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Night of the Persiods
Submitted by:
LeRoy Zimmerman at Wed Aug 13 03:50:01 2008 UTC
Hoping for the best, I went out into our very short Alaskan night
looking for some incoming meteors. It was the first clear night in
weeks, and on the drive out I saw my first star of the new winter, saw
a meteor, even a weak aurora band. When I got to my shooting location
the aurora band had vanished but I could also now see the first
noctilucent clouds of this new returning darkness. I decided to shoot
the noctilucent clouds, of course hoping for an incoming meteor. But
I never saw another the rest of the night. Must be something about the
northern latitude here at 65° north. But the evening was worth
putting 'on the card'. Here is what it looked like last night.
Photo ©LeRoy Zimmmerman 2008
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Perseus Double Cluster
Submitted by:
Dave Miller at Wed Aug 13 01:28:01 2008 UTC
Perseus Double Cluster / NGC 869
and NGC 884...
Takahashi FSQ-106ED..
F5 / 530mm..
Losmandy G11...Unguided...
Canon 20D ISO-800...
29 x 150sec, 20 Dark frames, 20 Flat frames..
Stillwell Ohio Site, 8/02/08...
Processed Images Plus V 3.5a, CS3..
Copyright (c) 2008 Dave Miller.
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Galactic Reef
Submitted by:
Erwin Matys at Mon Aug 11 11:24:01 2008 UTC
gamma cygni region with prominent IC1318 shot with an
EOS 350D mod, 800ASA, 135mm lens f/4, 15x2min piggyback
on ETX-90RA from lower austria, europe, in august 2008.
(c) 2008 erwin matys, karoline mrazek e-mail: erwin@matys.at
web: http://members.eunet.at/erwin/index.html
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Gorgeous 31st of July NLC show
Submitted by:
Tom Eklund at Sun Aug 3 19:13:01 2008 UTC
Last week of July 2008 was packed full of nice to very nice NLC
displays, but the one on 31st night was a true masterpiece. One of the
best shows in past few years for me.
Copyright (c) Tom Eklund
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Halo and contrail/shadow
Submitted by:
Lori at Sun Jul 20 21:18:01 2008 UTC
On June 20th 08 at 5:30am, this lovely Halo welcomed the day - with a
Contrail and -shadow bonus.
Pentax K100D,28mm at f :8 1/3200s plus -.07a.c. ISO200
Lori C, King City ON, N44-W079
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M8 and M20
Submitted by:
alain couture at Thu Jul 17 16:33:01 2008 UTC
M8 is the so-called Lagoon Nebula, a beautiful cloud of gas, dust and young
stars. It covers twice the area of the full moon.
M20, 2 degrees north of M8 is the Trifid Nebula. Covering an area about the
size of the full moon, it contains some very young, hot stars immersed in
gas and dust.
Details: Canon 300D, 70-300mm Sigma apo DG lens on EQ3 motorized mount. 3x1
80sec at 800 ISO - 4 darks - 4 flats - 4 offsets Processed:Images Plus, Ph
otoshop Elements. N.B.: Pictures taken in bad skywatching conditions. :-(
Copyright(c) Alain Couture
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moon line-up
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Sat Jul 12 19:40:01 2008 UTC
The lineup of the Moon, Regulus, Mars and Saturn, forming a nice
straight line in the early evening. Canon 40D and 70-200mm zoom at
90mm...3 sec exposure, ISO 400.
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M8 / Lagoon Nebula
Submitted by:
Dave Miller at Fri Jul 4 03:49:01 2008 UTC
First light test image with the new Takahashi "Q"..
Takahashi FSQ-106ED..
F5 / 530mm..
Losmandy G11...Unguided...
Canon 20D ISO-800...
35 x 135sec, 20 Dark frames, 22 Flat frames..
Stillwell Ohio Site, 7/02/08...
Processed Images Plus V 3.5a, CS3..
Copyright (c) 2008 Dave Miller.
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Barnard's Legacy
Submitted by:
Erwin Matys at Tue Jul 1 07:53:01 2008 UTC
atair, gamma aql and dark nebulae B412/B143 shot with an
EOS 350D mod, 800ASA, 135mm lens f/4, 16x2min piggyback
on ETX-90RA from lower austria, europe, in june 2008.
(c) 2008 erwin matys, karoline mrazek e-mail: erwin@matys.at
web: http://members.eunet.at/erwin/index.html
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An Imperfect World.
