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ASTRO: Arp 31 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
Arp 31, IC 167, is another integral sign galaxy, at least according to
Arp. It is classed as SABc meaning it has both characteristics of a
normal and a...
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ASTRO: M81 and M82 by
Robert Price[_2_]
Taken from a farm just south of Blueknob State Park on 21 March
2009. Taken with an 6 inch refractor at F/7.3. Three 20 minute
exposures using a Hutech...
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ASTRO: Startrails from Croatia by
Boris Stromar
Hello all,
I think this is my first post here..I've been lurking a while and I see a lot
of great photos from you! I recently got an STL-11000 CCD and have...
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Astro: Arp 35 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
Arp 35 is considered a pair of interacting galaxies even though they are
widely separated. The two galaxies are LEDA 001434 in the center and
LEDA 001431...
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ASTRO: "First light" for QHY8 camera: M101 by
Stefan Lilge
I recently got myself a QHY8 camera to complement (not replace) my SXV-H9.
How exactly the cameras will share duties remains to be seen, either I'll
image...
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Astro: Arp 24 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
I'm returning to Arp galaxies with Arp 24, NGC 3445 in Ursa Major.
Looking at my image you might think it belongs under the class of spiral
with bright...
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ASTRO: The Medusa Galaxies by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
Arp 160 has been in the news recently as an image of it combining white
light data from Hubble and X-ray data from Chandra has been recently
released. I...
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ASTRO: NGC4565 by
Robert Price[_2_]
Taken from a farm just south of Blueknob State Park on 21 March
2009. Taken with an 6 inch refractor at F/7.3. Three 20 minute
exposures using a Hutech...
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ASTRO: SH2-239 and a mystery object by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
Sharpless 239. This is a mostly reflection/dark nebula with several
Herbig-Haro objects imbedded in it -- the pink spots. It also contains
a mystery I've...
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ASTRO: NGC 7217 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 7217 is a very strange galaxy in Pegasus. It has a huge core of old
stars that show filaments of star clouds resembling arms. These grow
faint then...
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Astro: Fox Face Nebula NGC 1788 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 1788 is a Orion Nebula, not THE Orion Nebula but it certainly is a
nebula in Orion. We normally think of emission nebula when mention is
made of Orion...
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ASTRO: NGC 2366 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 2366 is a much ignored, dwarf galaxy, in the M81 group. Why it
doesn't get more attention from amateur astro imagers I don't
understand. While it is a...
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ASTRO: Sharpless 228 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
Sharpless 228 contains a known infrared star cluster. Since I can't
take imaged deep in infrared light it doesn't show in my shot. It is
hidden by the dust...
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ASTRO: The Hunter, Big Dog and the ISS by
Edward Erbeck
Friday Evening we had a nice Pass of the International Space Station.
It went between Orion and Canis Major. The ISS hit Mag. -2.4 so it was
shining bright. 30...
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ASTRO: by
Danilo Pivato
Hi all,
a new shot of the sky autumn: the Heart nebula with Pentax SDUF II 400/4
+ ST-10XME + filter H-alpha 6,3nm. Exposed 10 x 1800 seconds from...
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ASTRO: Hayn & Belkovich craters by
Adriano
Taken in rather poor seeing but the favourable libration gave a decent
angle to image these two "marginal" craters. Hayn is the prominent
crater left of...
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ASTRO: ARP 135 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
Arp 135, NGC 1023, is also the namesake of a galaxy group -- the NGC
1023 group of course. It is much closer however at only about 20
million light years. ...
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