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Comet C/17P Holmes

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Sun Nov 4 16:10:01 2007 UTC

Comet C17/P Holmes * It was another great night to observe and image Comet Holmes again, the seeing and transparency was great!.. Date: 11/03/07.. Time: 4:05 UTC.. Location: Norton Ohio, U.S.A.. Meade SCT 10" @ f6.3 (1575mm).. Canon 20D...Unmodified.. 6 x 30 seconds @ ISO-1600.. 12 Darks.. 10 Flats.. Processed: Images Plus..Photoshop Elements Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Miller

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2/20/08 Lunar Eclipse

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Fri Feb 22 19:45:01 2008 UTC

Jupiter Venus Conjunction 1/31/08

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Fri Feb 1 22:33:01 2008 UTC

1/31/08 Jupiter Venus Conjunction.. Imaged from Silver Creek Park, Norton Ohio at 12:01 UT.. Closest conjunction was to occur on Feb 1st but a winter storm was expected to move in so i had to take my shot a day early.. Venus is the top star, Jupiter is just below.. 2 seconds / ISO-200 / Canon 100mm USM Macro @ f4.5 / Canon 20D.. Copyright (c) 2008 Dave Miller

Horsehead / Flame Nebula

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Wed Jan 9 09:51:01 2008 UTC

Also known as Barnard 33, a Dark nebula in the bright nebula IC 434, IC 434 is located just below the bottom " left " most star " Alnitak" in Orion`s belt. The Flame is just below and slightly left of Alnitak. Canon 20D Orion ED80mm / f6.3 reducer ( 384mm f4.8 ).. Losmandy G11...Unguided exposures.. Image Date: 1/04/08 Calhoun County Park, Grantsville WV.. A balmy 2 degree night... 64 x 3 Minutes @ ISO-800... 25 Darks... 35 Flats... Cropped image... Processed: Images Plus V3.0, Photoshop Elements... Copyright (c) 2008 Dave Miller

Messier / M45

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Wed Jan 9 09:30:01 2008 UTC

Messier M45: Also know as the Pleiades star cluster and The Seven Sisters. The cluster lies about 425 Light years away in the Constellation Taurus and its age is around 100 Million years old. Canon 20D Orion ED80mm / f6.3 reducer ( 384mm f4.8 ).. Losmandy G11...Unguided exposures.. Image Date: 1/04/08 Calhoun County Park, Grantsville WV.. A balmy 2 degree night... 28 x 3 Minutes @ ISO-800... 25 Darks... 25 Flats... Cropped image... Processed: Images Plus V3.0, Photoshop Elements... Copyright (c) 2008 Dave Miller

Comet Holmes in 08

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Sun Jan 6 01:28:01 2008 UTC

Comet Holmes remains a nice object viewed from a dark sky site, the file size is 300k to help preserve the small galaxies that can bee seen around Holmes in this image, notably NGC-1138 just below comet Holmes. Canon 20D Orion ED80mm / f6.3 reducer ( 384mm f4.8 ).. Losmandy G11...Unguided exposures.. Image Date: 1/04/08 Calhoun County Park, Grantsville WV.. A balmy 2 degree night... 15 x 3 Minutes @ ISO-800... 20 Darks... 20 Flats... Cropped image... Processed: Images Plus V3.0, Photoshop Elements... Copyright (c) 2008 Dave Miller

C/17P 37 Days Later

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Sat Dec 1 16:47:01 2007 UTC

I had clear skies on the night of 29/11/07, the moon was not due to rise until about 3:30 UT so i took the opportunity to image comet Holmes once again. 37 days after the initial Super Outburst on 23/10/07... North is Up, East is Left in the image... Image date: 29/11/07... Time: 1:50 - 2:35 UT... ED80mm f6.3 reducer (378mm f4.7) IDAS-LPS Filter... Losmandy G11 Unguided... Canon 20D ISO-800... 30 x 90 seconds... 22 Darks...22 Flats... Processed: Images Plus, Photoshop Elements... Cropped image... Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Miller

C/17P Holmes encounters Alpha Persei

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Mon Nov 19 22:32:01 2007 UTC

Comet Holmes encounters Mirfak " Alpha Persei " Image Date: 11/19/07...Between 3-4 UT Orion ED80mm / f6.3 reducer ( 384mm f4.8 ).. Hutech IDAS LPS filter... 39 x 90 sec @ ISO-800... 28 Darks... 32 Flats... Cropped image... Processed: Images Plus, Photoshop Elements... Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Miller

C17/P Holmes / Mirfak Mel-20

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Thu Nov 15 16:31:01 2007 UTC

