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Taken with a 12" Newtonian and ST2000XM with CFW8 and SBIG Filters

http://hubble.heim.at/NGC1502.htm

I just finished up 7.5 hrs on NGC3628, an esteemed member of the Leo Trio, with the 16" RC, STL11k at SRO (Sierra-Remote Observatories near Yosemite).

http://dg-imaging.astrodon.com/gallery/display.cfm?imgID=125

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Widefield galaxy shot with the TMB 130mm and ST4000 7.6 hrs worth of 12 minute sub-exposures.

http://www.cvastro.org/clearview/widem101.htm

Here's your chance to get one of your images published in the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry's (OMSI) 2009 Kendall Planetarium astronomy calendar.

OMSI is hosting a astronomy photo contest to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Galileo first pointing a telescope at the night skies. 12 lucky winners will get their photos included in the calendar. The grand prize winner gets some great prizes plus their photo on the front cover.

The contest runs from February 20 to March 31, 2008. All entries must be received by 5:00 p.m. PST on March 31. See the OMSI web site for details.

As we predicted yesterday, Microsoft announced the private alpha release of the World Wide Telescope project. It is expected to be released in "Spring 2008". If a public beta release becomes available, we'll let you know.

World Wide Telescope Website:
http://www.wwtelescope.com/

16" Cassegrain with SBIG STL-11000M

http://panther-observatory.com/gallery/deepsky/doc/NGC2392_cass.htm

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/1386/schickard20080120qf0.jpg

Microsoft will be making a big announcement tomorrow (Feb 27, 2008). Some expect it to be the announcement of it's World Wide Telescope (WWT) project. We spoke with Jonathan Fay, Microsoft Researcher, last summer about the WWT project. Jonathan Fay had shown Robert Scoble something that brought a tear to Robert's eye. Who amongst us hasn't been moved by the beauty of the sky, the stars, the universe?