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NGC 6559 and Surrounding Dark Lanes
Taken from GSSP near Adin, CA on July 6th-7th. AP130GT Parsec 8300M 13 x 8 min L, 6 x 8min each RGB 2×2
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M83, The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy from the Texas Star Party
Texas Star Party, May 7th Celestron EdgeHD 11″ with .7x Reducer Lens CGEM DX Mount Nightscape 8300 CCD Camera 15 x 10 minute exposures
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M20 from the Texas Star Party
Shooting with Celestron gear, we had our first operational night which was mostly clear until sunrise. I couldn’t miss a minute of it! And the Aquariid Meteor Shower was an added bonus! Celestron EdgeHD 11″ on the CGEM DX .7x … Continue reading
Comet C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS
On March 12th, the comet passed to within about 4º of the Moon, with a phase of less than 1 day old! Photographers with a wide enough lens were able to capture both comet in Moon in the same shot, … Continue reading
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NGC 7331 w/Deer Lick Group and Stephan’s Quintet
Just 3 x 15 min L and 2 x 15min each RGB 2×2 Scope : AP130 Gran Turismo Mount: AP900GTO Camera: Parsec 8300M Lazy processing in MaxIm DL and Photoshop. The faintest of the galaxies in Stephan’s Quintet is mag … Continue reading
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NGC 1333
Taken near Mt Pinos, this was my first full SoCal imaging experience. Atop a mountain over 8,000′ in elevation, surrounded by pine trees, I felt like I was in good-old majestic California again. At dusk, deer hunters came to my … Continue reading
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California Light Pollution Catch-22
We have some of the worst light pollution in the contiguous 48 states… but also some of the best skies in the western hemisphere! California’s diverse topography and distant spread of cities, along with steady pacific air provide wonderful dark … Continue reading
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Eclipse Animation
An animation has been added showing most of the eclipse. Check it out!
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Annular Solar Eclipse from Northern California
From the Mount Lassen Area taken May 20th, 2012. What a spectacular eclipse! Look closely at the lunar limb along the left side of the annular ring. You can see the profile of the mountains, valleys and craters of the … Continue reading