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Comet PanSTARRS 19 March 2013
Submitted by:
Beth Katz at Wed Mar 20 01:43:01 2013 UTC
Comet PanSTARRS "seen" from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with an 8 second exposure (my camera's max).
We couldn't see it with 20x80 binoculars, but we weren't precisely sure where it was. It was windy, so this isn't a
great photo for the trees. Copyright (c) 2013 Beth Katz, katz@cs.millersville.edu. ........... Note about the image
gallery display on the front page. Pictures on the front page expire after 3 months. That's why there are empty
spaces. You can see them clicking on Gallery at the bottom of the box enclosing the photos on the front page.
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Crawling Chaos
Submitted by:
Erwin Matys at Thu Dec 27 12:21:01 2012 UTC
Galactic Center shot 2012-06-23 with a modified EOS 350D, Yashinon 50mm @f4, IDAS LPS-P2, 26 x 4min on an Astrotrac 320X-AG from La Palma, Spain. (c) erwin matys, karoline mrazek e-mail: erwin@matys.at web: http://www.project-nightflight.net
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Planets before dawn - 19 December 2012
Submitted by:
Beth Katz at Wed Dec 19 12:56:01 2012 UTC
I really wish we had some aurora photos here. :-( Mercury is low in the orange glow this morning just above the lower
left tree branch. Venus bright. Saturn up in the clouds. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Copyright (c) 2012 Beth Katz,
katz@cs.millersville.edu.
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Planets before dawn - 14 December 2012
Submitted by:
Beth Katz at Fri Dec 14 13:06:01 2012 UTC
Unexpectedly caught two interlopers from Libra in the photo although it's the planets that are wandering past the
stars. Starting lower left. Mercury low. Bright Venus. Then the two from Libra sort of sideways (one above Venus; one
in treetop). Saturn. Spica - α Virginis. The one in the tree is α Librae - Zubenelgenubi. The one above Venus is β
Librae - Zubeneschamali. Photo taken 14 December 2012 from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Copyright (c) 2012
Beth Katz, katz@cs.millersville.edu.
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Planets before dawn - 11 December 2012
Submitted by:
Beth Katz at Wed Dec 12 14:05:01 2012 UTC
On December 11, 2012, the Moon was part of the scene from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Again we have Mercury
at lower left. Brighter Venus is near the Moon. Dim Saturn is above the tree in the clouds. Too many clouds Dec 10
and Dec 12 for comparison photos. Copyright (c) 2012 Beth Katz, katz@cs.millersville.edu.
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Planets before dawn - 3 December 2012
Submitted by:
Beth Katz at Tue Dec 4 13:34:01 2012 UTC
Note how the planets change position over the course of a few days. No wonder the ancients called them wanderers.
Mercury at lower left, bright Venus, dimmer Saturn, and finally star Spica at upper right. From Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania about 6:15am 3 December 2012. Copyright (c) 2012 Beth Katz, katz@cs.millersville.edu.
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Planets before dawn - 30 November 2012
Submitted by:
Beth Katz at Fri Nov 30 12:44:01 2012 UTC
Previous photo was taken dawn November 29 (not 27). This one before dawn November 30 shows Mercury at
lower left, then bright Venus, and fainter Saturn. This rearrangement continues for the next few days before
dawn and is visible worldwide. From Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Copyright (c) 2012 Beth Katz,
katz@cs.millersville.edu.
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Planets before dawn - 27 November 2012
Submitted by:
Beth Katz at Thu Nov 29 15:30:01 2012 UTC
Mercury is nestled in the branches near center while bright Venus is higher. Saturn is about 1 o'clock above Venus.
The star Spica is high upper right. Planets are seeming to rearrange this week but will not appear lined up like
ornaments adorning the Egyptian pyramids. Photo 6:20 am EST on 27 November 2012 from Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania. 1 second exposure. ISO 400. Nikon Coolpix 4500. Some retouching to remove camera's bad pixels.
Copyright (c) 2012 Beth Katz, katz@cs.millersville.edu.
