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M101 by Tom Harrison
Submitted by AstroPhoto Insight on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 22:53.12.5" RCOS Truss at f9, on an ME mount using the STL6303E at -20c, and guided off-axis with the SBIG guide camera. Tru-Balance Gen II filters were used.
M8 The Lagoon Nebula in Tricolor Narrowband by
Submitted by AstroPhoto Insight on Sun, 06/28/2009 - 23:52.Ha-SHO with 160 mins of SII, 130 mins of Ha, and 120 mins of OIII, unbinned. Takahashi TOA130 and ST10XME on an NJP mount. Total exposure time 6.8 hours.
http://www.scopetrader.com/shogun/?l=/Photography/ViewSitePhoto.asp&Phot...
Star Trails and Fireflies by Steve Irvine
Submitted by admin on Sun, 06/28/2009 - 23:46.Canon 50D, Canon 20mm lens at f/3.2, 64 min. exp. (192 twenty second exp.) ISO 1600
http://www.steveirvine.com/astro/startrails_fireflyvi09.html
IC1284 by Chuck Vaughn
Submitted by AstroPhoto Insight on Fri, 06/26/2009 - 20:59.8"-f/5.75 Newtonian with Coma Corrector (1171mm) Orion StarShoot Pro
47 x 10 minute exposures
http://astrophotography.aa6g.org/Astrophotos/ic1284_ssp.html
NGC 5566: A Triplet of Galaxies by Adam Block
Submitted by AstroPhoto Insight on Fri, 06/26/2009 - 03:04.24-inch RC Optical Systems Telescope, SBIG STL11000 CCD Camera, Custom Scientific Filters
Exposure: LRGB = 135:40:40:40 minutes
M5 by Johannes Schedler
Submitted by AstroPhoto Insight on Wed, 06/24/2009 - 12:38.16" Cassegrain in secondary focus at f/10 on a MK100 GEM mount.
SBIG STL-11000M with Baader LRGB filters
Exposures: L:R:G:B = 60:40:40:40 min (5 min L, 20 min RGB sub-exposures); all 1x1.
http://panther-observatory.com/gallery/deepsky/doc/M5_F10.htm
M13 by Stephane Murphy
Submitted by AstroPhoto Insight on Tue, 06/16/2009 - 17:51.RGB 60:60:60
Planewave Instrument CDK 12.5
Paramount ME.
SBIG STL11000M
SBIG ST-402 guidre
Astrodon Generation 2 filters
Abell 2151 by Tony Hallas
Submitted by AstroPhoto Insight on Mon, 06/15/2009 - 20:00.The Abell 2151 luminance image was taken by Tony Hallas with a QSI 583ws camera using an AstroPhysics 8" APO refractor at f/8. Total exposure time was 11 hours using 33 20-minute subexposures. The image highlights the benefits of the small 5.4µm pixel in the QSI 583 when used with a shorter focal length instrument.
The color exposure time was 140 minutes each through Astrodon E-Series Gen 2 red, green and blue filters using 20-minute sub-exposures.
NGC 6357 by Rob Gendler
Submitted by AstroPhoto Insight on Mon, 06/15/2009 - 16:03.9 Frame Mosaic, RRGB, Some RGB data from previous collaboration with Martin Pugh.
40 hours cumulative Exposure
14.5" RC, SBIG STL11000
Capturing the Stars: Astrophotography by the Masters (Hardcover) by Robert Gendler
Submitted by AstroPhoto Insight on Wed, 06/10/2009 - 01:42.To gaze at the stars is one thing; to capture that gaze in photographs is something else, a tantalizing scientific art that many attempt and few master. That rare mastery is on full display in this beautiful volume of space photography from thirty of the most accomplished astrophotographers in the world, both professional and amateur. Galaxies, star clusters, nebulae, and other deep-sky treasures fill the pages.
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