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I was on the way to Marsh Hide at Stodmarsh NNR when I came across a pair of swans blocking the path.
I approached slowly stopped and got down to eye level to take the shot.
I then realised that there was a bunch of cygnets behind the adult, so I backed off and went via an alternative route, when I returned fortunately they had moved on.
Adults of this large swan typically range from 140 to 160 cm (55 to 63 in) long, although can range in extreme cases from 125 to 170 cm, with a 200 to 240 cm wingspan. Males are larger than females and have a larger knob on their bill.
The mute swan is one of the heaviest flying birds. In several studies from Great Britain, males (known as cobs) were found to average from about 10.6 to 11.87 kg, with a weight range of 9.2–14.3 kg while the slightly smaller females (known as pens) averaged about 8.5 to 9.67 kg, with a weight range of 7.6–10.6 kg.
Photo: Thomas Ohlsson Photography
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540mm/F5.1 telescope
Pentax 67
Konica Centuria 400Pro color negative
4-frame mosaic
85-minute exposure on each frame (340 min total)
more details in www.astrobin.com/79409/
Pacman Nebula SHO
ASI 1600mm Pro
William Optics Zenithstar 73mm APO
Skywatcher EQ6r-Pro
Chroma 3nm Narrowband Filters
ASI 290mm Mini
Orion 60mm f4 Guidescope
Sii 12x600sec (gain 200) bin 1x1 -10c
Ha 45x600sec (gain 200) bin 1x1 -10c
Oiii 12x600sec (gain 200) bin 1x1 -10c
Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop
The Orbital ATK Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, launches from Pad-0A, Monday, May 21, 2018 at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Orbital ATK’s ninth contracted cargo resupply mission with NASA to the International Space Station will deliver approximately 7,400 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
A wider view of the previous image, in focus this time!! Deneb is the name of the brightest star in this pic with the North American nebula visible below it. These stars can be found high in the summer sky if you are North of the equator that is!!
Taken with an S-M-C Takumar/6x7 1:2.8 150mm mounted on a Pentax K-1
Large image and details:
astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2011/09/cygnus-treasures.html
A collection of objects in constellation Cygnus.
All images are in HST-palette from the emission of ionized elements, R=Sulfur, G=Hydrogen & B=Oxygen.
The Dragon is not the only spacecraft docked to the Space Station: the trusty Soyuz that I flew in last time is still flying regularly to space and brought Oleg, Pyotr and Mark here just before we arrived. Then we have the Cygnus cargo spacecraft that is very noticeable because of its circular solar wings.
Le Dragon n’est pas le seul vaisseau amarré au navire amiral qu’est l’ISS. Les Soyouz (c'est le vaisseau qui m’a amené la dernière fois) effectuent toujours des rotations régulières d’équipage. Celui que vous voyez à gauche de la photo est arrivé avec à son bord Oleg, Pëtr et Mark. Et le Cygus, au centre, nous ravitaille, en tout ce dont nous avons besoin pour assurer la mission. On voit ici ses panneaux solaires circulaires qui se découpent face à la vitre principale de la Cupola.
Credits: ESA/NASA-T. Pesquet
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It's my mandate.
Stack of seven three-minute exposures. And not a single airplane crossed the frame during all that time!
This photograph of a part of the Cygnus constellation reveals a region rich in nebulae around the supergiant star Gamma Cygni (also known as Sadr) and Deneb... By examining the annotated photograph, one can appreciate the vastness of these nebulae in the night sky. Their striking beauty makes them some of the most photographed objects during summer nights.
[u]First image[/u] : The emission nebula on the left is partly famous due to its striking resemblance to the North American continent. To the right of the North America Nebula, also known as NGC 7000, there is a less luminous nebula that resembles a pelican, hence its name.
These two emission nebulae each span about 50 light-years in diameter and are located approximately 1,500 light-years from Earth. They are separated by dark clouds that absorb light. From a location with a particularly clear and dark sky, these nebulae can be observed with binoculars. They appear as a small nebulous spot to the southwest of the bright star Deneb in the constellation Cygnus. It is still unknown which stars ionize the hydrogen in these nebulae, giving them their characteristic red hue.
[u]Second image[/u] : Sadr, located almost at the center of the image, is a supergiant with 12 times the mass of our Sun and about 150 times its radius. Throughout the image, complex clouds of gas and dust, as well as stars, are displayed. To the left of Sadr is IC 1318, nicknamed the Butterfly Nebula due to its shape resembling two bright wings separated by a long band of dark dust. At the bottom right, the small and bright Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888) can be seen. Located about 5,000 light-years from Earth, this emission nebula was created by the powerful stellar winds of the Wolf-Rayet star WR 136, visible at its center. Even lower, the Soap Bubble Nebula, a faint and difficult-to-photograph planetary nebula, perfectly spherical, can be observed. Discovered in 2007, it is the result of the expulsion of the outer layers of a dying star.
Exif: Askar Fra400 - NEQ6ProGoto - Canon 6D Astrodon (EosforAstro EOS 4Astro) - Optolong L-Extreme Optolong Astronomy Filter – Autoguiding Asi120mini - (first image : 110x300s ; second image : - Processing: Siril/Photoshop (Arras ; FRANCE)
The Cygnus is the flagship of Valuan 1st Admiral Alfonso, and much like Alfonso is more concerned with looking good than being any use in a fight.
The plan was the other flagships would flow quite quickly once the Auriga was done since most are based on the same body, but if this has taught me anything it's that those similarities don't go terribly far when it comes to a build! Or rather, even with a solid core to start with, getting the details right is no small job.