Holmes / Mirfak Mel-20 In this image the camera was oriented in a more NW-SE orientation to include Mel-20 the open star cluster that surrounds Mirfak " Alpha Persei " Image Date: 11/13/07... Orion ED80mm / f6.3 reducer ( 384mm f4.8 ).. Hutech IDAS LPS filter... 31 x 90 sec @ ISO-800... 25 Darks... 11 Flats... Cropped image... Processed: Images Plus, Photoshop Elements... Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Miller

Comet Holmes nears Mirfak

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Wed Nov 14 21:00:01 2007 UTC

Comet Holmes continues to approach the 1.79 magnitude star Mirfak ( 33 Alpha Perseus ). It will make its closest approach Nov 20th.. Image Date: 11/13/07... Orion ED80mm / f6.3 reducer ( 384mm f4.8 ).. Hutech IDAS LPS filter... 20 x 90 sec @ ISO-800... 25 Darks... 11 Flats... Cropped image... Processed: Images Plus, Photoshop Elements... Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Miller

C/17P-Holmes

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Sun Nov 11 00:52:01 2007 UTC

Comet C17/P Holmes ** Had another clear night to image Comet Holmes so i imaged it again with the 80mm scope since its halo had grown so large. Date: 11/07/07... Time: 11:10 EST... Location: Norton Ohio, U.S.A.. Orion 80ED / f6.3 reducer = ( 384mm f4.8 ).. Hutech IDAS LPS filter... Canon 20D.. 10 x 1 minute @ ISO-1600... 10 Darks.. 10 Flats.. Processed: Images Plus, Photoshop Elements. Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Miller

Comet C17/P Holmes

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Wed Oct 31 19:21:01 2007 UTC

Comet C17/P Holmes This comet is just fantastic, i can easily see the comet naked eye under the light of a blazing full moon and light pollution. Visually through the 10" at f10 using a 30mm Masuyama eyepiece (85x) power, the comet appeared a green/blue grayish colored tint. I cant wait to image and observe this comet again from a dark site and moonless conditions.. Date: 10/29/07.. Location: Norton Ohio, U.S.A.. Meade SCT 10" @ f6.3 (1575mm).. Canon 20D.. 10 x 30 seconds @ ISO-200.. 10 Darks.. 10 Flats.. Processed: Images Plus.. Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Miller

Comet 17/P Holmes

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Fri Oct 26 21:43:01 2007 UTC

Comet 17/P Holmes .. "Super Outburst", Went from a Mag 17 comet to a Mag 2.2 comet in just over a 24hr period. Easily naked eye under a full moon, i could even see the comet through the 9x50 finder while covered by occasional clouds. Blazin Full Moon, 10/25/07 ED80mm / f6.3 reducer...378mm f4.8 IDAS LPS Filter.. 13 x 30 seconds ISO-200... 10 Darks.. 15 Flats.. Processed Images Plus.. Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Miller

Triangulum Galaxy / M33

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Wed Oct 10 08:39:01 2007 UTC

M33 is a "Sc" Spiral Galaxy, third largest Galaxy belonging to the Local Group of Galaxies, estimated to have a mass of between 10-40 Billion solar masses, M33's diameter spans over 50,000 light-years.. M33 is approximately 3 million light-years distant in the constellation Triangulum... Location: Stillwell Observing site, Ohio.. 07/10/07... Temp: 73-75° .. SQM Reading 21.11 (NELM 6.2) Canon 20D...ISO-800... ED80mm / f6.3 reducer (378mm @ f4.5).. Losmandy G11...Unguided.. 50 Lights...50 x 3:16 ( 2hrs 43 min ).. 40 Darks... 45 Flats... Processed, Images Plus V2.80A Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Miller

8/28/07 Lunar Eclipse

Submitted by: dmiller2@neo.rr.com at Thu Aug 30 01:43:01 2007 UTC

NGC 6618

Submitted by: dmiller2@neo.rr.com at Sat Aug 18 11:48:01 2007 UTC

M17, Also known as the Omega or Swan Nebula, located in Sagittarius. Imaged from Calhoun County, WV. Date:8/12/07.. Orion ED80mm / f6.3 reducer.. 378mm f4.8 Canon 20D ISO-800.. 28 X 3:16 Lights.. 28 Darks.. 28 Flats.. Processed with Images Plus V 2.80A Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Miller

NGC 869 / 884

Submitted by: dmiller2@neo.rr.com at Thu Aug 16 15:31:01 2007 UTC

NGC 869 / 884 also known as The Double Cluster in Perseus. Imaged from Calhoun County, WV. Date:8/12/07.. Orion ED80mm / f6.3 reducer.. 378mm f4.8 Canon 20D ISO-800.. 10 X 3:16 Lights.. 15 Darks.. 15 Flats.. Processed with Images Plus V 2.80A Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Miller

7/01/07 Venus/Saturn Conjunction

Submitted by: dmiller2@neo.rr.com at Mon Jul 2 21:06:01 2007 UTC

The Lagoon Nebula M8

Submitted by: dmiller2@neo.rr.com at Sat Aug 18 12:25:01 2007 UTC

M8 The Lagoon Nebula in Sagittarius. >From Calhoun County Park, Grantsville West Virginia. Date: 6/11/07 Mount: Losmandy G11..Unguided.. Camera: Canon 20D Scope: ED80mm / f6.3 reducer.. ISO-800.. Lights: 20 x 3minutes " 1hr total exposure " Darks: 22 Flats: 20 Processed: Images Plus V2.80A Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Miller

Earthshine

Submitted by: dmiller2@neo.rr.com at Wed Mar 21 15:37:01 2007 UTC

Spring has arrived. The equinox occured at 8:07 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on 3/20/07, the Sun crosses the equator heading north for the year.

