by owlice » Sun Mar 06, 2011 1:24 pm
IC 1848: Soul Nebula in Narrowband
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Copyright: Jonas Grinde
S2/Ha/O3 mapped to R/G/B & Ha used as Lum
S2/O3/O3 to R/G/B
ISS/Discovery Transit of the Sun (March 1)
avertedimagination.com
Copyright: Alan Friedman
[attachment=4]ISS_030111.jpg[/attachment]
So I drove 1800 miles to see an event lasting 1/5 of a second... not really of course. I drove to the Winter Star Party for the steady skies, warm temperatures and the company of good astronomy friends. But when I heard that the ISS would transit the sun nearby, I had to give it a try. I was scheduled to give my talk 12:30-1:30 - the transit centerline was 69 minutes later, 20 miles to the north on Marathon. So with the help of friends Brian Shelton and Mark Beale, I finished my talk, jumped into the car with solar imaging gear and we got set up just in time to catch it. I underestimated the narrowness of this event. We were about 5000 feet south of the centerline in a good location... another 500 feet and we would have missed it entirely. Lucky day! The space shuttle is docked to the ISS - so happy to record this farewell to Discovery.
~ Alan Friedman
VdB 77 in Monoceros
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Copyright: Máximo Ruiz
[attachment=3]vdB 77_Ruiz.jpg[/attachment]
Nanosail Two-exposure Double Flare
Copyright: Mike Holloway
[attachment=2]1nanosail-d-20110301-double flair-mfh.jpg[/attachment]
Cone Nebula in Monoceros
Copyright: Rafael Rodríguez Morales
[attachment=1]NGC2264_Final_ok_final_copyright.jpg[/attachment]
Mir Crossing the Sky, Mars, and M44, April 1995
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Copyright: Vicente Aupi
[attachment=0]MIR trail in 1995.jpg[/attachment]
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[size=120][b]IC 1848: Soul Nebula in Narrowband[/b][/size]
http://grinde.zenfolio.com
Copyright: Jonas Grinde
[float=left][imghover=http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5098/5482276414_8c4562758f_b.jpg]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5091/5481533501_524d938e51_b.jpg[/imghover][/float]S2/Ha/O3 mapped to R/G/B & Ha used as Lum
S2/O3/O3 to R/G/B
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[size=120][b]ISS/Discovery Transit of the Sun (March 1)[/b][/size]
avertedimagination.com
Copyright: Alan Friedman
[float=left][size=85][attachment=4]ISS_030111.jpg[/attachment][/size][/float]So I drove 1800 miles to see an event lasting 1/5 of a second... not really of course. I drove to the Winter Star Party for the steady skies, warm temperatures and the company of good astronomy friends. But when I heard that the ISS would transit the sun nearby, I had to give it a try. I was scheduled to give my talk 12:30-1:30 - the transit centerline was 69 minutes later, 20 miles to the north on Marathon. So with the help of friends Brian Shelton and Mark Beale, I finished my talk, jumped into the car with solar imaging gear and we got set up just in time to catch it. I underestimated the narrowness of this event. We were about 5000 feet south of the centerline in a good location... another 500 feet and we would have missed it entirely. Lucky day! The space shuttle is docked to the ISS - so happy to record this farewell to Discovery.
~ Alan Friedman
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[size=120][b]VdB 77 in Monoceros[/b][/size]
http://www.astromodelismo.es/index.htm
[url=http://www.astromodelismo.es/Web%20Astronomia/Datos%20web/Tomas%20astronomicas%20propias%20web/Nebulosas/Reales/vbd%2077.jpg]Larger image[/url]
Copyright: Máximo Ruiz
[size=85][attachment=3]vdB 77_Ruiz.jpg[/attachment][/size]
[size=120][b]Nanosail Two-exposure Double Flare[/b][/size]
Copyright: Mike Holloway
[size=85][attachment=2]1nanosail-d-20110301-double flair-mfh.jpg[/attachment][/size]
[size=120][b]Cone Nebula in Monoceros[/b][/size]
Copyright: Rafael Rodríguez Morales
[size=85][attachment=1]NGC2264_Final_ok_final_copyright.jpg[/attachment][/size]
[size=120][b]Mir Crossing the Sky, Mars, and M44, April 1995[/b][/size]
http://www.estrellasyborrascas.com
Copyright: Vicente Aupi
[size=85][attachment=0]MIR trail in 1995.jpg[/attachment][/size]