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Manufacturer: Zagato Milano s.r.l., Rho, Italy / for Lancia Automobiles S.p.A., Turin - Italy
Type: Fulvia Sport 1.3 S Tipo 818.650/651 Series IIa
Production time: 1970 - 1973
Production outlet: 2,600 (incl. 600 Series II with Series I bodyshell)
Engine: 1298cc Lancia Tipo 818.303 SOHC V-4 13°
Power: 90 bhp / 6.000 rpm
Torque: 114 Nm / 5.000 rpm
Drivetrain: front wheels
Speed: 170 km/h
Curb weight: 944 kg
Wheelbase: 91.7 inch
Chassis: with front subframe and self-supporting steel unibody
Steering: worm & roller
Gearbox: five-speed manual / all synchromesh / floor shift
Clutch: Birfield homokinetic double joints dry disc
Carburettor: twin horizontal Solex C 35 PHH 19 2-barrel / twin Solex C35 PHH-E2 2-barrel
Fuel tank: 38 liter
Electric system: 12 Volts
Ignition system: electronic
Brakes front: hydraulic Girling calipers discs with Brake Power Regulator
Brakes rear: hydraulic Girling calipers discs with Brake Power Regulator
Suspension front: independent trapezoidal wishbones (A-arm, control arm), sway bar, transverse leaf springs + De-Carbon telescopic shock absorbers
Suspension rear: Panhard rod, sway bar, semi-ellipt leaf springs + De-Carbon telescopic shock absorbers
Rear axle: live
Differential: hypoid
Wheels: 4½ x 14
Tires: 165/65-R14
Options: 13-inch Cromodora wheels, a racing fuel filler
Special:
- The Lancia Fulvia Series (named after Fulvia Flacca Bambula, an aristocratic Roman woman and wife of Mark Antony) was designed in-house at Lancia in Milan - Italy. The technical concept is by Antonio Fessia, the model was designed by Pietro Castagnero.
- The narrow-angle (13 degrees) V-4 engine was designed by Zaccone Mina and has only a single cylinder head.
- From 1970 until 1973 there was this Fastback Coupé called Sport 1.3 S Series II, designed by Ercole Spada and assembled at Zagato Milano s.r.l., Rho, Italy. The first 600 units of Series II were still fitted with Series I bodyshells (1967-1970: 1,602 units built) with a separate spare wheel-hatch and smaller rear lights and aluminium bonnet and doors.
Comet 2017 E4 (Lovejoy) had a short "lifetime" after its discovery less than 7 weeks ago through Terry Lovejoy. Now the nucleus is desintegrated. To remember its beauty I reprocessed carefully some of the subframes of its highlight day: 2017-04-04 6:04h-6:15h UT. 18 subframes 30 sec each. Hyperstar 14" F1.9. Sony A7s (CentralDS cooled). Tenerife 1180 m altitude. FOV (diag.) 2.9°
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Photographed at Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, between 21.31 and 21.50 EDT
(285 km by road north of Toronto)
* Altitude of these objects at times when subframes were made: 18°-20°
* Temperature 12° C.
* Total exposure time: 9 minutes
* 540 mm focal length telescope
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Description:
These are without a doubt two of the most popular targets for amateur astronomers with modest telescopes. Unfortunately for northern hemisphere observers, they are located far south in the constellation Sagittarius, so they are very low in the sky, especially for us in Canada.
M20, the Trifid Nebula (left of centre) is a combination blue reflection nebula and red emission nebula. For more information, click here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trifid_Nebula
The much larger M8, the Lagoon Nebula, is a huge interstellar cloud that is faintly visible to the unaided eye, but only long exposures with the camera can reveal the characteristic red glow of ionized hydrogen gas. For more information, click here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagoon_Nebula
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@N06/29207804310
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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
Nine stacked frames; each frame:
540 mm focal length
ISO 3200; 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, levels, sharpening)
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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.
167/366,
From my TV
I was there in 1978; youtu.be/CJC_4kup0fs?si=0N_1MAmqmSEgooy7
Watched live on YouTube in Garden Village, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Won by Nickas Nielsen, Antonio Fuoco and Miguel Molina in the No. 50 car.
