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M12 (NGC 6218) is another globular cluster in Ophiuchus, situated just west of M10 in the sky.
Shot with LRGB filters from my backyard in Long Beach, CA.
L: 18 15 s exposures
R: 17 30 s exposures
G: 26 30 s exposures
B: 21 30 s exposures
All taken with an Atik 414-EX mono camera on a Celestron Edge HD 925 at a focal length of 1530 mm. LRGB filters are from Optolong.
Pre-processing in Nebulosity; registration, stacking, channel combination, and processing in PixInsight; final touches in Photoshop.
Sooo, Halo 4, anybody? ^^
After seeing Malydilnar's excellent 'Hog, I felt compelled to finally try my hand at one of the most recognizeable vehicles in gaming myself. And if you know me, you know I don't do things half-assed.
So, here's my LDD-take on the Puma, uhm, I mean Warthog.
The model features 4-wheel steering and suspension. Although for that to work properly, imagine the robot-hands near the wheels being replaced with minifig-hands stuck in flex-tubing.
There are some other details that I would change in real bricks as well, like the gun-barrel of the M46.
I hope I can build this for real sometime in the future. In the meantime, I might work on some other Halo-related LDD things until then.
M12 taken by Bob Trevan on the 12" scope and processed by myself a whole year and a half later! Note PGC 1103219, the brighter of the pair of galaxies can be seen in the upper left of the images at Mag 15.79.
Description - Messier 12 (also designated NGC 6218) is a globular cluster in the constellation of Ophiuchus. It was discovered by the French astronomer Charles Messier on May 30, 1764, who described it as a "nebula without stars". In dark conditions this cluster can be faintly seen with a pair of binoculars. Resolving the stellar components requires a telescope with an aperture of 8 in (20 cm) or greater.[8] In a 10 in (25 cm) scope, the granular core shows a diameter of 3′ (arcminutes) surrounded by a 10′ halo of stars.
Roughly 3° northwest from the cluster M10 and 5.6° east southeast from star Lambda Ophiuchi, M12 is about 15,700 light-years (4,800 parsecs) from Earth and has a spatial diameter of about 75 light-years. The brightest stars of M12 are of 12th magnitude. With a Shapley-Sawyer rating of IX, it is rather loosely packed for a globular and was once thought to be a tightly concentrated open cluster. Thirteen variable stars have been recorded in this cluster. M12 is approaching us at a velocity of 16 km/s.
A study published in 2006 concluded that this cluster has an unusually low number of low-mass stars. The authors surmise that they were stripped from the cluster by passage through the relatively matter-rich plane of the Milky Way.
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ZWO ASI1600 with filter wheel
OTA - Officina Stellare 305 RiDK 12" Corrected Dall Kirkham
Mount - Paramount ME II
Total Exp - 90 mins
L - 62 x 60s
RGB - 7 x 60s each filter
Hampshire, England, UK
220m above sea level
15th May 2020
Processed with PixInsight
M12 (NGC 6218) is a Shapley-Sawyer class IX (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapley%E2%80%93Sawyer_Concentratio...) globular cluster located approximately 15,700 light-years away in Ophiuchus.
Luminance – 15x600s – 180 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2
270 minutes total exposure – 4 hours 30 minutes
Imaged from Dardenne Prairie, Missouri (a red zone) over four nights in March, April, May and June, 2017 with a SBIG ST-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT90EDT at f/6.7 603mm.
Quite different from M3 and M5 but still obviously globular.
250mm f4.8 Newtonian, MPCC
QHY168C @-15°C, IDAS D3
20x240s, 20x180s, darks, flats, bias
NINA, APP, Photoshop, Topaz Denoise AI
M12 (NGC 6218) is a Shapley-Sawyer class IX (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapley%E2%80%93Sawyer_Concentratio...) globular cluster located approximately 15,700 light-years away in Ophiuchus.
Luminance – 17x300s – 85 minutes – binned 2x2
RGB – 18:15:21x300s – 90:75:105 minutes each – binned 2x2
335 minutes total exposure – 5 hours 35 minutes
Imaged May 15th, 16th and 17th, 2023 at the El Sauce Observatory (Rio Hurtado, Chile) with a QHY 600M on a PlaneWave CDK24 at f/6.5 3974 mm.
These are Telescope Live (telescope.live/) “One-Click Observation.”