Image Details: Date: 3/20/07 Time: 8:36 PM EST. Location: Silver Creek, Norton Ohio.. Canon 20D, Tripod mounted Canon 70-210mm lens set at 210mm F5.6 IS0-800 2 Second exposure. Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Miller

Venus Mercury 2/05/07

Submitted by: dmiller2@neo.rr.com at Tue Feb 6 19:55:01 2007 UTC

A beautiful sight on a Very cold February evening. Date: 2/05/07 Time: 6:46 PM EST. Location: Silver Creek Park, Norton Ohio Temp: -16 °C Canon 20D, Canon 70-210mm lens @ 70mm F8.0 ISO-800 4-seconds Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Miller

Comet C/2006 P1 McNaught

Submitted by: dmiller2@neo.rr.com at Sat Jan 13 22:18:01 2007 UTC

The Andromeda Galaxy M31

Submitted by: dmiller2@neo.rr.com at Tue Nov 28 21:09:01 2006 UTC

Date/Location: 24/11/06 Calhoun County WV. Scope: Orion ED80mm / Meade f6.3 reducer Mount: Losmandy G11..Unguided Camera: Canon 20D @ ISO-800 Settings: 40 x 90sec.. 20 Darks.. 15 Flats Processing: Images Plus V2.75, Photoshop Elements Copyright (c) 2006 Dave Miller

The Rosette Nebula

Submitted by: dmiller2@neo.rr.com at Tue Nov 28 21:09:01 2006 UTC

The Pleiades M45

Submitted by: dmiller2@neo.rr.com at Tue Nov 28 20:51:01 2006 UTC

Date/Location: 24/11/06.. Calhoun County WV. Scope: Orion ED80mm / Meade f6.3 reducer Mount: Losmandy G11..Unguided Camera: Canon 20D @ ISO-800 Settings: 40 x 90sec.. 20 Darks.. 15 Flats Processing: Images Plus V2.75, Photoshop Elements Copyright (c) 2006 Dave Miller

M45 Pleiades

Submitted by: dmiller2@neo.rr.com at Mon Oct 30 20:38:01 2006 UTC

Date/Location: 21/10/06 Calhoun county WV. Scope: Orion ED80mm / Meade f6.3 reducer Mount: Losmandy G11..Unguided Camera: Canon 20D @ ISO-800 Settings: 20 x 90sec.. 20 Darks Processing: Images Plus V2.75, Photoshop Elements Copyright (c) 2006 Dave Miller

M42 Orion Nebula

Submitted by: dmiller2@neo.rr.com at Mon Oct 30 20:21:01 2006 UTC

M31 Andromeda

Submitted by: dmiller2@neo.rr.com at Mon Oct 30 19:56:01 2006 UTC

AR10808 Old region 798

Submitted by: Dave at Wed Sep 14 01:43:01 2005 UTC

Meade 10" SCT f6.3 focal reducer, Baader solar filter. Canon EOS 20D Shooting Date/Time 9/11/2005 2:07:51 PM Shooting Mode Auto Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/250, ISO 400, Copyright (c) 2005 Dmiller2@neo.rr.com

2005/08/25 Aurora "patch"

Submitted by: Dave at Fri Aug 26 01:00:01 2005 UTC

A very weak and short display but it was a visually visible naked eye aurora, faint beams were also visible extending up to 30 degrees at times. One thing that amazed me about this aurora was the fact that the KP had only reached 5 at the time the image was taken, i normally need a KP of 7. This image was also a bit of a goof on my part, my iso was set at 100, it would have been a much nicer image had i checked my settings and set the iso to 400 ;-) Anyway, Canon 20D, Tokina 20-35mm lens @ 22mm f2.8 ISO-100 20 second exposure. Copyright (c)2005 Dave Miller

Planetary Alignment

Submitted by: Dave at Sat Jun 25 12:45:01 2005 UTC

Saturn Venus Mercury. Venus is the brightest of the three, Saturn is to its left and Mercury to the right. Imaged 6/24/05, 9:50 PM EST Canon 20D, 18-55mm lens @ 55mm f5.6 iso 200 5 second exposure.

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