Ferrari AF Corse Hypercar
449P
The car's 2,992 cc (182.6 cu in) twin-turbocharged V6 engine architecture is shared with the Ferrari 296 and its Group GT3 counterpart, the 296 GT3. However, instead of being mounted to the subframe as in the road-going vehicle, the engine is a fully stressed member in the 499P, and has had various modifications to accommodate its new role as a stress-bearing member. The 499P has semi-permanent all-wheel drive, with an electric motor situated at the front axle, providing 200 kW (272 PS; 268 hp) above 190 km/h (118 mph) (as stipulated by the regulations), and is connected to a bespoke 900 V battery pack, with the ability to be recharged by Ferrari's own Energy Recovery System (ERS)
Full Write-up here: theastroenthusiast.com/the-interacting-triplet-of-m81-m82...
This incredibly detailed image of the interacting triplet M81, M82, and NGC 3077 was created from more than 216 hours of exposure across three continents — Europe, USA, and Oceania. We combined 4019 subframes and 12993 minutes of exposure to reveal faint details previously masked by lower amounts of data. The high exposure time also allowed us to sharpen fine features, giving the image more contrast and revealing more fine structures.
On the top of the image lies NGC 3077, a small starburst dwarf galaxy with a starforming core. Below lies M81, a grand design spiral about 12 million light years away. To the right is M82, a starburst galaxy with a huge superwind triggered by interaction with M81 and NGC 3077. All around the image is the galactic cirrus, dust lit by the glow of the milky way. I highly recommend looking at the image with HI emission overlaid, which displays what of the background is neutral gas from the interactions and what is dust from the milky way.
Website: theastroenthusiast.com/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/the_astronomy_enthusiast/
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Photographed at Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, between 00.13 and 00.35 EDT
(285 km by road north of Toronto)
* Temperature 18° C.
* Total exposure time: 10 minutes
* 660 mm focal length telescope
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Description:
M13 globular star cluster: One of the showpieces of the northern hemisphere spring sky is this bright globular star cluster, the sixth brightest in the sky, which is faintly visible to the unaided eye in a dark sky.
M13, which contains about 300,000 stars, was discovered by Edmond Halley in 1714, and catalogued by Charles Messier in June 1764. It is about 145 light years across and lies 25,000 light years from our solar system.
Globular star clusters are ancient objects, originating very early in the history of the universe. M13 is estimated to be 11.7 billion years old.
NGC 6207 galaxy: This spiral galaxy is near the top edge of the frame, a little left of centre. It is located about 30 million light years from our own Milky Way galaxy, and was discovered by William Herschel in May 1787. It shines with an apparent magnitude of 11.7 - 12.2 and is ~34,000 light years in diameter (compared with the Milky Way's diameter of ~100,000 light years).
Compare this image with a photo made with a much longer (1253 mm) focal length telescope in October 2017:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/37611993040
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Technical information:
Nikon D810a camera body on on Tele Vue 127is (127 mm - 5" - diameter) apochromatic refracting telescope, mounted on Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro mount
Ten stacked frames; each frame:
660 mm focal length
ISO 1600; 1 minute exposure at f/5.2; unguided
(with LENR - long exposure noise reduction)
Subframes registered in RegiStar;
Stacked and processed in Photoshop CS6 (shadows / highlights, levels, brightness, contrast, colour balance)
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PK 164+31.1 is a faint and interesting planetary nebula.
Also called Jones-Emberson 1.
It is 14th magnitude, at a distance of 1600 ly.
The central star is a blue white Dwarf star with magnitude 16.8.
Imaged from Deep Sky West - Rowe New Mexico, using RCOS 14.5" Ritchey–Chrétien telescope f/9. 3340 mm focal length.
Transparency and Seeing very good to excellent.
February, 2017
False color HOO, with RGB stars.
12 hours H Alpha, and 9 hours 30 minutes OIII.
30 minutes subframes.
An additional 2 hours each of RGB .
26.5 hours total exposure
Processed in Pixinsight, and Lightroom.
SBIG 16803 CCD,AO-X
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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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1988 Citroen BX 17 RD.
Scrapped.
