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ASTRO: Sharpless 2-54 and NGC 6604 by
Stefan Lilge
Rick's "rude chihuahua" reminded me that I have imaged this nebula in
Namibia, together with open cluster NGC 6604 (quite unremarkable in the
lower part of...
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ASTRO: M7 by
Stefan Lilge
Another by-catch of my photon fishing in Namibia was M7.
It probably has the brightest stars in any compact open cluster, Guide 8
gives mag 6 to mag 8 for the...
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ASTRO: NGC 4945 from Namibia by
Stefan Lilge
I did not find much time for image processing since returning from Namibia,
but every now and then I manage to finish an image.
NGC 4945 is one of the...
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ASTRO: UGC 11680 An M51 wanna be by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
UGC 11680 is a galaxy pair that better fits Arp's category of Spiral
Galaxies with Large High Surface Brightness Companions on Arms than many
on his list. ...
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ASTRO: Sh2-54 -- a rude chihuahua? by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
Sh2-54/Gum 85 is a huge star forming region in Serpens Cauda. It is
part of the Serpens OB2 Association, a large star forming region. I
couldn't find any...
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SN PTF 11kly in M101 by
WA0CKY
Taken low in the twilight sky so not all that great. SN is marked in the southern part of the galaxy.
14" LX200R @ f/10, L=4x10' RGB=2x10', STL-11000XM...
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ASTRO: Abell 2197 and Super weird UGC 10704 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
UGC 10704 is a really messed up blue galaxy in the Abell 2197 galaxy
cluster located in western Hercules. This is another one Sakib Rasool
pointed me...
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ASTRO: Arp 226 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
Arp 226 is better known as the "Atoms for Peace" galaxy. It is
considered to be a galaxy merger. It is about 200 to 220 million
light-years away (depending...
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1,360 |
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Definitely an encode/decode problem by
Skywise
There must be something unique to this image that some programs
decode just fine but others have a problem. Unfortunately I don't
know enough about the jpg...
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by Skywise
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ASTRO: Comet Garradd by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
I'm late with this one. Processing it gave me fits. Normally I find it
easy to remove the stars with a data rejection stacking once the images
are aligned...
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1,485 |
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ASTRO: Abell 2197 and UGC 10704 reprocessed by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
I blew out UGC 10704 costing some detail. My not so great seeing cost
even more. I can't do much about that. See original post for details.
14" LX200R @...
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September 1st 11 09:30 PM
by Skywise
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‘Why ever {understand} this by
xherininj5
Louis vuitton channel LONDON (AP) – Design Heather Mills informed the senior weekly journalist regarding boasting that his friends had intercepted her...
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1,262 |
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NGC 7250 Reprocessed by
WA0CKY
See I did a lousy alignment job. Images were taken over several nights and I screwed up the alignment. These are correctly aligned. This also allowed me to...
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by WA0CKY
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ASTRO: Perseid Caught in Dipper by
jim wilson
A clear sky to brighten one's hopes and a full moon to brighten the sky.
All I wanted was a meteor passing the Dipper and I saw a beauty-it happened
in the...
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1,089 |
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ASTRO: NGC 7640 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 7640 is a nearby near edge on galaxy (nearby for galaxies I normally
image) in Andromeda. I was unable to find an agreed upon distance for
this one. ...
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1,745 |
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ASTRO: The Necklace by
WA0CKY
This is a rather newly discovered (2005) planetary nebula in Sagitta. I only learned of it a few months ago and put it on the top of the to-do list though it...
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ASTRO: Omega Centauri (NGC 5139) by
Stefan Lilge
I couldn't avoid imaging Omega Centauri in Namibia...
Taken from "Tivoli" farm in Namibia with an ASA 12" astrograph at 1069mm
focal length on an ASA DDM85...
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2,367 |
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ASTRO: IC 14710 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
Astronomers have created quite a Tower of Babel when it comes to
designating objects. Most carry a lot of different catalog
designations. Major objects are...
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ASTRO: IC2944 (Running Chicken) by
Stefan Lilge
I did some "gotos" with the ASA DDM85 mount in Namibia to test pointing
accuracy (which was the best I have seen so far on any mount) and one target
was IC...
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