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Obscured by Clouds
Submitted by:
Erwin Matys at Wed Feb 13 11:09:01 2013 UTC
Le Gentil 3 shot 2012-09-14 with a modified EOS 350D, Yashinon 50mm @f4, IDAS LPS-P2, 26 x 4min on an Astrotrac 320X-AG from La Palma, Spain. (c) erwin matys, karoline mrazek e-mail: erwin@matys.at web: http://www.project-nightflight.net
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Northern Lights Thanksgiving Substorm
Submitted by:
Dave Chapman at Wed Oct 17 14:24:01 2012 UTC
lays seen in years. The amount of substorming with it was the best Brian Ch
apman and I had experienced since November 10, 2004. We are in an area th
at people don't think we get to see the northern lights but through careful
studying we have been able to get over 50+ displays in the past years. Fro
m 2 minute long substorms to all night displays.
www.naturebirdsandweather.comhttp://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/David-T-Chapm
an/173134962767601https://twitter.com/Northof44Pics
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La Palma Nightflight
Submitted by:
Erwin Matys at Sun Sep 23 18:07:01 2012 UTC
Setting up equipment during our last imaging campaign on La Palma island, shot 2012-09-18 with a Lumix FS-10. (c) erwin matys, karoline mrazek e-mail: erwin@matys.at web: http://www.project-nightflight.net
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Vacation Aurora - 2012 September 03
Submitted by:
Ulrich Rieth at Thu Sep 20 11:55:01 2012 UTC
Auroral substorm over southern Finland (near Sipoo) observed during a vacat
ion.
Taken 2012 September 03 at about 22:30 UTC using a Canon EOS 450D @ 12mm, f
/4.
© 2012 by Ulrich Rieth, http://www.ulrich-rieth.de
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Fireworks
Submitted by:
Erwin Matys at Sun Jul 15 18:31:01 2012 UTC
Antares and Rho Ophiuchi Region shot 2012-06-20 with a modified EOS 350D, Yashinon 50mm @f4, IDAS LPS-P2, 25 x 4min on an Astrotrac 320X-AG from La Palma, Spain. (c) erwin matys, karoline mrazek e-mail: erwin@matys.at web: http://www.project-nightflight.net
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Virgo Galaxy Cluster Widefield
Submitted by:
Erwin Matys at Mon Jul 2 12:57:01 2012 UTC
Virgo Galaxy Cluster shot 2012-04-12 with a modified EOS 350D, Zeiss Sonnar 135mm @f4, Lumicon MV, 16 x 4min on an Astrotrac 320X-AG from La Palma, Spain. (c) erwin matys, karoline mrazek e-mail: erwin@matys.at web: http://www.project-nightflight.net
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Venus Transit Anchorage, Alaska
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Fri Jun 15 06:59:01 2012 UTC
Unfortunately, I was delayed in Anchorage, away from my larger equipment
during the recent Venus transit. Fortunately, I was able to purchase the
last #10 welding filter in town. (Between the recent eclipse and the
transit there wasn't a proper #14 to be found.) Although the #10 was not
sufficient for visual observations, it sufficed for imaging with the
cheapo digital camera that I had with me. It was also fortunate that the
sky was clear on this momentous occasion... So, Here is what I was able
to get... maybe I'll have better equipment for the next one! Copyright
(c) Dennis C. anderson Night Trax Photography contact at:
auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit: www.auroradude.com
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REPLACE IMAGE
Submitted by:
SherryB at Sun Jun 10 18:23:01 2012 UTC
image006146.jpg
Transit of Venus, beginning.
Second Contact, and the June 5 2012 transit of Venus is well underway.
The weather cleared only an hour prior to the start of the transit; we
finally catch a break!
Telescope: William Optics Megrez 90 with Olivon 2x telenegative
element, on a Synta EQ5 GEM mount. Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi, ISO
800/Canon Utilities/Zoombrowser EX camera control image capture
software. Processing in PS CS3. Comments? popokinui@shaw.ca
© Sherry Buttnor all rights reserved.
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REPLACE IMAGE
Submitted by:
SherryB at Sun Jun 10 18:00:01 2012 UTC
image006145.jpg
Transit of Venus, finale.
The last few moments of the transit of Venus, June 5 2012. The Sun/Venus
pair are (regrettably) setting behind the hills of Metchosin BC.
Telescope: William Optics Megrez 90 with Olivon 2x telenegative element,
on a Synta EQ5 GEM mount.
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi, ISO 800/Canon Utilities/Zoombrowser EX
camera control image capture software.
Processing in PS CS3.
Comments? popokinui@shaw.ca
© Sherry Buttnor all rights reserved.
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Re: REPLACE IMAGE
Submitted by:
SherryB at Sun Jun 10 17:03:01 2012 UTC
image006145.jpg
Transit of Venus, finale.
The last few moments of the transit of Venus, June 5 2012. The Sun/Venus
pair are (regrettably) setting behind the hills of Metchosin BC.
Telescope: William Optics Megrez 90 with Olivon 2x telenegative element,
on a Synta EQ5 GEM mount.
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi, ISO 800/Canon Utilities/Zoombrowser EX
camera control image capture software.
Processing in PS CS3.