Last MoT test expired in June 2015.
It failed a test in July 2015 -
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively (8.2.2)
Windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid (8.2.3)
Offside rear subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.a.3)
Offside rear vehicle structure excessively corroded within 30cm of towbar mounting (6.6.6)
Nearside rear suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bearing (2.4.g.2)
Offside rear suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush (2.4.g.2)
Nearside rear tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.e.1)
Offside rear tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.e.1)
Front brake hose excessively deteriorated (3.6.b.4d)
Front parking brake recording little or no effort (3.7.b.6a)
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.b.7)
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.
This extends the map of the previous image of Sadr pictured below. Sadr now is the bright star near the bottom. The hazy nebula at the top is the butterfly.
This image is made from 842 separate images called subframes. Each subframe is ten seconds long. Seestar started taking the pictures at 10:54 PM and ended the next morning at 3:48 AM. The total amount of exposure time was 2 hours and about 20 minutes, but because of processing time and dropped frames it took nearly five hours. It took Siril the software used in assembling the images about 2 hours and 12 minutes to put all the individual overlapping images in place.
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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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This is the Milky Way from Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. There’s tremendous detail in this image! I may annotate it later. That’s Jupiter there on the left, with the constellation of Sagittarius just to the lower right – it looks like a teapot. The upper left area is the Scutum star cloud. On the lower right is the “prancing horse”, a dark nebula that obscures the background stars.
Image Info
Two part image – a single image of the trees, and a stack of 20 subframes for the stars. 20 subframes of 30 seconds each, all at ISO 3200. Canon 60D with no filter, mounted on an iOptron SmartEQ equatorial mount. Subs captured and stacked in Nebulosity, processed in StarTools, trees image layered in Photoshop, and the whole thing finished in Aperture.
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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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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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The first clear nights after the rainy season and I needed to test some new gear and combos and that was my excuse for picking some easy targets. This was taken with a Canon 400mm f5.6L lens on a QHY183C colour camera connected via an Astromechanics EF focus adapter which enabled Sequence Generator Pro's autofocus routine to work with the lens. The image is an integration of nearly 10 hours total exposure (199 x 180 second subframes). The mount was a Skywatcher AZ-EQ5. Image capture was managed via SGP and PHD2 and all post-processing was carried out in PixInsight. As usual, I was defeated by Alnitak.
Observed from Prachinburi, Thailand.
This week's FlickrFriday theme is: #Subframing
Le thème de ce FlickrFriday est: #Sous-ossature
O tema desta FlickrFriday é: #Sub-enquadramento
本次 FlickrFriday 主題: #子框架
FlickrFriday-Thema der Woche: #Unterrahmen
El tema de FlickrFriday es: #Sub-encuadre
Sub-framing is a type of compositional photography technique wherein one or more photo elements are framed by another element. It's a good way to add interest to the photo, lead the viewer's eye towards the middle of the sub-frame, and emphasize a subject.
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.
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
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Photographed at Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, between 21.38 and 22.12 EDT
(285 km by road north of Toronto)
* Altitude of M51 at time of exposures: 23°, decreasing to 19°
* Temperature 8° C.
* Total exposure time: 16 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.
Click here to see the equipment used to photograph this galaxy:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/29939255555
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Nikon D810a camera body at prime focus of Meade 30 cm (12") LX-850 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, mounted on Astrophysics 1100GTO equatorial mount
Sixteen stacked frames; each frame:
2483 mm focal length; ISO 8000; 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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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.
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!
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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 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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Flickr Friday theme subframing. On the other side of this arch is the doorway to the old hospital. But from that side all you see is the highway. ,;-)
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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 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.
It is considered one of the brightest and most massive star-forming regions of our galaxy. ...
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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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
In the news today, AR2941 launched a CME that knocked out 40 Starlink satellites.
Canon EOS 60Da (1/640s, ISO 100)
TeleVue NP101is/2x Power Mate (4", f/10.4)
Losmandy G11
100 subframes captured with Backyard EOS (BYE). CR2 files converted to AVI by PPIP. Best 75% of frames stacked in AutoStakkert! Sharpened in Registax and finished in Photoshop.
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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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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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