Opening day ceremonies and groupings of the first day

Date : 06/02/2011 -

Lieu : Castres (81) - Jardin -

Position :

Matériel : Atlas EQ6 Pro GOTO - Newton Orion 8" + MPCC + CLS

Caméra : Canon 400Dais - Champ : 71'x 56' -

Prise de vue : 59 poses de 75s à 1600 ISO

Dark : 5 poses de 75 s

NGC2244

Magnitude: 4.80

Luminosité de surface: 11.44

Dimension: 24.0 x 24.0 '

Description: Cl, beautiful, st sc (12 Mon)

Constellation: Licorne

Coordonnées: Apparente

Apparente AR: 06h33m01.6s DE:+04°51' 22"

Moyenne de la date AR: 06h32m 59.4s DE:+04°51' 28"

Moyenne J2000 AR: 06h32m 24.0s DE:+04°52'00"

Ecliptique L: +98°40'12" B:-18°20'00"

Galactique L: +206°25'41" B:-01°59'58"

NGC2238

Magnitude:

Luminosité de surface:

Dimension: 1.0 x 1.0 '

Description: S* in neby, part of eL nebs ring ar 2239

Constellation: Licorne

Coordonnées: Apparente

Apparente AR: 06h31m 13.7s DE:+05°00' 24"

Moyenne de la date AR: 06h31m 11.4s DE:+05°00' 30"

Moyenne J2000 AR: 06h30m 36.0s DE:+05°01'00"

Ecliptique L: +98°11'23" B:-18°12'34"

Galactique L: +206°05'17" B:-02°19'41"

température : 2.4°C

Humidité : 88%

Pression : 1014 hpa

Vent : 0 km/h - 0 beauford

Handicap : Pollution lumineuse

Traitement : DeepSkyStacker 3.3.3 beta 29 - PixInSight LE - NoiseWare Community - Iris - Photofiltre

*Proposed for Mount Pleasant magazine (vol 2)

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Flight C, second place winner: Carol Jung

This year’s graduates from the MPCC ADN program are: Lisa Shimmin of Gothenburg; Susan Maucher of Hayes Center; Rebecca Gray of Maywood; Melissa Ebert and Tina Messersmith of McCook; Rawnie Barnes of Mullen; Kaleia Alberts, Erica Bargell, Makayla Bell, Amber Berliner, Donna Bielicki, Trista Borg, Shawna Coen, Whitney Gayman, Karrie Hanna, Kaitlyn Jensen, Brandi Obermeier and Lisa Rosenof of North Platte; Stefanie Schrack and Carmen Sizer of Ogallala; Kathryn Hays of Phillipsburg, Kan.; and Autumn Jerred of Springview.

Monterey Peninsula Country Club MPCC-2658

This year’s graduates from the MPCC ADN program are: Lisa Shimmin of Gothenburg; Susan Maucher of Hayes Center; Rebecca Gray of Maywood; Melissa Ebert and Tina Messersmith of McCook; Rawnie Barnes of Mullen; Kaleia Alberts, Erica Bargell, Makayla Bell, Amber Berliner, Donna Bielicki, Trista Borg, Shawna Coen, Whitney Gayman, Karrie Hanna, Kaitlyn Jensen, Brandi Obermeier and Lisa Rosenof of North Platte; Stefanie Schrack and Carmen Sizer of Ogallala; Kathryn Hays of Phillipsburg, Kan.; and Autumn Jerred of Springview.

Opening day ceremonies and groupings of the first day

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This year’s graduates from the MPCC ADN program are: Lisa Shimmin of Gothenburg; Susan Maucher of Hayes Center; Rebecca Gray of Maywood; Melissa Ebert and Tina Messersmith of McCook; Rawnie Barnes of Mullen; Kaleia Alberts, Erica Bargell, Makayla Bell, Amber Berliner, Donna Bielicki, Trista Borg, Shawna Coen, Whitney Gayman, Karrie Hanna, Kaitlyn Jensen, Brandi Obermeier and Lisa Rosenof of North Platte; Stefanie Schrack and Carmen Sizer of Ogallala; Kathryn Hays of Phillipsburg, Kan.; and Autumn Jerred of Springview.

This year’s graduates from the MPCC ADN program are: Lisa Shimmin of Gothenburg; Susan Maucher of Hayes Center; Rebecca Gray of Maywood; Melissa Ebert and Tina Messersmith of McCook; Rawnie Barnes of Mullen; Kaleia Alberts, Erica Bargell, Makayla Bell, Amber Berliner, Donna Bielicki, Trista Borg, Shawna Coen, Whitney Gayman, Karrie Hanna, Kaitlyn Jensen, Brandi Obermeier and Lisa Rosenof of North Platte; Stefanie Schrack and Carmen Sizer of Ogallala; Kathryn Hays of Phillipsburg, Kan.; and Autumn Jerred of Springview.