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December 2013 - Volvo FM 450 8x4/Wilcox Tipper
Also been Registered - CP63 FND
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What's a better way to kick off my new account than with a brand new vehicle?! This M12 is mostly my design (excluding the bogies) It features smooth-rolling tracks, an elevating gun which can also be traversed to either side, 3 opening hatches, and a earth spade which can be lowered to my desire. C&C are always appreciated! (especially because this is such a new model)
My rendition of the new Warthog from Halo 4. Quite frankly, I like the new Warthog! My apologies for the lack of figures! I only have a couple ODSTs from Brickforge and they didn't seem to fit the era and the vehicle!
Some cool little features:
-The Warthog has both steering and something I've come to call "Somers-spension". Which is just a cheezy nickname for the awesome suspension design by Andrew Somers!
-3 people can fit in the vehicle (Driver, Passenger, and Gunner)
-The studs on top of the frame of the Warthog allow it to attach to the back of the Pelican
-The machine gun turret can move around and up an down!
Enjoy! Comments and criticism welcome!
M12 (NGC 6218) is a Shapley-Sawyer class IX (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapley%E2%80%93Sawyer_Concentratio...) globular cluster located approximately 15,700 light-years away in Ophiuchus.
Luminance – 8x300s – 40 minutes – binned 2x2
RGB – 9:8:8x300s – 45:40:40 minutes each – binned 2x2
165 minutes total exposure – 2 hours 45 minutes
Imaged over six nights in June and August, 2021 at the El Sauce Observatory (Rio Hurtado, Chile) with a FLI PL 9000 on a PlaneWave CDK24 at f/6.5 3974 mm.
This data is from Telescope Live (telescope.live/) “One-click Observations.”
M12 Howitzer carrage
c&c is wellcome
The 155 mm Gun Motor Carriage M12 was a U.S. self-propelled gun developed during the Second World War. Only 100 were built; 60 in 1942 and a further 40 in 1943. It mounted a 155 mm gun M1917, M1917A1 or M1918 M1, depending upon availability, a weapon derived from the nearly identical French 155 mm GPF gun of World War I vintage. The M12 was built on the chassis of the M3 Lee tank (some sources claim that later M12s used the M4 Sherman chassis, but this might be a confusion with the M12's use of "Sherman-style" bogie trucks with trailing idlers). It had an armored driver's compartment, but the gun crew were located in an open topped area at the back of the vehicle. An earth spade (similar to a bulldozer blade) at the rear was employed to absorb recoil. This layout—large gun mounted in an open mount at the rear, with a spade—was the pattern adopted for many years by other heavy self-propelled artillery.
During 1943 the vehicles were used for training or put into storage. Before the invasion of France, 74 M12s were upgraded in preparation for combat operations. They were employed successfully throughout the campaign in NW-Europe. Although designed primarily for indirect fire, during assaults on heavy fortifications the M12s were sometimes employed in a direct-fire role.
Limited storage space meant that only 10 projectiles and propellant charges could be carried on the vehicle. Given this, a similar vehicle, but without the gun, was produced as the Cargo Carrier M30. This was designed to transport the gun crew and additional ammunition. In operational conditions the M12 and M30 would serve in pairs. The M30, which could carry 40 rounds of 155 mm ammunition, was armed with a .50-caliber Browning M2 machine gun.
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somewhat inspired by legomajor
What's a better way to kick off my new account than with a brand new vehicle?! This M12 is mostly my design (excluding the bogies) It features smooth-rolling tracks, an elevating gun which can also be traversed to either side, 3 opening hatches, and a earth spade which can be lowered to my desire. C&C are always appreciated! (especially because this is such a new model)
"...When the M12 GTO was launched, it came into a market saturated with ‘junior supercars’, the Porsche Boxster, various TVRs and the sporty Mercs but it elbowed its way into a market dominated by legendary names and with a power-to-weight ratio that left a Lamborghini Diablo in its rear-view mirror, the automotive world sat up and took notice..."
Source: Discovery UK
Photographed during Driven Club event in Northern Ireland.
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M12 (NGC 6218) is a Shapley-Sawyer class IX (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapley%E2%80%93Sawyer_Concentratio...) globular cluster located approximately 15,700 light-years away in Ophiuchus.
Luminance – 24x600s – 240 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 17:18:17x300s – 85:90:85 minutes each – binned 2x2
500 minutes total exposure – 8 hours 20 minutes
Imaged over five nights in March, 2017 from Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG STF-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT12RCT at f/8 2432mm.
I really like how this turned out! I was surprised at how easily this came together. The windshield was ridiculously hard to design though...
BTW, this is 100% my design. :D
Taxi number two after the Superleggera that day:)
That car produces about 500 HP (Twin Turbo engine ;)) and weights only about 900 kg=Insane acceleration!