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Andromeda Galaxy (M31) core area
BFelix
by Brant Felix Oct 16th, 2010 Taken at All Star Telescope public observers night (Didsbury Alberta) Scope: Orion Mak-Newt 190 Mount: EQ6 Pro CCD: StarShoot Pro (bin 2) Guider: Eon 72mm with Starshoot Autoguider Capture Software: Maxim DL Pro Processing: Pix Insight 1.61 Took...
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Mon, Oct 18 2010
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Arp 94 or NGC 3226 & NGC 3227
Galactic_John
by John Chumack Here is a nice interacting pair of Galaxies in Leo, Homemade 16" Newt. and St9 CCD, 25 minutes LRGB, from Yellow Springs, Ohio on 4-16-09
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Fri, Apr 17 2009
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Bode's Galaxy and the Cigar Galaxy (M81 and M82)
Barry E.
by Barry Etter Date: 2/19/2010 Target: M81, Bode's Galaxy and M82, Cigar Galaxy Telescope: Orion 8" f/4.9 w/Multi-Purpose Coma Corrector Camera: Canon 40D (modified) Filter: None Exposures: 50x240s (3.3h) @ ISO1600 Framing: North is left Start Temp: 28F End Temp: 21F Location: Mocksville, NC...
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Sat, Feb 20 2010
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Bode's Galaxy and the Cigar Galaxy (M81 and M82)
Barry E.
by Barry Etter Date: 2/19/2010 Target: M81, Bode's Galaxy and M82, Cigar Galaxy Telescope: Orion 8" f/4.9 w/Multi-Purpose Coma Corrector Camera: Canon 40D (modified) Filter: None Exposures: 50x240s (3.3h) @ ISO1600 Framing: North is left Start Temp: 28F End Temp: 21F Location: Mocksville, NC...
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Tue, Feb 23 2010
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Centaurus A (NGC 5128)
Jaicoa2
by Efrain Morales Rivera Date: 06/24/09 05:24ut Loc.: Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Equipment: LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, CGE mount, ST2000xm, AO8, CFW9, Asronomik LRGB filter set. Lum=2hrs, Red=30min., Grn=24min., Blu=28min.
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Wed, Sep 9 2009
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Compact Galaxy Group Hickson 44
CraigAndTammy
by Craig and Tammy Temple This beautiful quartet of galaxies in Leo was cataloged by Canadian astronomer Paul Hickson as entry #44 in his Atlas of Compact Groups of Galaxies. From left to right in this image are NGC3193, a magnitude 11.80 elliptical, NGC3190, a magnitude 12.00 edge-on spiral, NGC3187...
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Thu, Apr 8 2010
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M87 with Jet
Jaicoa2
by: Efrain Morales Rivera Date: 05/03/09 01:39ut Loc.:Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Equipment: LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, CGE mount, F/R F6.3, ST2000XM, AO8, CFW9, Astronomik LRGB. Lum=1hr, RGB=20min per Channel.
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Fri, Jun 12 2009
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M95, M96, M105, and NGC Galaxies in Leo
AASTARMAN
by Robert Vohlidka Time: 9-11pm Date: 3-8-2010 Location: New York Telescope: Orion 80ED with WO Flat Field FR x0.8, piggybacked on a Meade LX200 8" GPS with Orion Star Shooter Autoguider (x0.5 FR). Camera: Hutech Mod Canon 40D with Hutech FF Light Pollution Filter. Exposure: ISO 800, 1 hour 30 mins...
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Fri, Mar 12 2010
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Markarian's Chain
tkerr
by Tim Kerr Markarian's Chain of galaxies. Part of the larger Virgo cluster of galaxies. Date: 2009, April 27 Location: Hubert, North Carolina USA. Camera: Canon EOS 50D at prime focus on Celestron C80ED f/7.5 Refractor piggy back mounted on Celestron C6 R-GT Exposures: 20 x 180 seconds @ ISO...
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Sun, Feb 28 2010
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Mirach's Ghost (NGC 404)
Jaicoa2
by: Efrain Morales Rivera Date: 11/16/09 05:56ut Loc.:Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Equipment: LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, F/R F6.3, ST2000XM, AO8, CFW9, Astronomik LRGB. Lum=2hrs, RGB=32min per channel.
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Fri, Jun 12 2009
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NGC 2976 in Ursa Major
BFelix
Orion Mak-Newt 190 Orion Starshoot Pro v1 (Color) 5 shots * 10 minutes each Maxim DL 5.07 and Photoshop CS2 processing. Taking near Alix, Alberta, Canada on Feb 17th, 2010 Funny story, I was actually looking for M81 and somehow misaligned my scope, I say this galaxy in the first exposure...
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Wed, Feb 24 2010
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NGC 5128 The many faces of Centaurus A
Strongmanmike
by Michael Sidonio Centaurus A is a huge elliptical galaxy that has devoured another entire galaxy about 1 billion years ago and now has a massive black hole at its centre. This data set was taken in May 2008 from a very dark sky in remote <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place...
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Fri, Apr 24 2009
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Spiral galaxy NGC 3227 and its companion NGC 3226
Jaicoa2
Efrain Morales Rivera Date: 03/16/11 Location: Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Equipment: LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, F6.3, CGE mount, ST2000xm, AO8, CFW9, Astronomik LRGB filter set. Imaging under the moonlight I managed to come with this set of images of ngc3227 (spiral) and ngc3226 (dwarf) galaxies with...
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Sat, Mar 26 2011
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The Andromeda Galaxy (M31)
David Rosenthal
by David Rosenthal 09.19 & 09.25.2009, Midland Park, NJ Self modified 400d, Borg 76ED + Astro-Tech FF 50 by 360 second ISO800 exposures Astronomik CLS Clip and Baader UV-IR Cut Filters Atlas EQ-G + EQMOD, Takahashi FS-60C + DSI Pro I Guided Maxim DL v5 : Pulse Guiding, Acquisition, Calibration [30D...
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Fri, Oct 9 2009
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The Andromeda Galaxy (M31), plus M32 and NGC 205
Jaicoa2
by Efrain Morales Rivera Date: 10/30/09 03:10ut Location: Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Equipment: WO ZenithStar ED80II APO, F6.8, CGE mount, AO8, CFW9, Astronomik LRGB filter set, piggy backed on LX200ACF 12in. OTA. Andromeda Galaxy (M31) with it's companions M32 and M110. Lum=2hrs 6min...
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Sat, Oct 31 2009
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The Great Galaxy In Andromeda
COSMICK
by Mark Guinn Telescope: AT8IN 8" F/4 Newtonian with Baader MPCC (800mm) Filters: None Camera: Gary Honis modified Canon RebelXSi Exposure: 14x5 minutes @ ISO 800 Daylight WB Software: PHD Guiding, DeepSkyStacker, Photoshop CS4, Noise Ninja, GradientExterminator...
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Wed, Jun 2 2010