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Alternate Hubble palette.

Astro-Tech AT8IN - 8" f4 Imaging Newtonian

Baader MPCC coma corrector

Sky-Watcher EQ6 Pro (EQMOD)

SBIG ST-8XME w/ CFW-9 colour wheel - cooled to -10C

Orion 1.25" Extra-narrowband filters

Autoguided SSAG

Sequence Generator Pro

PixInsight

Captured on Aug 27-28, 2014 using Sequence Generator Pro.

Processed on Aug 28, 2014 using PixInsight.

Ha - 14 x 300 seconds

OIII - 14 x 300 seconds

SII - 14 x 300 seconds

Taken from my backyard on Aug 28, 2014.

NGC 7635, also called the Bubble Nebula, Sharpless 162, or Caldwell 11, is a H II region emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. It lies close to the direction of the open cluster Messier 52. The "bubble" is created by the stellar wind from a massive hot, 8.7 magnitude young central star, the 15 ± 5 M☉ SAO 20575 (BD+60 2522). The nebula is near a giant molecular cloud which contains the expansion of the bubble nebula while itself being excited by the hot central star, causing it to glow. It was discovered in 1787 by William Herschel. The star SAO 20575 or BD+602522 is thought to have a mass of 10-40 Solar masses.

Reunion play and gathering of Friendship Cup participants from Mid Pacific Country Club, Oahu Country Club, and Waialae Country Club

Bird Rock to the right, Cypress Point in the background! Note Cypress Point 16th greenside bunkers on the point above Bird Rock. The wind formed cypress trees and granite outcroppings combined with the perfectly manicured golf course make this one of the truly special golf spots on the planet..

This year’s graduates from the MPCC ADN program are: Lisa Shimmin of Gothenburg; Susan Maucher of Hayes Center; Rebecca Gray of Maywood; Melissa Ebert and Tina Messersmith of McCook; Rawnie Barnes of Mullen; Kaleia Alberts, Erica Bargell, Makayla Bell, Amber Berliner, Donna Bielicki, Trista Borg, Shawna Coen, Whitney Gayman, Karrie Hanna, Kaitlyn Jensen, Brandi Obermeier and Lisa Rosenof of North Platte; Stefanie Schrack and Carmen Sizer of Ogallala; Kathryn Hays of Phillipsburg, Kan.; and Autumn Jerred of Springview.

15x5min subs @ ISO1600 + 30 darks + 30 flats.

Modded 1000D @ -5°C.

GSO 8inch f6 reflector.

Baader MPCC.

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Object: M42 (Great Orion Nebula)

Camera: Unmodified Canon T1i with MPCC

Scope: Orion 8" F4 Astrograph

Mount: Celestron CGEM

Subs: 5x2m for a 10m shot

Darks: 20

Calibrated and stacked with DSS

Processed in Pixinsight

This is my 3rd processing attempt. I added HDRWaveletTransformation with 10 layers so that the end result is not fake looking and I added a LocalHistogramEqualization of 60 Kernel Radius and a contrast limit of 1.5.

I think this image looks GREAT!

Mona park crips Compton

NGC7009 Saturn Nebula taken with Royce 10in f6 Newtonian at Baader MPCC Coma Corrector with Orion Starshoot Pro V1 Camera - Schneider 486 UVIR Filter. 2013:09:07 17:07:01 TIFF Image File by GateSoftware. Scope mounted on Orion Atlas EQ/G mount, with PEC correction and autoguiding with an Orion Starshoot Autoguider on a Lumicon short Off-Axis Guider (OAG). A stack of 8 x 500 sec exposures. Luminance compressed by the log(cube root) functions. You can see why early observers thought they were looking at a distant version of Saturn!

Picture saved with settings applied.

This year’s graduates from the MPCC ADN program are: Lisa Shimmin of Gothenburg; Susan Maucher of Hayes Center; Rebecca Gray of Maywood; Melissa Ebert and Tina Messersmith of McCook; Rawnie Barnes of Mullen; Kaleia Alberts, Erica Bargell, Makayla Bell, Amber Berliner, Donna Bielicki, Trista Borg, Shawna Coen, Whitney Gayman, Karrie Hanna, Kaitlyn Jensen, Brandi Obermeier and Lisa Rosenof of North Platte; Stefanie Schrack and Carmen Sizer of Ogallala; Kathryn Hays of Phillipsburg, Kan.; and Autumn Jerred of Springview.

M 1 crab Nebula with Baader MPCC MarkIII, ES8f3.9, ASI183mm

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