Submitted by:
Graham Palmer at Wed Jun 25 08:50:01 2008 UTC
Science once held that the universe outside our world was a perfect one,
with all objects out there being a glorious testament to the divine
creator. That idea came crashing to earth in 1609, when Galileo Galilei
pointed his home-made telescope at the moon and found it was a rugged,
mountainous and cratered world. The illusion of perfection was
shattered. Photo details: Canon 350D, ISO 400 @ prime focus through an
80mm Vixen refracting telescope, 1/320th second exposure. Image
copyright to Graham Palmer. For more images, visit my website:
http://www.skyhigh-photography.com
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Ecliptic Meeting - 2008 June 8 with spacecraft
Submitted by:
Beth Katz at Mon Jun 9 02:34:01 2008 UTC
Mars, the Moon, Regulus, and Saturn are joined by the International
Space Station with connected space shuttle STS-124. From Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania about 9:32pm EDT, Sunday, June 8, 2008. Compare
to photo from last night - June 7. Copyright 2008 by Beth Katz, katz@cs.millersville.edu
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Ecliptic Meeting - 2008 June 7
Submitted by:
Beth Katz at Sun Jun 8 11:56:01 2008 UTC
On Saturday night, the Moon passed Mars on the way toward Regulus and
Saturn tomorrow night. Maybe people with better cameras will get
better pictures. Copyright 2008 by Beth Katz, katz@cs.millersville.edu.
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Ebb & Flow.
Submitted by:
Graham Palmer at Sun May 4 00:08:01 2008 UTC
The time of solar minimum is that of a star with a split personality.
Magnetic sun-spots from the old, dying cycle can overlap with new cycle
spots. The three groups in this image are all from old cycle number 23,
and will possibly be some of the last we will see - NASA scientists
predict the new cycle number 24 will begin to be felt before this year
is out. Photo details: Canon 350D, ISO 400 @ prime focus through an 80mm
Vixen refracting telescope, fitted with a solar filter, 1/1250th second
exposure. Image copyright to Graham Palmer. For more images, visit my
website: http://www.skyhigh-photography.com
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CaK Sun with airliner transit
Submitted by:
Mario Weigand at Thu May 1 09:56:01 2008 UTC
Higher resolution:
http://www.SkyTrip.de/kline33b.htm
Optic: Orion 80/600 ED with modified CaK-PST-Etalon
Camera: SBIG STL-11000M
Location: Germany / Offenbach am Main
http://www.SkyTrip.de
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Early Comes the Day
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Fri Apr 25 20:03:01 2008 UTC
The early light of a new dawn grows stronger while the aurora fades into
memory as seen from our Twelve-Mile Summit camp March 29, 2008 about 80
miles northeast of Fairbanks. I retired to my sleeping bag for a few
short hours and woke to a blazing sun. Our little windbreak had turned
into a great reflector and over our morning coffee we soon realized that
we would surely fry in the intensified sunlight if we stayed too long.
It was time to go so after packing our strung-out gear we started our
three-day journey back to Homer. Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night
Trax Photography Contact at: auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit:
www.auroradude.com
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Short Break
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Fri Apr 25 19:41:01 2008 UTC
Since I was up all night and mostly on my feet, I decided to take a
short break and if you look closely, you will see my ghosted image
sitting on the cooler at right for part of this exposure. At first, I
thought it was the aurora gathering for another wave of activity but
soon enough I realized it was the light of the dawn approaching at our
camp on Twelve-Mile Summit. Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax
Photography Contact at: auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit:
www.auroradude.com
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Now We're Talking!
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Tue Apr 15 22:09:01 2008 UTC
The aurora started out slowly tonight but it did not disappoint. Here is
a shot during the main substorm that came in the early hours of March
29, 2008 as seen above our camp at Twelve-Mile Summit about 80 miles out
of Fairbanks. Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax Photography
Contact at: auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit: www.auroradude.com
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Wood is Good
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Tue Apr 15 21:46:01 2008 UTC
Wind was a definate a factor while camping on this March 28, 2008
evening at Twelve-Mile Summit. We took advantage of a snow berm and
readily availible blocks of snow to construct a crude shelter. Luckily,
one of us was smart enough to include a large bow saw and axe in our
gear so we stopped every day, while traveling, to replenish our supply
of wood. It was a good thing too because there was no wood to be had up
here above the tree line. Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax
Photography Contact at: auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit:
www.auroradude.com
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Wind and the Willow
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Tue Apr 15 21:05:01 2008 UTC
Twelve-Mile Summit, in the White Mountains about 80 miles NE of
Fairbanks, can be a harsh place. The wind blows more than not and I have
turned back from this place several times due to blowing and drifting
snow. It is above the treeline and except for the tundra, there is
little vegetation here. These wind-shaped willows, photographed on March
29, 2008, were the only living thing around taller than a foot or so.