Ideally the weird blade things projecting from the deck would be far thinner. The arrays above the bridge should be on a single mast, but I couldn't find a way of doing it which wasn't far too thick and ungainly. The bow was a pain in the neck too and involved a lot of compromise - so many better looking techniques just weren't structurally viable.
Still, on the whole I'm happy with the result and I'll move on to the next one before I try to perfect this!
Skywatcher 150/750
HEQ 5 Pro Go To
ESO 1000D
61 subs * 60s DOF 28/34/15
ISO 400
Pre and post processing with Pixinsight
15 x 3 minute subs plus darks and bias.
Imaged with unmodded canon 1100d and 50mm Canon lens. Tracked on Skywatcher star adventurer.
This image was meant to test a few things, the first was test the tangential and sagittal astigmatism of the sony 35mm gm f1.4, which it does have. It's better corrected than other lenses I have tried, but it's still there (wide open). The second thing I was testing was the ioptron cem26ec unguided tracking ability. I mainly shoot wide field and I intended to shoot the Veil Nebula with a 400mm lens, this would have shown any tracking errors better than a 35mm lens, but like an idiot I left this lens at home. I'm still getting oblong stars but in fairness I had to zoom in to 700% to see it. This image was made from 10 light frames, 10 dark frames, 10 Flat frames, 10 bias frames, processed in pixinsight and photoshop. The camera was a Sony A7R4, exposure was 4 mins @ iso640
English below:
Il Velo del Cigno è un resto di supernova che ha un'estensione angolare di circa 3 gradi e, secondo le osservazioni più precise, la distanza da noi è di circa 1470 anni luce. E' catalogato come Sh2-103 (W78 come sorgente radio) ma le sue parti hanno identificazione del più utilizzato catalogo NGC, la parte orientale è NGC 6992 e 6995, mentre la parte più occidentale è NGC6960.
Per riprenderlo quasi nella sua interezza, ho esguito un mosaico di 2x2, ogni pannello ha circa 5 ore e mezza di integrazione con pose guidate da 10 minuti con filtro dualband Antlia ALP-T 5nm per la nebulosa mentre per le stelle sono un'ora di pose da 60 secondi senza filtri. Telescopio newton 150/600 con correttore Tecnosky 0.95x, camera Tecnosky Vision 571C, montatura Eq6-R Pro, elaborazione in Pixinsight.
The Cygnus Loop is a supernova remnant with an angular extension of about 3 degrees and, according to the most precise observations, its distance from us is about 1,470 light-years. It is cataloged as Sh2-103 (W78 as a radio source), but its parts are identified in the most widely used NGC catalog: the eastern part is NGC 6992 and 6995, while the westernmost part is NGC 6960.
To capture it almost in its entirety, I created a 2x2 mosaic. Each panel took about 5.5 hours of integration, with 10-minute guided exposures using an Antlia ALP-T 5nm dual-band filter for the nebula, and one hour of 60-second exposures without filters for the stars. 150/600 Newtonian telescope with Tecnosky 0.95x corrector, Tecnosky Vision 571C camera, Eq6-R Pro mount, Pixinsight processing.
Ouverture du sas !🎉 Chaque cargo Cygnus est nommé en l’honneur d’une personne ayant apporté une contribution majeure au vol spatial habité. Celui-ci est le S.S. Ellison Onizuka, nommé d’après le premier astronaute américain d’origine asiatique. Et voici à quoi ça ressemble, 3 tonnes de fret attendant d’être déballées !
The process of opening the hatch▩🎉 Every Cygnus spacecraft is named in honour of someone who has made a major contribution to human spaceflight. This one is the S.S. Ellison Onizuka, after the first Asian American astronaut. And this is what 3 tons of cargo looks like when it's waiting to be unpacked
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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2nd processing of the Cygnus Wide filed, in order to make the nebula pop some more.
Deuxième process de la constellation du Cygne que j'avais posté il y a quelques semaines dans le but de rendre les nébuleuses plus visibles et les étoiles moins présentes.
Cygnus 50 m under the International Space Station.
Cygnus 50 m unterhalb der ISS.
Credits: ESA/NASA
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Ouverture du sas !🎉 Chaque cargo Cygnus est nommé en l’honneur d’une personne ayant apporté une contribution majeure au vol spatial habité. Celui-ci est le S.S. Ellison Onizuka, nommé d’après le premier astronaute américain d’origine asiatique. Et voici à quoi ça ressemble, 3 tonnes de fret attendant d’être déballées !
The process of opening the hatch▩🎉 Every Cygnus spacecraft is named in honour of someone who has made a major contribution to human spaceflight. This one is the S.S. Ellison Onizuka, after the first Asian American astronaut. And this is what 3 tons of cargo looks like when it's waiting to be unpacked
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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Nebulae area of constellation Cygnus in hydrogen alpha narrowband 3 panel mosaic. Each panel was stacked and processed with 24, 10min exposures for each panel: 24X600"
Equipment used:
Canon 85mm f1.8 lens at f4, ASI183mm camera, AP900 mount, DeepSkyStacker, Photoshop levels, curves, blending, Sometimes guided with ZWO174mm and Stellarvue SVR90T.
Four exposures of 10 minutes each stacked using Deep Sky Stacker. Additional processing with Photoshop. Canon XSi with 50 mm lens.
Cygnus and Lyra taken from Rattlesnake Lake, WA using a Canon 6D and a Rokinon 35mm lens. One minute exposure tracked using a Vixen Polarie.
The North American and the Gamma Cygni nebulas in the constellation Cygnus.
A wide angle experiment using my stock Olympus EM-1 MkIII with an M.Zuico 45mm Pro f1.2 lens
138 x 60 second subs f2.0 ISO 1000, un-guided, plus calibration frames. Shot from a Bordle 2 location.
I-Optoron SkyGuider Pro tracking mount.