3-door.

Supplied by whoever the Austin Rover dealer was in Holt (name of garage unreadable on this photo!).

Last MoT test expired in December 2018 and last SORN declaration expired in January 2023 (now MoT exempt).

It failed a test in October 2020 -

Nearside front integral body structure corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced floor by jacking point (6.1.1 (c) (i)) - Major

Nearside front subframe mounting prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength front cross member (5.3.6 (a) (i)) - Major

Offside front integral body structure corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced floor by jacking point (6.1.1 (c) (i)) - Major

Offside front subframe mounting prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (5.3.6 (a) (i)) - Major

Offside rear integral body structure corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced outer sill (6.1.1 (c) (i)) - Major

Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) - Major

Rear sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened axle beam welded repairs (5.3.3 (b) (i)) - Major

Windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid (3.5 (a)) - Major

Anglia Car Auctions, King's Lynn -

"Chassis number: SAXXBANB1BD832552. This 998cc Austin Metro MkI has been off-road for a few years, with its last MoT expiring in December 2018, and a subsequent test in October 2020 producing a fail. The current mileage indicated by the odometer is 64,965 miles and the vehicle was registered in May 1983. The vehicle becomes tax and MoT exempt from April 1, 2024 although work will be required to return the Metro to a roadworthy state; however, it does start and drive well, according to the vendor, who believes the mileage to be correct as he has owned the car for nine years. A new battery has been fitted, while new tyres were fitted four years ago. Three keepers overall are recorded on the V5C.

"Documentation with the Metro includes the V5C, a photo of the car at Sandringham during Drive It Day 2016, various old tax discs and a brochure. There's also a Heritage Certificate, while the MoT certificates date from 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017."

No reserve. Sold for £660 including premium.

For July 21-27, 2023.

Looking upstream, the Assiniboine River framed between the trees on the bank.

Taken with the C14 and SBIG STXL-6303 at Cerritos College. The moon was still below the horizon, and the sky was cloudless enough for me to do guided shots. There's always moist air to the south from campus, though, and the limiting magnitude was 17.2 for this image. 16 30 s subframes were stacked to create this. An Antlia L filter was used. The position of the supernova is indicated with white line segments.

2024-04-27.222

ASTAP gives a CV magnitude of 11.8

This was essentially maximum brightness for this supernova.

I realize now that I was not setting apertures properly in ASTAP, and all of my previous magnitude estimates are likely too faint.

Seestar S50 670 thirty second subframes

Atik 314L+ with Sigma 70-300 zoom lens (set to 135mm) and Baader 7nm Ha filter (1.25") piggybacked to main scope on a CEM60. Four subframes of fifteen minutes each stacked in Deepskystacker and processed in PS CS2.

Taken early hours of 30th Sept 2021

Many people are familiar with the night constellations, but for some reason I have a mental block and don't organize the sky that way. I prefer taking images like the one above in a wide field to help me understand the positions of deep space objects.

NGC 2903 probably isn't on anyone's dance card. I spotted it while using the Dwarf 3 app on my iPhone (a new feature). Instead of finding a deep space object in a catalog, I held my cellphone to the sky to display objects on the screen in real time. Then I tapped on one (in this case NGC 2903) and let the Dwarf do the rest.

Dwarf 3 Smartscope

300 thirty-second subframes | 60 gain.

Click to zoom in.

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Photographed 11 km east-southeast of Coober Pedy, South Australia, long. 134.85° E., lat. 27.08° S., between 23.10 and 23.44 CAST (Central Australian Standard Time)

* Altitude of centre of LMC at time of exposures: 20°, declining to 17.5°

* Temperature 10° C.

* Total exposure time: 16 minutes

* 540 mm focal length telescope

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Description:

The LMC is satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way that is part of the Local Group of galaxies, lies about 163,000 light years from us, and has a diameter of about 14,000 light years. Nearby is the smaller galaxy called the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC).

To the unaided eye in a dark sky site the LMC is a large, faint glowing patch that appears detached from the band of the Milky Way.

From Wikipedia:

"Although both clouds have been easily visible for southern nighttime observers well back into prehistory, the first known written mention of the Large Magellanic Cloud was by the Persian astronomer `Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi Shirazi, (later known in Europe as "Azophi"), in his Book of Fixed Stars around 964 AD.

Measurements with the Hubble Space Telescope, announced in 2006, suggest the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds may be moving too fast to be orbiting the Milky Way."

The Tarantula Nebula is a region of glowing hydrogen gas within the LMC. It is extremely luminous, so much so that if it were at the distance of the Orion Nebula it would cast shadows.

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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@N06/42979795051

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This is the telescope and mount that I used for my astrophotography on this trip:

www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/28602350028

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Technical information:

Nikon D810a camera body on Tele Vue 101is 101 mm (4") apochromatic refracting telescope, mounted on Sky-Watcher HEQ5 equatorial mount

Fourteen stacked subframes - each frame:

ISO 2500; 1 minute exposure at f/5.4, 540 mm focal length, unguided (with LENR - long exposure noise reduction)

Subframes stacked in RegiStar;

Processed in Photoshop CS6 (brightness / contrast, levels, colour balance, masking of centre of Tarantula Nebula)

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FR : Musée du cheval

Chantilly (60)

Détail de l'essieu avant directionnel en bois laqué d'un "Brougham", voiture hippomobile produite en Angleterre par Barker & Co vers 1880.

EN; Horse museum

Chantilly

Detail of the lacquered wooden directional front axle of a "Brougham", horse-drawn carriage produced in England by Barker & Co around 1880.

RT plays trumpet inside historic Treadwell Mine office building, Douglas, Southeast Alaska.

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!