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Saturn and the Seeliger Effect http://www.astropix.com Copyright 2011 Jerry Lodriguss http://www.astropix.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Saturn_Seeliger.GIF Saturn's rings brighten at opposition compared to one month prior, from the Seeliger effect, also known as the opposition surge, or opposit...

ATREX Rocket Cloud Animation
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7-frame animation of the trimethyl aluminum clouds expanding in the winds of the upper atmosphere.

ATREX Rocket Clouds
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Jupiter and Venus Near Conjunction http://www.astropix.com Copyright 2012 Jerry Lodriguss http://www.astropix.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/JupVen.JPG Taken March 10, 2012 when Jupiter and Venus were only about 4 degrees apart, heading for conjunction on March 13. Click on the image to see a hi...

Galaxy M100
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Gemini to Auriga Milky Way
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M45, The Pleiades
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9 Planetary Nebulae for Moonlit Nights http://www.astropix.com Copyright 2011 Jerry Lodriguss http://www.astropix.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/9p.JPG Click on the image to see a higher resolution version with more information. Here are 9 different planetary nebulae, all shot with the same foca...

M31, The Andromeda Galaxy in HDR
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Kemble's Cascade
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Rosette and Cone Nebulae Area in Monoceros
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Hubble's Variable Nebula - NGC 2261
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NGC 1499 in Hydrogen-Alpha http://www.astropix.com Copyright 2011 Jerry Lodriguss http://www.astropix.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/1499.JPG Here is NGC 1499, the California Nebula, in narrowband hydrogen-alpha light, shot with a modified DSLR. Click on the image to see a higher resolution vers...

Abell 426, The Perseus Galaxy Cluster
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Asteroid 2005 YU55 http://www.astropix.com Copyright 2011 Jerry Lodriguss http://www.astropix.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/YU55.JPG This image of asteroid 2005 YU55 is a composite of a series of eleven 30-second exposures made with the telescope tracking on the stellar background. The asteroid...

Wolf's Cave http://www.astropix.com Copyright 2011 Jerry Lodriguss http://www.astropix.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/V152.JPG Click on the image to see a higher resolution version. This is Wolf's Cave (vdB 152 and B 175), a complex of blue reflection nebulae and an Extended Red Emission Nebula ...

The Elephant Trunk Nebula in IC 1396
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LDN 772 and LDN 778 http://www.astropix.com Copyright 2011 Jerry Lodriguss http://www.astropix.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/772_778.JPG LDN 772 and LDN 778 are two dark nebulae in Vulpecula. LDN 772 is to the lower right. I like to call LDN 772 "The Loch Ness Monster" :-) Click on th...

B44, The Dark River
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M17, The Omega, or Swan Nebula
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B86, The Ink Spot, and NGC 6520
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The Summer Triangle
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The NGC 6559 Complex
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NGC 6946 - The Fireworks Galaxy http://www.astropix.com Copyright 2011 Jerry Lodriguss http://www.astropix.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/6946b.JPG Click on the image above to see a higher-resolution version with more information. C11 Edge, modified Canon 550D, 4 hours total exposure at f/10 at ...

Rho and Antares Region
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