Comments? popokinui@shaw.ca
© Sherry Buttnor all rights reserved.
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Transit of Venus, beginning.
Submitted by:
SherryB at Sat Jun 9 06:15:01 2012 UTC
Second Contact, and the June 5 2012 transit of Venus is well underway.
The weather cleared only an hour prior to the start of the transit; we
finally catch a break!
Telescope: William Optics Megrez 90 with Olivon 2x telenegative element,
on a Synta EQ5 GEM mount.
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi, ISO 800/Canon Utilities/Zoombrowser EX
camera control image capture software.
Processing in PS CS3.
Comments? popokinui@shaw.ca
© Sherry Buttnor all rights reserved.
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Transit of Venus, start.
Submitted by:
SherryB at Sun Jun 10 16:40:01 2012 UTC
The last few moments of the transit of Venus, June 5 2012. The Sun/Venus
pair are (regrettably) setting behind the hills of Metchosin BC.
Telescope: William Optics Megrez 90 with Olivon 2x telenegative element,
on a Synta EQ5 GEM mount.
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi, ISO 800/Canon Utilities/Zoombrowser EX
camera control image capture software.
Processing in PS CS3.
Comments? popokinui@shaw.ca
© Sherry Buttnor all rights reserved.
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Transit of Venus or is it Jupiter? - 2012 June 06
Submitted by:
Ulrich Rieth at Fri Jun 8 13:12:02 2012 UTC
The Sun looked like the giant planet Jupiter with the shadow of one of its
moons during the Transit of Venus 2012.
Taken 2012 June 06 at 02:50 UTC using a 500mm mirror photolens plus 2x-conv
erter together with a Canon EOS 450D.
Exposed for 1/400 seconds at ISO100.
© 2012 by Ulrich Rieth, http://www.ulrich-rieth.de
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Transit of Venus - 2012 June 06
Submitted by:
Ulrich Rieth at Fri Jun 8 12:50:01 2012 UTC
Sunrise over the Baltic Sea during the Transit of Venus 2012
Taken 2012 June 06 at 02:49 UTC using a 500mm mirror photolens plus 2x-conv
erter together with a Canon EOS 450D.
Exposed for 1/100 seconds at ISO100.
© 2012 by Ulrich Rieth, http://www.ulrich-rieth.de
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Venus Transit - 5 June 2012 - reflected pinhole
Submitted by:
Beth Katz at Wed Jun 6 21:08:01 2012 UTC
Venus transit on 5 June 2012 about 19:19 EDT from Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania. I used Hugh Hunt's reflected pinhole projection approach
(http://www2.eng.cam.ac.uk/~hemh/transit.htm) which I did not practice enough to get a good
hole size for the width of my house. The sunlight also was coming through a window and
screen. So it's blurry. I have extra dim sun images because I had three hole punches in the card
I taped to the mirror. Then I took the photo with my iPhone. Did other regulars here get
pictures? I used "venus transit" as my category keyword. Copyright (c) 2012 Beth Katz,
katz@cs.millersville.edu.
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Spanish Rose
Submitted by:
Erwin Matys at Wed May 9 20:52:01 2012 UTC
Rosette Nebula shot 2012-02-25 with a modified EOS 350D, Zeiss Sonnar 135mm @f4, IDAS LPS-P2, 22 x 4min on an Astrotrac 320X-AG from La Palma, Spain. (c) erwin matys, karoline mrazek e-mail: erwin@matys.at web: http://www.project-nightflight.net
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The Spirit Dance
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Wed Mar 28 21:03:01 2012 UTC
Here is another overhead crowning aurora from the intense auroral
display on the evening of March 8, 2012. The aurora was at the magnetic
zenith for less than two minutes as it swung southward over Homer,
Alaska. I captured this image using a 6x7 cm 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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Electric Angels
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Wed Mar 28 20:39:01 2012 UTC
On the night of March 8-9, 2012, we saw some of the most intense auroral
displays of recent memory. This is one of just a couple images of a
brief but intense overhead crowning observed as the aurora surged
southward over Homer, Alaska. I used a 6x7 medium format camera with a
38mm wide-angle lens anf Kodak E100G film to capture the moment. This
crowning was so bright that it didn't even notice that there was a full
moon! Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax Photography Contact
at: auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit: www.auroradude.com
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Venus, Jupiter, Moon March 25, 2012
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Mon Mar 26 22:54:01 2012 UTC
The planets Venus and Jupiter, are joined by our crescent moon and a
few stars in the westerly sky as viewed from near Homer, Alaska.
Illiamna volcano is seen at the right against the last of the evening's
twilight. Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax Photography
Contact at: auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit: www.auroradude.com
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