They had found refuge and a chance to start their slow, stunted growth
where a buldozed blade had cut a wayside at the summit. The wind was
pretty strong at sunset but had died down enough to leave the branches
still during this 30-second shot with the northern lights blazing
behind. Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax Photography Contact
at: auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit: www.auroradude.com
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Ribbon of Delight
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Tue Apr 8 20:20:01 2008 UTC
Time had been passing quickly on this March 27-28, 2008 night of auroral
activity and I really had completely lost track of it. But when I
started seeing tall rays of violet light in the northeast, I knew that
night would soon give in to dawn. It is the sun's direct light acting on
the aurora that can coax nitrogen molocules, high in the atmosphere, to
produce beautiful shades of blue and violet in a process known as
resonance scattering. This usually takes place during twilight hours
while the Earth is in the shadow of night but the aurora is reaching up
into sunlight at altitudes of up to 1000 km. (about 600 miles into
space). This is the highest type of aurora measured. I used a 6x7 cm.
medium format camera with a 38mm wide angle lens for this image along
the Chena River east of Fairbanks. Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson
Night Trax Photography Contact at: auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit:
www.auroradude.com
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Chasing Rabbits
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Tue Apr 8 22:17:01 2008 UTC
Early on in our week-long aurora expedition, my brother had expressed
his desire to bag a snow-shoe hare for the stew pot. He had even
prepared a special sauce in anticipation. We saw many, many tracks day
after day but never had the opportunity to get one of these "waskwy
wabbits". Now, as if to tease us, here is a giant rabbit in the sky
leaping above the spruce along the Chena River on the early morning of
March 28, 2008. The sauce had frozen on the first night out and had
remained that way for the duration of the outing. Copyright (c) Dennis
C. Anderson Night Trax Photography Contact at: auroradude@acsalaska.net
or visit: www.auroradude.com
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Bright Band with Nitrogen Fringe
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Tue Apr 8 17:55:01 2008 UTC
On the night of March 27-28 a diffuse band rapidly grows brighter and
begins to display color on its bottom edge. This is an indication that
higher energy particles are penetrating the atmosphere to lower levels
where nitrogen molocules are coaxed into producing reddish and purplish
emissions. The common green aurora is created by the excitation of
oxygen atoms at altitudes ranging from about 100 to 150 km. (60 to 90
miles). This colorful "nitrogen fringing" takes place as low as about
70km. (43 miles). This is as close to the ground as the aurora ever
gets. I used a 6x7 cm. medium format camera with a 75mm lens to record
the northwestern sky from the Chena River east of Fairbanks. Copyright
(c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax Photography Contact at:
auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit: www.auroradudee.com
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Bright Loop Dark Night
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Mon Apr 7 09:40:01 2008 UTC
March 27-28, 2008 Chena River, Alaska
A bright loop appears over the spruce trees in the north bringing light
to a dark night. Snow-shoe tracks can be see in the dim light cutting
across a frozen pond. I used a home-bnuilt 6x7cm. medium-format camera
with a 38mm wide-angle lens and Kodak E100G film. Copyright (c) Dennis
C. Anderson Night Trax Photography Contact at: auroradude@acsalaska.net
or visit: www.auroradude.com
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Shadows
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Mon Apr 7 09:18:01 2008 UTC
As the camp fire was dying down the aurora began to intensify. It was
easily casting shadows on the snow during this moonless night of March
27-28, 2008 along the Chena River east of Fairbanks. This display became
so bright that I didn't even notice my headlamp was still on throwing
its red light onto the foreground. The sky became bright enough that
snipes had taken to the air with their strange whooing noises that they
make in flight, a ritual usually saved for the afternoon or evening
twilight. An owl hooted from a nearby tree. We sat in silence. Copyright
(c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax Photography Contact at:
auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit: www.auroradude.com
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Elliptical halo 3-23-08 part 6
Submitted by:
Michael Ellestad at Sun Apr 6 15:52:01 2008 UTC
Here you can see a bluish ellipse close to the
sun, a fragment of a second on the right side and
finally a larger outer third.
Copyright(C) Michael Ellestad
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Elliptical halo 3-23-08 part 5
Submitted by:
Michael Ellestad at Sun Apr 6 15:52:01 2008 UTC
Here there are two eliipses and you can see they
are highly colored which is unusual.
Copyright (C) Michael Ellestad
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Elliptical halo 3-23-08 part
Submitted by:
Michael Ellestad at Sun Apr 6 15:52:01 2008 UTC
Normally elliptical halos are a whitish color but
here you can see color in it like classical halos
with red inside and blue on the outside. The
ellipse here is guite bright.
Copyright (C) Michael Ellestad
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Elliptical halo 3-23-08 part 3
Submitted by:
Michael Ellestad at Sun Apr 6 15:30:01 2008 UTC
This was the first stage and this was when I
spotted the halos and ran as fast as I could to
find a telephone pole as a sun blocker.
Copyright (C) Michael Ellestad
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